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    Air quality data is available from 1 January 2016. Individual stations have been monitoring for different time periods so data may not be available for all possible times.
    The Gap station began monitoring air quality on 1 April 2009.

Cadmium at The Gap, Sunday 24 January 2021 about Cadmium

The Gap station overview

The guideline for Cadmium is 2µg/m³ (24hr avg).

No data available for Cadmium at The Gap for Sunday 24 January 2021.

The monitoring station may have been offline due to equipment servicing or failure. See network status for long-term data outages.

About Cadmium

Cadmium compounds occur naturally in the environment, particularly in areas of mineralisation. The major emission source is the processing of metal ores for lead, zinc and copper, where cadmium is a valuable by-product.

The guideline for Hydrogen sulfide is 5ppb (30 min avg) for odour nuisance and 108ppb (24hr avg) for health and wellbeing.

Hydrogen sulfide (30min) is measured in parts per billion.

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8 July 2024