Figure 3: New Zealand guidelines that contain environmental values for the effects of hazardous substances on the environment
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Notes: MfE = Ministry for the Environment; MOH = Ministry of Health. For simplicity, this figure excludes the NZFSA Food Standards for produce.
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The figure shows the methods and numerical values for ecosystems and the methods and values for human health, for water, soil sediment and air. Gaps are filled by various international guidance.
Methods and numerical values for ecosystems
Air
- Ambient air quality guidelines (MfE, 2002a)
Soil & Water
- Water quality guidelines for fresh and marine waters (ANZECC/ARMCANZ, 2000)
- Timber treatment (MfE and MOH, 1997)
- Gasworks (MfE, 1997)
Methods and numerical values for human health
Water
- Drinking-water standards 2005 (MOH, 2005)
- Water quality guidelines for fresh and marine waters (ANZECC and ARMCANZ, 2000)
Soil
- Timber treatment (MfE and MOH, 1997)
- Gasworks (MfE, 1997)
- Oil industry (MfE, 1999a, 1999b)
- Sheep-dip draft (MfE, 2006a)
- Lead-exposed persons (MoH,1998)
Air
- Workplace exposure standards (OSH, 2002)
- Ambient air quality guidelines (MfE, 2002a)
- Oil industry and gasworks (MfE 1997, 1999a, 1999b)
- Air Quality National Environmental Standard
