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. 2023 Apr 20;30(24):65192–65203. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-27052-8

Table 1.

QA/QC acceptance criteria and requirements of ISO and EPA reference methods. % RSS, recovery rates of SS; % RES, recovery rate of ES; 1 if the %RSS is < 50 or > 150, the sampling is invalid

% RSS % RES
EPA TO 9A (PCDD/Fs) 50–120

50–120 (TCDD/F, PeCDD/F, HxCDD/F)

40–120 (HpCDD/F, OCDD/F)

EPA TO 4A (dl-PCBs) - 60–120 (PCB)
ISO/DIS 16000–13 (50) 75–125 (150)1
ISO/DIS 16000–14 n.a

50–130 (TCDD/F, PeCDD/F, HxCDD/F)

40–130 (HpCDD/F, OCDD/F)

40–120 (PCB)