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. 2023 May 17;10:102224. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102224

Table 3.

Average (± 1σ) concentrations of PCBs and OCPs in gas (n = 6) and particulate (n = 6) phase samples, intra- and inter-day variability (% CV) of selected samples.

PCB congener
Gas phase
Particulate phase
Intra-day variability
Inter-day variability
OCP compound
Gas phase
Particulate phase
Intra-day variability
Inter-day variability
Average ± 1σ
CV
Average ± 1σ
CV
[pg/m3] [fg/m3] [%] [pg/m3] [fg/m3] [%]
#17 16.71 ± 0.85 69 ± 32 14 22 Aldrin 0.75 ± 0.32 28 ± 2 16 21
#18 7.44 ± 0.38 31 ± 2 12 20 cis-Chlordane 1.15 ± 0.34 23 ± 7 11 15
#31+28 25.96 ± 1.32 90 ± 37 15 17 trans-Chlordane 1.50 ± 0.34 37 ± 13 10 15
#33 6.01 ± 0.31 <MDL 11 18 oxychlordane 0.41 ± 0.07 24 ± 8 11 16
#44 3.02 ± 0.15 42 ± 8 13 21 Chlorothalonil 11.64 ± 2.57 45 ± 8 10 13
#49 38.74 ± 1.98 243 ± 98 11 13 o,p´-DDD 0.22 ± 0.27 <MDL 17 21
#52 77.37 ± 3.94 214 ± 67 9 12 p,p´-DDD 2.93 ± 0.63 70 ± 11 13 16
#70 4.65 ± 0.24 78 ± 26 12 16 o,p´-DDE 9.35 ± 2.8 40 ± 6 15 17
#74 1.96 ± 0.1 29 ± 17 13 18 p,p´-DDE 2.01 ± 0.37 91 ± 3 11 14
#82 0.23 ± 0.01 13 ± 4 14 19 o,p´-DDT 24.01 ± 3.18 522 ± 90 10 15
#87 7.13 ± 0.36 9  ±  1 8 12 p,p´-DDT 38.79 ± 18.54 <MDL 13 17
#95 6.51 ± 0.33 18 ± 5 10 14 Dicofol 11.16 ± 1.15 128 ± 24 10 13
#99 0.95 ± 0.05 15 ± 8 13 17 Dieldrin 5.61 ± 9.85 114 ± 83 9 12
#101 6.91 ± 0.35 64 ± 18 10 13 α-Endosulfan 12.01 ± 4.02 187 ± 76 7 11
#105 0.11 ± 0.01 29 ± 23 11 15 β-Endosulfan 4.45 ± 1.38 375 ± 70 6 11
#110 2.8  ±  0.14 43 ± 11 11 16 Endosulfan sulfate 0.07 ± 0.06 26 ± 18 9 14
#118 1.08 ± 0.05 81 ± 28 13 19 Endrin <MDL <MDL
#128 0.05 ± 0.003 24 ± 6 7 11 α-HCH 24.53 ± 11.68 78 ± 38 8 11
#132 0.51 ± 0.03 65 ± 77 8 15 β-HCH 3.73 ± 0.30 35 ± 7 11 16
#153 1.61 ± 0.08 101 ± 35 6 13 γ-HCH 4.34 ± 0.53 47 ± 7 7 10
#138 1.16 ± 0.06 102 ± 32 7 14 δ-HCH 0.28 ± 0.12 51 ± 11 13 18
#158 0.12 ± 0.01 10 ± 4 6 14 Heptachlor 1.13 ± 0.41 36 ± 11 12 16
#149 2.22 ± 0.11 67 ± 29 7 9 Hexachlorobenzene 42.71 ± 11.34 37 ± 7 9 13
#151 0.65 ± 0.03 17 ± 7 5 11 Heptachlor exo-epoxide 0.54 ± 0.43 52 ± 9 12 16
#156 0.05 ± 0.003 12 ± 5 7 12 ∑OCPs [pg/m3] 198.62 ± 31.91 1.92 ± 0.21
#169 <MDL <MDL
#170 0.11 ± 0.01 67 ± 33 6 10
#171 0.05 ± 0.003 13 ± 5 5 8
#177 0.09 ± 0.005 23 ± 13 4 9
#180 0.28 ± 0.01 132 ± 79 5 8
#183 0.15 ± 0.01 20 ± 9 4 11
#187 0.29 ± 0.01 32 ± 19 5 10
#191 0.01 ± 0.002 3  ±  1 8 12
#194 0.01 ± 0.003 37 ± 32 7 10
#195 0.01 ± 0.001 11 ± 8 6 9
#201 0.03 ± 0.002 21 ± 19 4 7
#205 0.003 ± 0.001 4  ±  2 6 9
#206 0.01 ± 0.001 38 ± 35 6 11
#208 0.01 ± 0.001 7  ±  5 5 9
#209 0.01 ± 0.001 55 ± 33 4 6
∑PCBs [pg/m3] 215 ± 10.96 1.9  ±  0.32