Table 3.
Mean dietary exposure to (a) total PAH8 concentration (∑PAH8) and (b) total B[a]P toxic equivalent quantity (TEQB[a]p) of PAH8, with contributions from marine products, for the total consumer population and different age groups, with lower bound (LB) and upper bound (UB) estimates
| 1–2 years (n = 519) | 3–6 years (n = 1,062) | 7–12 years (n = 1,601) | 13–19 years (n = 1,629) | 20–64 years (n = 11,592) | over 64 years (n = 4,268) | Total population (n = 20,671) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mean dietary exposure | Contribution | Mean dietary exposure | Contribution | Mean dietary exposure | Contribution | Mean dietary exposure | Contribution | Mean dietary exposure | Contribution | Mean dietary exposure | Contribution | Mean dietary exposure | Contribution | |||||||||||||||
| (ng/kg bw/day) | (%) | (ng/kg bw/day) | (%) | (ng/kg bw/day) | (%) | (ng/kg bw/day) | (%) | (ng/kg bw/day) | (%) | (ng/kg bw/day) | (%) | (ng/kg bw/day) | (%) | |||||||||||||||
| a) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB |
| (Number of composite samples) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fish (55) | 1.467 | 1.905 | 84.7 | 59.3 | 1.486 | 1.857 | 88.8 | 65.6 | 0.791 | 1.089 | 73.9 | 56.5 | 0.466 | 0.659 | 74.8 | 57.2 | 0.866 | 1.235 | 60.1 | 52.3 | 0.562 | 0.873 | 77.6 | 55.3 | 0.805 | 1.152 | 63.0 | 53.2 |
| Shellfish (17) | 0.117 | 0.166 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 0.066 | 0.104 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 0.088 | 0.128 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 0.060 | 0.089 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 0.123 | 0.179 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 0.084 | 0.117 | 11.6 | 7.4 | 0.111 | 0.162 | 8.7 | 7.5 |
| Cephalopoda (8) | 0.129 | 0.187 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 0.093 | 0.222 | 5.5 | 7.8 | 0.096 | 0.184 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 0.055 | 0.134 | 8.8 | 11.6 | 0.078 | 0.181 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 0.014 | 0.066 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 0.069 | 0.164 | 5.4 | 7.6 |
| Crustacea (8) | 0.005 | 0.103 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.006 | 0.116 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 0.006 | 0.088 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.002 | 0.060 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 0.004 | 0.067 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 0.004 | 0.041 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 0.004 | 0.065 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| Sea algae (16) | 0.012 | 0.850 | 0.7 | 26.5 | 0.014 | 0.523 | 0.9 | 18.5 | 0.009 | 0.354 | 0.8 | 18.4 | 0.004 | 0.170 | 0.6 | 14.8 | 0.005 | 0.327 | 0.4 | 13.9 | 0.004 | 0.421 | 0.6 | 26.7 | 0.005 | 0.333 | 0.4 | 15.4 |
| Echinodermata (2) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.076 | 0.076 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 0.021 | 0.022 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.350 | 0.350 | 24.3 | 14.8 | 0.048 | 0.048 | 6.6 | 3.1 | 0.269 | 0.270 | 21.1 | 12.5 |
| Tunicata (2) | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.009 | 0.010 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.005 | 0.007 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.015 | 0.018 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.015 | 0.019 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.008 | 0.011 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.014 | 0.017 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Cnidaria (1) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Total marine products (109) | 1.731 | 3.212 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1.673 | 2.833 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1.071 | 1.926 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.623 | 1.151 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1.440 | 2.360 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.724 | 1.578 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1.278 | 2.164 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| b) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB |
| (Number of composite samples) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fish (55) | 0.538 | 1.098 | 96.6 | 53.0 | 0.580 | 1.033 | 97.3 | 55.9 | 0.294 | 0.652 | 91.0 | 52.2 | 0.294 | 0.652 | 91.0 | 52.2 | 0.362 | 0.787 | 81.7 | 54.7 | 0.243 | 0.603 | 93.2 | 53.9 | 0.334 | 0.735 | 83.7 | 54.6 |
| Shellfish (17) | 0.006 | 0.083 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 0.005 | 0.062 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 0.006 | 0.069 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 0.006 | 0.069 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 0.009 | 0.100 | 2.1 | 7.0 | 0.006 | 0.058 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 0.008 | 0.085 | 2.1 | 6.3 |
| Cephalopoda (8) | 0.009 | 0.099 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 0.007 | 0.183 | 1.1 | 9.9 | 0.007 | 0.130 | 2.2 | 10.4 | 0.007 | 0.130 | 2.2 | 10.4 | 0.006 | 0.143 | 1.3 | 9.9 | 0.001 | 0.068 | 0.4 | 6.1 | 0.005 | 0.131 | 1.2 | 9.7 |
| Crustacea (8) | 0.000 | 0.113 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 0.000 | 0.127 | 0.1 | 6.9 | 0.000 | 0.096 | 0.1 | 7.7 | 0.000 | 0.096 | 0.1 | 7.7 | 0.000 | 0.073 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.000 | 0.044 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 0.000 | 0.071 | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| Sea algae (16) | 0.003 | 0.677 | 0.5 | 32.7 | 0.003 | 0.437 | 0.5 | 23.7 | 0.001 | 0.284 | 0.5 | 22.8 | 0.001 | 0.284 | 0.5 | 22.8 | 0.001 | 0.262 | 0.2 | 18.2 | 0.001 | 0.331 | 0.4 | 29.6 | 0.001 | 0.266 | 0.3 | 19.8 |
| Echinodermata (2) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.014 | 0.014 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.014 | 0.014 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.063 | 0.064 | 14.2 | 4.4 | 0.009 | 0.009 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.048 | 0.049 | 12.2 | 3.6 |
| Tunicata (2) | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.002 | 0.009 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.002 | 0.008 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Cnidaria (1) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Total marine products (109) | 0.557 | 2.071 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.596 | 1.848 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.323 | 1.248 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.323 | 1.248 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.443 | 1.438 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.261 | 1.119 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.399 | 1.347 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
The results of below LOD are substituted for zero at the LB, while the results are replaced by LOD at the UB (EFSA, 2010; WHO/IPCS, 2009)