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. 2007 Oct 5;116(2):238–242. doi: 10.1289/ehp.10594

Table 1.

Concentrations (ppt) of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs in serum, house dust, soil, and clay, and published concentrations for ball clay.

Serum concentration
Case 1
Liquid clay
Processed clay
Compound WHO 2005TEFa Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 House dust House perimeter Flood plain Wet Unfired Fired Wet ball clayb Mixtureb Unfiredb Firedb
PCDDs
2,3,7,8-TCDD 1 65.4 9 22.1 2.49 2.67 65 31 5.34 0.05c 1,480 191 212 0.1
1,2,3,7,8-PentaCDD 1 59.8 17 18.4 2.85 2.52 10.6 85 46.1 0.15 1,220 155 157 0.4
1,2,3,4,7,8-HexaCDD 0.1 30.8 12.1 17.5 5.98 2.42 8.7 86.5 44.7 0.14c 271 32 30 0.4
1,2,3,6,7,8-HexaCDD 0.1 189 83.6 82.3 84.7 6.36 58.6 142 63.5 0.28 777 103 93 0.4
1,2,3,7,8,9-HexaCDD 0.1 32.4 10.7 14.1 31 4.66 12.9 454 388 0.28 2,890 395 363 0.4
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HeptaCDD 0.01 149 74.7 57.1 4,620 110 652 2,430 1,280 1.92 7,500 1,130 1,080 0.4
OctaCDD 0.0003 541 914 615 20,900 851 5,800 48,500 18,400 7.26 97,900 29,700 23,000 1.4
PCDFs
2,3,7,8-TetraCDF 0.1 1.09 0.264c 0.716 9.96 20 836 0.07c 11 0.09c ND ND ND ND
1,2,3,7,8-PentaCDF 0.03 0.4c 0.141c 0.533 6.85 12 543 0.08c 17.5 0.21 ND ND ND ND
2,3,4,7,8-PentaCDF 0.3 50 12.4 13.7 7.97 13.7 442 0.07c 7.88 0.13c ND ND ND ND
1,2,3,4,7,8-HexaCDF 0.1 27 8.46 10 10.4 12.2 375 0.07c 4.73 0.08c ND ND ND ND
1,2,3,6,7,8-HexaCDF 0.1 24.7 8.56 7.96 7.73 5.36 126 0.50 5.2 0.16 ND ND ND ND
1,2,3,7,8,9-HexaCDF 0.1 1.06c 0.397c 0.356c 2.11 3.06 80.4 0.15c 1.67 0.07c ND ND ND ND
2,3,4,6,7,8-HexaCDF 0.1 4.23 1.63 1.33 6.79 5.85 48.7 0.1c 1.7 0.13 ND ND ND ND
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HeptaCDF 0.01 9.45 5.24 6.73 289 53.5 771 0.16 3.29 0.62 ND ND ND ND
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HeptaCDF 0.01 0.68c 0.257c 0.505c 9.4 3.41 65 0.07c 1.94 0.08 ND ND ND ND
OctaCDF 0.0003 2.1c 1.04c 1.06 636 92.6 1,740 4.57 5.27 0.34 ND ND ND ND
PCBs
PCB-81 0.0003 9.33 1.18c 3.77 40.2 1.58 16.1 0.15c 221 9.27 NR NR NR NR
PCB-77 0.0001 6.39 2.36 5.72 869 17.9 258 0.42 800 18.3 NR NR NR NR
PCB-126 0.1 309 30 66.5 48.9 7.77 9.5 0.25c 9.41 0.58 NR NR NR NR
PCB-169 0.03 116 43.5 51.8 2.03 1.16 2.2 0.19c 0.6c 0.07c NR NR NR NR
PCB-105 0.00003 9,220 3,360 7,320 6,970 170 492 1.45 3,130 213 NR NR NR NR
PCB-114 0.00003 4,620 2,220 2,400 455 7.36 34.7 0.25c 214 8.5 NR NR NR NR
PCB-118 0.00003 60,100 19,200 33,100 16,500 286 1,080 4.19 8,000 345 NR NR NR NR
PCB-123 0.00003 1,560 270 523 417 10.1 27 0.24c 118 5.38 NR NR NR NR
PCB-156 0.00003 21,500 14,000 13,700 1,570 68.6 110 0.21 1,390 25.5 NR NR NR NR
PCB-157 0.00003 5,200 2,990 2,890 332 18.9 26.8 0.08c 98.2 5.07 NR NR NR NR
PCB-167 0.00003 7,350 3,300 3,440 682 33.4 47 0.09c 575 7.15 NR NR NR NR
PCB-189 0.00003 1,920 800 775 103 9.19 15 0.06c 215 1.44 NR NR NR NR
Total TEQ 211 49 69 85 18 397 223 126 0.5 3,190 419 435 < 1

Abbreviations: ND, not detected (< LOD); NR, not reported. Serum results are reported on a lipid-adjusted basis; all other results are reported on a dry-weight basis.

c

< LOD; concentrations were substituted with Inline graphic.