. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 4.

Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2012 Aug 24;46(17):9653–9662. doi: 10.1021/es301129h

Table 2.

Mean ± standard error of total PCBs (∑PCB), toxic equivalency (TEQ) and neurotoxic equivalency (NEQ) in body tissues from rats and after subchronic inhalation exposure to the generated CAM vapor.

		Sentinels n=2	Sham-exposed n=4	CAM-exposed n=6
		∑PCB	∑PCB	∑PCB	TEQ	NEQ
Tissue Concentration (ng/g lipid weight)	Lung	210.2	219.3±35.3	1506±147.0^***	(5.2±0.5)×10⁻³ ^**	380±36.0
	Blood	497.1	294±71.1	3065±377.5^***	(2.0±0.3)×10⁻² ^**	869±0.1
	Liver	221.1	157.9±16.8	1233±106.3^***	1.6±0.1^***	349±29.5
	Brain	18.0	14.9±3.4	210.8±44.6^***	(6.5±1.7)×10⁻² ^*	57.4±13.0
	Adipose	58.0	181.5±43.3	3665±668.2^* (n=4)	3.4±1.4	974±184

CAM Vapor (μg/m³)				520±10	(2.1±0.1)×10⁻³	165±4.6

Tissue PCBs were significantly greater in CAM-exposed versus sham-exposed rats;

p < 0.05

^**

p<0.01

^***

p < 0.001 (t-test for unequal variances).