Table 3.
Mean and median food group concentrations (ng/g whole weight)a of phthalate esters from Albany, New York.
| Food | Statistic | DMP | DEP | DiBP | DBP | DnHP | BBzP | DCHP | DEHP | DnOP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverages | Mean | 0.13/0.06 | 0.1/0 | 0.29/0.23 | 0.7/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 3.89/2.28 | 0.5/0 |
| Median | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.7/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 1.85/0 | 0.5/0 | |
| Milk | Mean | 0.1/0 | 0.17/0.12 | 0.2/0.15 | 1.5/1.15 | 0.1/0 | 0.55/0.5 | 0.1/0 | 48.6/48.6 | 1.51/1.26 |
| Median | 0.1/0 | 0.17/0.12 | 0.2/0.15 | 1.5/1.15 | 0.1/0 | 0.55/0.5 | 0.1/0 | 48.6/48.6 | 1.51/1.26 | |
| Other dairy | Mean | 0.48/0.42 | 1.37/1.34 | 1.91/1.89 | 105/104.4 | 1.25/1.18 | 4.22/4.19 | 0.3/0.21 | 144/144 | 2.76/2.31 |
| Median | 0.1/0 | 0.66/0.66 | 0.79/0.79 | 4.77/4.77 | 0.1/0 | 1.2/1.2 | 0.1/0 | 92.8/92.8 | 0.5/0 | |
| Fish | Mean | 0.21/0.15 | 0.6/0.56 | 1/0.94 | 11/10.6 | 0.13/0.05 | 1.61/1.55 | 0.1/0 | 31.7/31.4 | 0.5/0 |
| Median | 0.1/0 | 0.86/0.86 | 0.1/0 | 0.7/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 39.6/39.6 | 0.5/0 | |
| Fruit/vegetables | Mean | 0.1/0 | 0.12/0.04 | 0.55/0.53 | 0.7/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.67/0.61 | 0.1/0 | 6.2/5.09 | 0.5/0 |
| Median | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.48/0.48 | 0.7/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 1.85/0 | 0.5/0 | |
| Grain | Mean | 0.3/0.27 | 12.6/12.6 | 3.54/3.52 | 15.9/15.8 | 0.23/0.17 | 5.92/5.92 | 0.1/0 | 61.6/61.6 | 0.5/0 |
| Median | 0.34/0.34 | 1.17/1.17 | 1.64/1.64 | 5.14/5.14 | 0.1/0 | 4.65/4.65 | 0.1/0 | 50.6/50.6 | 0.5/0 | |
| Beef | Mean | 0.18/0.13 | 0.64/0.64 | 0.1/0 | 0.7/0 | 2.47/2.42 | 0.61/0.56 | 0.1/0 | 1.85/0 | 3.57/3.32 |
| Median | 0.18/0.13 | 0.64/0.64 | 0.1/0 | 0.7/0 | 2.47/2.42 | 0.61/0.56 | 0.1/0 | 1.85/0 | 3.57/3.32 | |
| Pork | Mean | 0.33/0.28 | 0.55/0.55 | 6.25/6.18 | 0.7/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.23/0.15 | 0.1/0 | 300/300 | 2.86/2.49 |
| Median | 0.16/0.11 | 0.59/0.59 | 0.1/0 | 0.7/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 20.6/20.6 | 0.5/0 | |
| Poultry | Mean | 0.15/0.1 | 0.41/0.4 | 0.1/0 | 0.7/0 | 0.21/0.12 | 0.66/0.6 | 0.1/0 | 18.6/18.3 | 0.5/0 |
| Median | 0.15/0.1 | 0.33/0.33 | 0.1/0 | 0.7/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 14.8/14.8 | 0.5/0 | |
| Meat and meat products | Mean | 0.22/0.17 | 0.49/0.48 | 1.99/1.9 | 0.7/0 | 0.51/0.43 | 0.48/0.41 | 0.1/0 | 101.8/101 | 1.7/1.28 |
| Median | 0.2/0.2 | 0.45/0.45 | 0.1/0 | 0.7/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 7/7 | 0.5/0 | |
| Vegetable oils | Mean | 1.2/1.14 | 0.1/0 | 3.2/3.17 | 3.53/3.07 | 0.19/0.12 | 154/154 | 14.27/14.2 | 117/116.3 | 0.84/0.5 |
| Median | 0.1/0 | 0.1/0 | 0.25/0.25 | 0.7/0 | 0.1/0 | 2.2/2.2 | 0.1/0 | 48.9/48.9 | 0.5/0 | |
| Condiments | Mean | 0.33/0.28 | 0.77/0.72 | 1/0.98 | 15.4/15 | 0.1/0 | 1.99/1.96 | 0.13/0.05 | 30.4/30.1 | 1.19/0.77 |
| Median | 0.2/0.15 | 0.16/0.11 | 0.81/0.81 | 1.6/1.25 | 0.1/0 | 1.33/1.33 | 0.1/0 | 20.6/20.6 | 0.5/0 | |
| Infant food | Mean | 0.1/0 | 0.35/0.31 | 0.77/0.74 | 1.14/0.64 | 0.1/0 | 3.36/3.35 | 0.18/0.1 | 75.1/75.1 | 2.5/2.14 |
| Median | 0.1/0 | 0.28/0.28 | 0.22/0.22 | 0.7/0 | 0.1/0 | 2.37/2.37 | 0.1/0 | 29.4/29.4 | 0.5/0 | |
| aConcentrations are displayed as the phthalate ester concentration in a food group when substituting one-half the LOD for each nondetect ÷ the phthalate ester concentration in a food group when substituting 0 for each nondetect. | ||||||||||