Table 1.
Concentrations of PAHs in PSDs and fish and shellfish tissue from the Portland Harbor Superfund site
| Chemical | Concentration (ug/kg) - Average (Maximum)
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Fish and Shellfish from Superfund2
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| Naphthalene | 1.0 (6.5) | 0.7 (3.8) | 10 (86) | 20 (56) | 19 (250) | 0.82 (2.9) | 25 (78) |
| Acenaphthene | 5.5 (54) | 0.02 (1.1) | 13.7 (95)* | 34.1 (75)* | NA | NA | NA |
| Fluorene | 13 (84) | 5.4 (70) | 9.31 (69)* | 22.3 (53)* | NA | NA | NA |
| Phenanthrene | 44 (219) | 4.9 (24) | 20 (85) | 10 (16) | 6.8 (33) | 52 (97) | 35 (300) |
| Fluoranthene | 170 (850) | 24 (57) | 2.77 (36)* | NA | NA | 10.2 (130)* | NA |
| Benz(a)anthracene | 51 (504) | 10 (44.6) | NA | NA | NA | 2.01 (80)* | NA |
| Chrysene | 36 (172) | 10 (28) | 20 (85) | NA | NA | 2.16 (87)* | NA |
| Pyrene | 170 (733) | 35 (92) | 2.9 (39)* | NA | NA | 4.02 (83) | NA |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | 14 (70) | 4.1 (21) | 0.64 (1.3) | NA | NA | 1.1 (7.5) | 34 (490) |
| Σ16PAH | 819 (3094) | 397 (1147) | 71.5 (308) | 85.5 (222) | 52.3 (550) | 71.2 (477) | 478 (4980) |
| Σcarcinogenic PAH | 23 (123) | 7.6 (25.2) | 2.5 (6.8) | 2.1 (2.8) | 3.18 (9.8) | 22 (170) | 220 (2700) |
PSD measured concentrations of PAH analytes (this study)
Data from the Lower Willamette Group Portland Harbor RI/FS (Integral et al., 2009) except where noted (*)
Data from Portland Harbor Public Health Assessment (ATSDR, 2006)
NA indicates that data was not available for this publication
Notes: PSD average and maximum concentrations are based on measurements made during the study period; data obtained in the superfund during tar removal remediation were not included. Concentrations in organisms correspond to reported whole body measurements in fish and shellfish obtained from the Portland Harbor Superfund site in an unrelated study. Not all analytes used to compute reported totals were available to be shown in this table.