Table 6.

Reported concentrations (ng/g wet wt) of DDT, HCH, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the blubber and butyltins and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) in the liver of Ganges river dolphins from India

Date of collection	Sex	Length (cm)	Tissue	Lipid (%)	PCBs	DDTs	HCHs	Butyltins*	PFOS*
24 January 1988	M	70.4	Blubber	34	360	4700	190	2000
6 October 1991	M	104	Blubber	31	410	9100	470	380
21 July 1991	F	115	Blubber	41	620	12000	430	250
27 March 1992	F	233	Blubber	74	420	13000	610	61
11 February 1993	F	250	Blubber	51	1500	31000	860	NA
27 June 1994	M	84	Blubber	53	13000	64000	1100	NA
3 November 1994	M	123	Blubber	77	2560	63000	1100	NA
29 November 1994	M	117	Blubber	70	2100	30000	1900	NA
5 November 1996	F	133	Blubber	71	1100	21000	1900	NA
1993-2007 (n = 15)	10 M&5F	68-248	Liver	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	28 (0.74–74)**

For details see Kannan et al. (1993, 1994, 1997); Senthilkumar et al. (1999); Yeung et al. (2009)

*Refers to concentrations in liver (for sum of mono-, di- and tri-butyltins and PFOS)

**values in parentheses indicate range; NA = Not analyzed