Table 2.
Concentrations of Total PCBs and PCB congeners with dioxin-like activity in selected samples as adjusted wet weight (AWW), and calculated values of Toxicity Equivalencies of PCB126 (PCB 126 EQs) as described in Methods per references [70] and [17].
Year | Decade | Species | AWW, ng g−1 | ||||||
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PCBs, Total | PCB77 as PCB 126 EQ | PCB105 as PCB 126 EQ | PCB118 as PCB 126 EQ | Summed PCB126 EQs | PCB126 LD50 EQs) | 100*(PCB126 EQs/Total PCBs) | |||
1972 | 1970 | CT | 28815 | 133.50 | 0.59 | 0.12 | 158.21 | 1.52 | 0.55 |
1972 | 1970 | CT | 28744 | 68.50 | 0.47 | 0.10 | 89.17 | 0.86 | 0.31 |
1972 | 1970 | CT | 25837 | 100.00 | 0.39 | 0.09 | 121.48 | 1.17 | 0.47 |
1972 | 1970 | CT | 20560 | 93.00 | 0.39 | 0.08 | 120.77 | 1.16 | 0.59 |
1972 | 1970 | CT | 20002 | 23.80 | 0.25 | 0.06 | 28.74 | 0.28 | 0.14 |
1972 | 1970 | CT | 16515 | 139.50 | 0.40 | 0.09 | 159.09 | 1.53 | 0.96 |
1972 | 1970 | CT | 11991 | 169.00 | 0.54 | 0.11 | 208.94 | 2.01 | 1.74 |
1972 | 1970 | CT | 2628 | 0.27 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 1.32 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
1972 | 1970 | CT | 1553 | 4.15 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 5.43 | 0.05 | 0.35 |
1972 | 1970 | RT | 8246 | 6.55 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 17.22 | 0.17 | 0.21 |
1994 | 1990 | RT | 1152 | 0.37 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 1.03 | 0.01 | 0.09 |
1995 | 1990 | CT | 3852 | 3.99 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 6.56 | 0.06 | 0.17 |
1995 | 1990 | CT | 1698 | 0.31 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 1.02 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
1996 | 1990 | CT | 2534 | 0.80 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 2.00 | 0.02 | 0.08 |
1996 | 1990 | CT | 1600 | 0.39 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.98 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
1998 | 1990 | CT | 1694 | 0.67 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 1.75 | 0.02 | 0.10 |
1998 | 1990 | RT | 1614 | 0.73 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 1.84 | 0.02 | 0.11 |
1998 | 1990 | RT | 1403 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.71 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
1999 | 1990 | CT | 1646 | 0.74 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 1.65 | 0.02 | 0.10 |
1999 | 1990 | RT | 2030 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 1.15 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
1999 | 1990 | RT | 1705 | 0.52 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 2.10 | 0.02 | 0.12 |
2005 | 2000 | CT | 3112 | 2.88 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 5.17 | 0.05 | 0.17 |
2005 | 2000 | CT | 2434 | 0.77 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 2.07 | 0.02 | 0.08 |
2005 | 2000 | RT | 1289 | 0.40 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 1.38 | 0.01 | 0.11 |
2005 | 2000 | RT | 1145 | 0.44 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 1.25 | 0.01 | 0.11 |