Table VI.

Levels of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in finfish samples used for assessing life-time cancer health risks. Levels include the minimum detection limits (MDLs), maximum detected where possible, relative potency factor (RPF) adjusted levels, and distributional means.

	Concentration (in PPM)
PAH	Minimum Detection Limit	Maximum Detected	RPF- adjusted MDL	RPF- adjusted Maximum	U-distributed Mean	Tri-distributed Mean
Benz[a]anthracene	1.9E-3	Not Detected	1.9E-4	N/A	9.5E-5	1.3E-4
Chrysene	1.5E-3	2.4E-2	1.5E-6	2.4E-5	1.2E-5	8.6E-6
Benzo[b]fluoranthene	2.0E-3	Not Detected	2.0E-4	N/A	1.0E-4	1.3E-4
Benzo[k]fluoranthene	1.8E-3	Not Detected	1.8E-5	N/A	9.0E-6	1.2E-5
Benzo[a]pyrene	2.0E-3	Not Detected	2.0E-3	N/A	1.0E-3	1.3E-3
Indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene	2.1E-3	Not Detected	2.1E-4	N/A	1.1E-4	1.4E-4
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene	2.0E-3	2.9E-3	2.0E-3	2.9E-3	1.5E-3	1.6E-3
Totals			5.5E-3		2.8E-3	3.4E-3