Table 7.
Comparison of study results to normative values
| Concentration | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEQ (pg/g lw) | i-ΣPCBs (ng/g lw) | |||||
| Livera | Musclea | Fata | Liver | Muscle | Fat | |
| This study | ||||||
| Common goldeneye | 0.23 ± 0.06 2% of tTEQ |
0.18 ± 0.19 5–14% of tTEQ |
0.07 ± 0.06 2–6% of tTEQ |
906.78 < MRL = 0% |
953.87 < MRL = 0% |
646.18 < MRL = 0% |
| Common pochard | 0.29 ± 0.26 3% of tTEQ |
0.31 ± 0.15 8–25% of tTEQ |
0.12 ± 0.10 3–10% of tTEQ |
767.93 < MRL = 0% |
563.39 < MRL = 0% |
266.05 < MRL = 0% |
| Tufted duck | 0.83 ± 1.27 8% of tTEQ |
0.71 ± 0.72 18–57% of tTEQ |
0.11 ± 0.14 3–9% of tTEQ |
1382.54 < MRL = 0% |
586.27 < MRL = 0% |
191.80 < MRL = 0% |
| Greater scaup | 0.19 ± 0.15 2% of tTEQ |
0.13 ± 0.17 3–10% of tTEQ |
0.10 ± 0.08 2.5–80% of tTEQ |
384.57 < MRL = 6% |
372.53 < MRL = 12% |
595.82 < MRL = 6% |
| Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1259/2011 | ||||||
| Farm animal liver | 10b | – | – | 40 | – | – |
| Farm animal meat | – | 1.25–4b | – | – | 40 | – |
| Farm animal fat | 1.25–4b | – | – | 40 | ||
adl-PCB-TEQ
btTEQ = PCDD/F-dlPCB-TEQ