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Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2019 Apr 18;53(9):5187–5194. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01087

Table 1.

PCB congeners in colorants.

Colorant Name	Color (CI Index)⁴⁰	Top 10 PCBs ranked highest to lowest mass	Concentration (ng ∑PCBs g⁻¹ colorant)	Year Purchased
D	Phthalo Green (PG 7)	209, 206, 6, 208, 207, 8, 12/13, 11, 198/199, 4	284	2018
E	Phthalo Blue (PB 15:2)	209, 26/29, 5, 12/13, 4, 206, 9, 3, 10, 175	0.69	2018
AXX	Organic Yellow (Blend)	8, 4, 6, 184, 182, 188, 17, 181, 209, 12/13	13.3	2018
AGF	Organic Yellow (PY 97)	52, 90/101/113, 92, 36, 38, 5, 79, 120, 127, 165	3.82	2018
T	Medium Yellow (Blend)	4, 11, 8, 6, 1, 209, 3, 10, 12/13, 5	3.01	2018
ORF	Organic Orange (PO 73)	3, 11, 15, 12/13, 8, 35, 4, 6, 5, 38	5.04	2018
REE	Organic Red (PR 122)	12/13, 15, 8, 31, 3, 6, 4, 25, 39, 146	11.7	2018
DD	Maroon	2, 1, 3, 146, 147/149, 153/168, 8, 118, 187, 6	9.82–16	2009
VV	White	25, 6, 133, 131, 146, 72, 94, 98, 142	0.03	2009