Table 2. Mass concentrations and TEQs of PCDD/Fs and DL-PCBs and their constituent ratios in human milk samples from Guangdong Province, China.
Compound | Mass concentration (pg g–1 lipid) |
TEQ (TEFWHO 2005, pg TEQ per g lipid) |
TEQ (TEFWHO1998, mean, pg TEQ per g lipid) | |||
Mean | Range | Percent contribution a | Mean | Percent contribution b | ||
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD | 2.55 | 1.75–3.31 | 0.79 | 2.55 | 28.05 | 2.55 |
2,3,7,8-TCDD | 0.58 | 0.31–0.81 | 0.18 | 0.58 | 6.38 | 0.58 |
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD | 5.11 | 3.22–8.89 | 1.58 | 0.51 | 5.61 | 0.51 |
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD | 33.73 | 15.9–70.17 | 10.44 | 0.34 | 3.74 | 0.34 |
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD | 1.12 | 0.49–1.59 | 0.35 | 0.11 | 1.21 | 0.11 |
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD | 1.02 | 0.74–1.55 | 0.32 | 0.10 | 1.10 | 0.10 |
OCDD | 260.96 | 126.47–561.95 | 80.77 | 0.08 | 0.88 | 0.03 |
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF | 6.54 | 4.44–10.35 | 2.02 | 1.96 | 21.56 | 3.27 |
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF | 2.9 | 2.24–3.67 | 0.90 | 0.29 | 3.19 | 0.29 |
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF | 2.49 | 2.05–3.51 | 0.77 | 0.25 | 2.75 | 0.25 |
2,3,7,8-TCDF | 0.71 | 0.56–0.86 | 0.22 | 0.07 | 0.77 | 0.07 |
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF | 0.62 | 0.31–0.97 | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.66 | 0.06 |
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF | 0.72 | 0.52–0.98 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.22 | 0.04 |
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF | 2.55 | 1.36–3.76 | 0.79 | 0.03 | 0.33 | 0.03 |
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF | 0.03 | ND-0.083 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.03 | 0.003 |
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF | 0.15 | 0–0.33 | 0.05 | 0.002 | 0.02 | 0.002 |
OCDF | 1.35 | 0.31–2.92 | 0.42 | 0.0004 | 0.004 | 0.0001 |
PCB 126 | 16.56 | 10.85–24.54 | 0.76 | 1.656 | 18.21 | 1.656 |
PCB 169 | 13.63 | 6.92–18.7 | 0.63 | 0.409 | 4.50 | 0.136 |
PCB 118 | 1088.73 | 710.65–1316.82 | 50.25 | 0.033 | 0.36 | 0.109 |
PCB 77 | 8.74 | 4.43–13.84 | 0.40 | 0.001 | 0.01 | 0.001 |
PCB 81 | 3.41 | 2.07–5.76 | 0.16 | 0.001 | 0.01 | 0.0003 |
PCB 105 | 339.21 | 225.59–398.99 | 15.66 | 0.010 | 0.11 | 0.034 |
PCB 114 | 81.94 | 51.67–95.22 | 3.78 | 0.002 | 0.03 | 0.041 |
PCB 123 | 19.82 | 14.98–25.18 | 0.92 | 0.001 | 0.01 | 0.002 |
PCB 156 | 350.84 | 239.02–409.36 | 16.19 | 0.011 | 0.12 | 0.175 |
PCB 157 | 100.01 | 58.70–121.80 | 4.62 | 0.003 | 0.03 | 0.050 |
PCB 167 | 103.22 | 66.24–122.71 | 4.76 | 0.003 | 0.03 | 0.001 |
PCB 189 | 40.47 | 27.9–45.95 | 1.87 | 0.001 | 0.01 | 0.004 |
∑PCDDs | 305.06 | 150–647.72 | 94.42 | 4.27 | 46.97 | 4.22 |
∑PCDFs | 18.04 | 14.33–26.21 | 5.58 | 2.69 | 29.59 | 4.01 |
∑PCDDs/Fs | 323.10 | 167.37–662.6 | 12.98 | 6.96 | 76.57 | 8.23 |
∑DL-PCBs | 2166.58 | 1419.02–2598.87 | 87.02 | 2.13 | 23.43 | 2.21 |
∑(DL-PCBs + PCDDs/Fs) | 2489.68 | 1586.39–3261.47 | 100.00 | 9.09 | 100.00 | 10.44 |
aPercent contribution of each PCDD/F congener, ∑PCDDs and ∑PCDFs to ∑PCDD/Fs, and percent contribution of each DL-PCB congener to ∑DL-PCBs, and percent contribution of ∑PCDD/Fs and ∑DL-PCBs to ∑(PCDD/Fs + DL-PCBs);
bContribution of each PCDD/F and DL-PCB congener, ∑PCDDs, ∑PCDFs and ∑PCBs to ∑(DL-PCBs + PCDD/Fs).