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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mar Pollut Bull. 2019 May 17;145:28–35. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.05.020

Table 1.

Range of concentrations for ∑62 PAH in sediment pore water (ng/L) and the edible fraction of clam (ng/g) at beaches 1-4. Using the EPA RPF approach, the benzo[a]pyrene equivalence (ng/g) and corresponding excess lifetime cancer risk (ELCR) was calculated for both subsistence consumers (100g/d) and consumers in the general population (4.6g/d).

Beach 1 Beach 2 Beach 3 Beach 4
∑62[PAH] Sediment pore water (ng/L) 5.0-19 12-390 1.2-5.5 5.5-15
∑62[PAH] Clam (ng/g) 12-18 25-81 4.1-4.7 2.7-4.4
BaPeq Clam (ng/g) 0.45-0.59 5.7-18 0.032-0.041 0.014-0.021
ELCR Clam (subsistence) 4.7-6.1 59-190 0.33-0.43 0.15-0.22
ELCR Clam (general) 0.22-0.24 2.7-8.6 0.015-0.020 0.0068-0.056