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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 10.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2020 Jan 7;712:136512. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136512

Table 1.

Total PCBs, dioxins, and furans concentrations (pg/g wet weight) in liver of selected white sucker collected within the St. Louis River Area of Concern 2015. For liver data, CO = cholangioma; CC = cholangiocarcinoma; bd prol = bile duct proliferation. For concentration values, BD = below detection or any flagged values.

Fish ID Age, yr Liver Site Total PCBs Total Tetra-dioxins Total Penta-dioxins Total Hexa-dioxins Total Hepta-dioxins Total Tetra-furans Total Penta-furans Total Hexa-furans Total Hepta-furans
257 4 Normal St. Louis Bay 225,204 BD BD 0.65 1.14 1.64 1.66 1.87 BD
263 4 Normal St. Louis Bay 27,191 BD 0.37 BD 0.5 0.74 BD BD BD
271 5 Normal St. Louis Bay 329,296 BD 1.07 1.18 3.12 3.96 BD BD 1.44
289 6 Normal St. Louis Bay 35,144 BD BD 0.2 BD BD 0.58 0.72 BD
210 6 Normal Superior Bay 8,008 BD BD BD 2.06 1.62 BD 2.05 1.21
212 4 Normal Superior Bay 43,735 BD BD 0.28 1.66 0.77 BD 2.27 1.03
230 6 Normal Superior Bay 256,257 0.65 BD 1.04 1.49 3.39 0.75 BD 1.1
360 4 Normal Upper River 2,345 BD BD BD BD 0.16 0.16 BD BD
361 4 Normal Upper River 3,717 BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD
369 4 Normal Upper River 7,443 BD BD BD BD BD 0.34 BD BD
240 12 CO St. Louis Bay 111,131 BD 0.32 BD BD 0.94 0.35 1.19 0.47
283 7 CC St. Louis Bay 316,501 1.06 BD BD BD 1.5 BD 1.33 0.31
405 5 CC St. Louis Bay 263,907 0.56 0.62 0.61 BD 2.01 1.03 1.36 0.86
324 11 bd prol Lower River 149,703 0.47 0.71 0.41 BD 1.42 1.8 1.11 0.34
438 5 CC Lower River 338,520 0.78 0.55 1.08 BD 1.97 1.67 4.32 0.39
442 12 CO Lower River 1,187,477 1.25 2.14 3.94 BD 3.83 3.19 8.23 2.8
445 6 CC Lower River 67,077 BD 0.7 BD BD 2.01 1.05 BD BD
449 6 CC Lower River 91,922 BD 0.4 0.22 BD 1.75 0.25 0.6 0.25
353 4 CC Upper River 7,144 BD BD BD BD BD BD BD BD
368 9 bd prol Upper River 6,576 0.14 0.49 0.22 BD 0.56 0.81 0.15 BD