Table 2.
compound | cancer SV | noncancer SV | mink WV | kingfisher WV | fillet to whole fish conversion factor |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PCBs | 12 | 47 | 72 | 242 | 1.83 |
PBDEs | N/A | 210 | 21 | 8.7b | 1.50 |
DDT | 69 | 120 | 216 | 12.0 | 1.66 |
chlordane | 67 | 1200 | 573 | 3.1 | 1.44 |
dieldrin | 1.5 | 120 | 20 | 360 |
HH SVs are based on the upper estimates of consuming one 8 oz meal of fish per week. See Methods Section 2.4 for a description of Cancer and Non-Cancer SVs, and WV.
Kestril WV instead of Kingfisher, taken from Canadian Environmental Protection Act(38)