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RECORD NUMBER: 592 OF 864Main Title | National Study of Chemical Residues in Fish. 3. Study Results. | |||||||||||
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Author | Kuehl, D. W. ; Butterworth, B. ; Marquis, P. J. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Environmental Research Lab.-Duluth, MN. ;Wisconsin Univ.-Superior. Center for Lake Superior Environmental Studies. | |||||||||||
Publisher | c1994 | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1994 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA/600/J-94/433; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB95-111852 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Fishes ; Water pollution effects(Animals) ; Pesticides ; Chlorine organic compounds ; Mercury(Metal) ; Test methods ; Analytical chemistry ; Quality assurance ; Chemical analysis ; Bioaccumulation ; Chromatography ; Mass spectroscopy ; Tables(Data) ; Reprints ; PCDDs(Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins) ; Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins ; PCDFs(Polychlorinated dibenzofurans) ; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans ; Chemical residues ; National Bioaccumulation Study ; Xenobiotics ; PCBs(Polychlorinated biphenyls) | |||||||||||
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Collation | 15p | |||||||||||
Abstract | Bottom feeding and game fish, from each of nearly 400 sites throughout the United States were analyzed for 15 polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin/polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDFs), PCBs, 21 pesticides and herbicides, and 13 other organic chemicals, and mercury. Seven of the PCDD/PCDFs and 15 of the other chemicals were detected at over 50 percent of the sites. PCBs were detected at 91% of all sites at a mean concentration of 1.90 microgram/g, and exceeded 10 microgram/g at 10 sites. 2,3,7,8-TCDD was detected at 70 percent of the sites at a mean concentration of 6.9 ppt and a maximum concentration of 204 ppt. 2,3,7,8-TCDF was detected at 89 percent of the sites at a mean concentration of 13.6 ppt and a maximum concentration of 404 ppt. No correlation between specific sources and most of the analytes could be made. |