Organochlorine Compounds in sediment and tissue Benchmarks Used in Contaminant Exceedance Plots in the Heinz Center Report

The State of the Nation's Ecosystems

(See below for codes and references.)

NAME					AQCR*	RPTUNITS	AQCRSRC*
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total-Chlordane  (sed)			8.87	UG/KG dw	CAN-interim, PEL, FW
total-Chlordane  (tiss)			500	UG/KG ww	NYSDEC(noncancer)
o,p'+p,p'-DDD    (sed)			8.51	UG/KG dw	CAN-interim, PEL, FW
o,p'+p,p'-DDE    (sed)			6.75	UG/KG dw	CAN-interim, PEL, FW
o,p'+p,p'-DDT    (sed)			4.77	UG/KG dw	CAN-interim,prov-PEL
total-DDT        (tiss)			200	UG/KG ww	NYSDEC(noncancer)
Dieldrin         (sed)			6.67	UG/KG dw	CAN-interim, PEL, FW
Dieldrin+aldrin	 (tiss)			120	UG/KG ww	NYSDEC(noncancer)
Endrin           (sed)			62.4	UG/KG dw	CAN-interim, PEL, FW
Endrin           (tiss)			25	UG/KG ww	NYSDEC(noncancer)
gamma-HCH        (sed)			1.38	UG/KG dw	CAN-interim, PEL, FW
total-HCH        (tiss)			100	UG/KG ww	NYSDEC(noncancer)
Heptachlor epoxide (sed)		2.74	UG/KG dw	CAN-interim, PEL, FW
Heptachlor+heptachlor epoxide (tiss)	200	UG/KG ww	NYSDEC(noncancer)
Hexachlorobenzene (tiss)		330	UG/KG ww	NYSDEC(noncancer)
Mirex            (tiss)			330	UG/KG ww	NYSDEC(noncancer)
PCB, total       (tiss)			110	UG/KG ww	NYSDEC(noncancer)
PCB, total       (sed)			277	UG/KG dw	CAN-interim, PEL, FW




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#     * AQCR:  Aquatic Life Criteria:
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#     * AQCRSRC Source Codes:  Source of data for AQCR attribute.
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#           CAN-interim, PEL, FW=Canadian interim sediment quality 
#              guideline for protection of aquatic life, probable effect 
#              level, freshwater value (for constituents in sediment)
#              (CCME, 1998; and Environment Canada, 1999b)
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#           CAN-interim, prov-PEL=Canadian interim sediment quality 
#              guideline for protection of aquatic life, probable effect 
#              level, provisional freshwater value (for constituents in sediment)
#              (CCME, 1998; and Environment Canada, 1999b)
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#           NYSDEC (noncancer)=New York fish flesh criteria for protection of 
#              piscivorous wildlife, noncancer values. These guidelines protect 
#              wildlife against chronic toxicity but not cancer. (for 
#              constituents in tissue)
#              (Newell and others, 1987)
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#       References:
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#             Canadian Council of Ministers of the
#             Environment (CCME), 1998, Canadian sediment quality
#             guidelines for the protection of aquatic life:
#             Introduction and summary tables. In: Canadian
#             environmental quality guidelines, 1998,
#             Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment,
#             Winnipeg, (http://www.ec.gc.ca/ceqg-rcqe).
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#             Environment Canada, 1999b, Canadian
#             sediment quality guidelines for the protection of
#             aquatic life, Summary tables,
#                                     (http://www.ec.gc.ca/ceqg-rcqe/sediment.htm).
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#             Newell, A.J., Johnson, D.W., and Allen, L.K., 1987,
#             Niagara River Project: Fish flesh criteria for piscivorous
#             wildlife: New York State Department of Environmental
#             Conservation, Technical Report 87-3.

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