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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