Table B-8. Environmental Levels of Dioxins in Fish (ppt)
Chemical |
Fish speciesa |
Tissue |
Number samples |
Number positive samples |
Concentration range |
Conc. mean |
Wt. basis |
Locationb |
Location description |
Samp. year |
Ref. no. |
Comments |
Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (MW=321.98) |
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2,3,7,8-TCDD |
Eel |
Liver |
6 |
6 |
1.2-9.1 |
3.32 |
NR |
Various, Netherlands |
NR |
NR |
1 |
one sample near dump site |
Eel |
Fillet |
5 |
5 |
2.4-3.3 |
3.04 |
Fat |
Rhine River, Germany |
NR |
88 |
2 |
up & downstream Basal |
|
Trout |
Fillet |
1 |
1 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
Fat |
Neckar River, Germany |
Urban |
88 |
2 |
composite sample |
|
Grayling |
Fillet |
1 |
1 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
Fat |
Neckar River, Germany |
Urban |
88 |
2 |
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Barbel |
Fillet |
1 |
1 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
Fat |
Neckar River, Germany |
Urban |
88 |
2 |
||
Carp |
Fillet |
1 |
1 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
Fat |
Neckar River, Germany |
Urban |
88 |
2 |
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Chub |
Fillet |
1 |
0 |
ND(2.3) |
NA |
Fat |
Neckar River, Germany |
Urban |
88 |
2 |
composite sample |
|
Eel |
Fillet |
5 |
5 |
0.9-1.5 |
1.3 |
Fat |
Neckar River, Germany |
Urban |
87-88 |
2 |
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Bream |
14 |
14 |
1.4-94.4 |
18.0 |
Fresh |
Hamburg, Germany |
Urban |
84 |
4 |
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Perch |
3 |
3 |
1.8-8.1 |
5.9 |
Fresh |
Hamburg, Germany |
Urban |
84 |
4 |
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Herring |
Whole |
1 |
0 |
ND(0.1) |
NA |
Fresh |
Atlantic Coast, Sweden |
Pristine |
NR |
5 |
composite 5-10 fish |
|
Herring |
Whole |
2 |
0 |
ND(0.1) |
NA |
Fresh |
Baltic Sea, Sweden |
Urban |
NR |
5 |
composite 5-10 fish |
|
Herring |
Whole |
2 |
0 |
ND(0.1) |
NA |
Fresh |
Gulf of Bothnia, Sweden |
Industrial |
NR |
5 |
composite 5-10 fish |
|
Salmon |
Muscle |
2 |
2 |
4.6-19.0 |
11.8 |
Fresh |
Gulf of Bothnia, Sweden |
NR |
NR |
5 |
wild salmon |
|
Salmon |
Muscle |
2 |
2 |
0.2-0.3 |
0.25 |
Fresh |
Gulf of Bothnia, Sweden |
NR |
NR |
5 |
hatched salmon |
|
Perch |
NR |
3 |
3 |
2.6-19 |
11.5 |
Fresh |
Gulf of Bothnia, Sweden |
NR |
NR |
5 |
caught near pulp mill |
|
Artic Char |
NR |
5 |
5 |
6.5-25 |
14.3 |
Fresh |
Lake Vattern, Sweden |
NR |
NR |
5 |
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Pike |
Muscle |
8 |
8 |
40-833 |
186 |
Fat |
Lake Vanern, Sweden |
Industrial |
88 |
19 |
samples composite 2-5 fish |
|
Pike |
Muscle |
1 |
1 |
78 |
78 |
Fat |
Hedesunda Bay, Sweden |
Industrial |
88 |
19 |
composite 5 fish |
|
Ch. Catfish |
Fillets |
8 |
8 |
28-695 |
157 |
NR |
Various, Michigan |
NR |
78 |
7 |
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2,3,7,8-TCDD |
Carp |
Fillets |
14 |
10 |
20-153 |
55 |
NR |
Various, Michigan |
NR |
78 |
7 |
|
(continued) |
Y. Perch |
Fillets |
6 |
3 |
10-20 |
13 |
NR |
Various, Michigan |
NR |
78 |
7 |
|
Sm. M. Basss |
Fillets |
2 |
2 |
7-8 |
8 |
NR |
Various, Michigan |
NR |
78 |
7 |
||
Sucker |
Fillets |
4 |
3 |
4-21 |
10 |
NR |
Various, Michigan |
NR |
78 |
7 |
||
Lake Trout |
Fillets |
2 |
0 |
ND(5.0) |
NA |
NR |
Various, Michigan |
NR |
78 |
7 |
||
Carp |
Whole |
3 |
0 |
ND(6.6) |
NA |
NR |
Mississippi River, MN |
Industrial |
NR |
8 |
Elk River power station |
|
Carp |
Whole |
3 |
0 |
ND(6.6) |
NA |
NR |
Lake Orono, MN |
Industrial |
NR |
8 |
Elk River power station |
|
Carp |
Whole |
2 |
2 |
3-28 |
16 |
NR |
Lake Huron |
NR |
NR |
18 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Blue Crab |
Meat |
2 |
2 |
106-116 |
111 |
Wet |
Passaic River, NJ |
Urban |
NR |
10 |
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Lobster |
Meat |
2 |
2 |
4.7-6.3 |
5.5 |
Wet |
New York Bight |
Dump Site |
NR |
10 |
former sewage sludge |
|
Str. Bass |
Fillets |
2 |
2 |
83.9-734 |
409 |
Wet |
Newark Bay, NJ |
Urban |
NR |
10 |
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Lake Trout |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
Wet |
Lake Superior |
NR |
84 |
11 |
mean 5 samples |
|
Lake Trout |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
8.6 |
8.6 |
Wet |
Lake Huron |
NR |
84 |
11 |
mean 5 samples |
|
Lake Trout |
Whole |
3 |
3 |
3.5-5.8 |
4.4 |
Wet |
Lake Michigan |
NR |
84 |
11 |
range 3 sample sites |
|
Walleye |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
Wet |
Lake Erie |
NR |
84 |
11 |
mean 5 samples |
|
Walleye |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
Wet |
Lake St. Clair |
NR |
84 |
11 |
mean 5 samples |
|
Lake Trout |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
48.9 |
48.9 |
Wet |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
84 |
11 |
mean 5 samples |
|
Lake Trout |
Whole |
10 |
10 |
3.0-8.7 |
4.2 |
Wet |
Lake Michigan |
NR |
84 |
11 |
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Br. Trout |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
|
Br. Trout |
Fillets |
1 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
|
Rb. Trout |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
14 |
14 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
|
2,3,7,8-TCDD |
Rb. Trout |
Fillets |
1 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
(continued) |
Lake Trout |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
18 |
18 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
Lake Trout |
Fillets |
1 |
1 |
8 |
8 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
|
Coho Salmon |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
20 |
20 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
|
Coho Salmon |
Fillets |
1 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
|
Cod |
Fillets |
4 |
0 |
ND(1.0) |
NA |
Fresh |
Various, Sweden |
Industrial |
88 |
17 |
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Haddock |
Fillets |
1 |
0 |
ND(0.2) |
NA |
Fresh |
Various, Sweden |
Industrial |
88 |
17 |
composite 10 samples |
|
P. Flounder |
Fillets |
1 |
0 |
ND(0.2) |
NA |
Fresh |
Various, Sweden |
Industrial |
88 |
17 |
composite 10 samples |
|
Plaice |
Fillets |
1 |
0 |
ND(0.5) |
NA |
Fresh |
Various, Sweden |
Industrial |
88 |
17 |
composite 10 samples |
|
Flounder |
Fillets |
1 |
0 |
ND(0.5) |
NA |
Fresh |
Various, Sweden |
Industrial |
88 |
17 |
composite 10 samples |
|
Eel |
Fillets |
4 |
1 |
ND-1.4 |
0.35 |
Fresh |
Various, Sweden |
Industrial |
87-88 |
17 |
||
Mussel |
Muscle |
3 |
0 |
ND(0.5) |
NA |
Fresh |
Grenlandsfjord,Sweden |
Industrial |
87 |
17 |
||
Shrimp |
Muscle |
2 |
0 |
ND(2.0) |
NA |
Fresh |
Grenlandsfjord,Sweden |
Industrial |
88 |
17 |
||
Cod |
Fillets |
6 |
NR |
ND-3.8 |
NR |
Fresh |
Frierfjord, Sweden |
Industrial |
87 |
17 |
only conc. range given |
|
Variousc |
Mixedd |
314 |
220 |
NR |
6.84 |
Wet |
Various, US |
Various |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Sucker |
Whole |
15 |
6 |
ND- 0.85 |
0.45 |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Lm Bass |
Fillet |
4 |
0 |
ND( 0.74- 1.39) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Rock Bass |
Whole |
2 |
0 |
ND( 0.96- 1.49) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Rock Bass |
Fillet |
1 |
0 |
ND( 1.17) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
2,3,7,8-TCDD (contiued) |
Sm Bass |
Fillet |
2 |
0 |
ND( 0.99- 1.10) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
Redeye Bass |
Fillet |
1 |
0 |
ND( 1.00) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Carp |
Whole |
5 |
2 |
ND- 0.46 |
0.48 |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
not available |
Whole |
2 |
0 |
ND( 1.15- 2.35) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Brown Trout |
Whole |
1 |
0 |
ND( 0.27) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Brown Trout |
Fillet |
2 |
0 |
ND( 0.34- 0.75) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Rainbow Trout |
Fillet |
2 |
2 |
1.87- 2.26 |
2.06 |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Brook Trout |
Fillet |
1 |
0 |
ND( 0.58) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
Samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Gray Redhorse |
Whole |
1 |
0 |
ND( 0.20) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
Samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Black Redhorse |
Whole |
1 |
0 |
ND( 0.99) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Golden Redhorse |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
0.31 |
0.31 |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Longear Sunfish |
Whole |
1 |
0 |
ND( 0.30) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Walleye |
Fillet |
3 |
0 |
ND( 0.10- 1.00) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Chain Pickerel |
Fillet |
3 |
0 |
ND( 0.10- 0.11) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Black Crappie |
Fillet |
1 |
0 |
ND( 0.16) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
2,3,7,8-TCDD (continued) |
Sea Catfish |
Fillet |
1 |
0 |
ND( 1.00) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
North Hogsucker |
Whole |
1 |
0 |
ND( 1.00) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Summer Flounder |
Whole |
1 |
0 |
ND( 1.02) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Dolly Varden |
Whole |
2 |
0 |
ND( 1.04- 1.11) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Composite Bottom |
Whole |
1 |
0 |
ND( 1.01) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Winter Flounder |
Whole |
2 |
1 |
ND- 1.20 |
1.02 |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Bluefish |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
0.75 |
0.75 |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
White Catfish |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
0.75 |
0.75 |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Crayfish |
Whole |
1 |
0 |
ND( 0.99) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
TCDDs |
Bream |
NR |
13 |
13 |
2.5-102 |
17.6 |
Fresh |
Hamburg, Germany |
Urban |
84 |
4 |
|
Perch |
NR |
2 |
2 |
9.0-10.5 |
9.8 |
Fresh |
Hamburg, Germany |
Urban |
84 |
4 |
||
Carp |
Whole |
3 |
1 |
ND-3.9 |
1.3 |
NR |
Mississippi River, MN |
Industrial |
NR |
8 |
Elk River power station |
|
Carp |
Whole |
3 |
0 |
ND(6.6) |
NA |
NR |
Lake Orono, MN |
Industrial |
NR |
8 |
Elk River power station |
|
Blue Crab |
Meat |
2 |
2 |
118-150 |
134 |
Wet |
Passaic River, NJ |
Urban |
NR |
10 |
||
Lobster |
Meat |
2 |
2 |
6.6-8.3 |
7.4 |
Wet |
New York Bight |
Dump Site |
NR |
10 |
former sewage sludge |
|
Str. Bass |
Fillets |
2 |
2 |
85.4-734 |
410 |
Wet |
Newark Bay, NJ |
Urban |
NR |
10 |
||
Br. Trout |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
11 |
11 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
|
TCDDs (continued) |
Br. Trout |
Fillets |
1 |
1 |
9 |
9 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
Rb. Trout |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
29 |
29 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
|
Rb. Trout |
Fillets |
1 |
1 |
11 |
11 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
|
Lake Trout |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
32 |
32 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
|
Lake Trout |
Fillets |
1 |
1 |
12 |
12 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
|
Coho Salmon |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
22 |
22 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
|
Coho Salmon |
Fillets |
1 |
1 |
9 |
9 |
NR |
Lake Ontario |
NR |
NR |
12 |
composite 3 samples |
|
Pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (MW=356.42) |
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1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD |
Carp |
Whole |
2 |
2 |
2-11 |
6 |
NR |
Lake Huron |
NR |
NR |
18 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
Pike |
Muscle |
8 |
8 |
70-250 |
129 |
Fat |
Lake Vanern, Sweden |
Industrial |
88 |
19 |
samples composite 2-5 fish |
|
Pike |
Muscle |
1 |
1 |
39 |
39 |
Fat |
Hedesunda Bay, Sweden |
Industrial |
88 |
19 |
composite 5 fish |
|
Herring |
Whole |
1 |
1 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
Fresh |
Atlantic Coast, Sweden |
Pristine |
NR |
5 |
composite 5-10 fish |
|
Herring |
Whole |
2 |
2 |
1.1-2.8 |
1.95 |
Fresh |
Baltic Sea, Sweden |
Urban |
NR |
5 |
composite 5-10 fish |
|
Sucker |
Whole |
15 |
2 |
ND- 0.54 |
0.72 |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Lm Bass |
Fillet |
4 |
0 |
ND( 0.75- 2.18) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Rock Bass |
Whole |
2 |
0 |
ND( 2.74- 2.99) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Rock Bass |
Fillet |
1 |
0 |
ND( 1.85) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Sm Bass |
Fillet |
2 |
0 |
ND( 0.92- 0.95) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Redeye Bass |
Fillet |
1 |
0 |
ND( 0.92) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD (continued) |
Carp |
Whole |
5 |
1 |
ND-0.38 |
0.80 |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
not available |
Whole |
2 |
0 |
ND( 1.94- 5.33) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
20 |
samples composite 3-5 fish |
|
Brown Trout |
Whole |
1 |
0 |
ND( 0.97) |
NA |
Wet |
Various, US |
Background |
86-89 |
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