Table 7. Proposed PCB criteria for protection of various 

 resources and human health. 



Resource and . 



criterion PCR concentration Reference 



Aquatic life 



Freshwater <n.014 ug/1 , 24-h average EPA 1980 



Saltwater <0.030 ug/1, 24-h average 



Fish 



Diets <0.5 mg/kg FW O'Connor and 



Residues Pizza 1984 



Whole body <0.4 mg/kg FW EPA 1980 



Eggs <0.33 mg/kg FW Niimi 1983 



Laboratory Animals 



Rat <5.0 ug/kg BW daily Grant 1983 



Dog <2.5 ug/kg RW daily 



Rhesus monkey <1.0 ug/kg BW daily 



Livestock 



Finished animal feeds^, <0.2 mg/kg FW Hoeting 1983 



Animal feed components <2.0 mg/kg FW 



Food packaging materials <10.0 mg/kg 



Wildlife 



Mink <100 ug/kg FW diet Aulerich et al. 



1985 



Mink <640 ug/kg FW diet; Ringer 1983; 



<1.5 ug/kg BW daily Hornshaw et al. 



1983 

 Birds 



Diet <3.0 mg/kg FW McLane and Hughes 



Residues 1980 



Egg <16.0 mg/kg FW Peakall et al. 1972 



Brain <54.0 mg/kg FW Stickel et al. 1984 



Human health 



Adult daily intake, <1.0 ug/kg BW Swain 1983 



Fish and shellfish 



USA <5.0 mg/kg FW Hoeting 1983 



Canada <2.0 mg/kg FW Grant 1983 



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