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Total PCB conoenlnlioR] OtfJs, diy wl) in sedimenU rrom Iha 

 Hudson Rhrer and New Yoik BIghl region, and in sewise jludge. 



Material 



Location or r 



nbet 



r (km 240)* 

 r(km 15)° 



Sediment 



Hudson RWer ( 



Hudson River ( 



Hudson River (N.Y. harbor)* 



Pierliead Channel*' 



Cowanus Canal'' 



Newtown Creek •" 



Raritan Oay'^ 



Sandy Hook iransect'' 



Christiaensen Hasin" 



Drrdgcd manrials dumpiited 



Sewage sludec dump^iie^ 



Outer Bielit" 

 Sewa^ sladu 



S«aptel° 



SanptoJ*' 



'Dauftoa Hoin«r<i. (1979).' 

 °Dat3 rrom O'Connor er aL (In press a). 

 '^Oau from Stainken and RoUwafcn (1979). 

 ''Oala from Westerol. (1976). 



TABLE A 

 From (6) 



Total PCD's 



( tifjg dry wt) 



TABLE B. Contaminants entering the New York Bight: 

 Percent of loads by source. From (10) . 



