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Table 3 Comparison between different PCDD- and PCDF-congeners in milk and hay form Engidalur with background levels. Both absolute concentrations and the relative contributions of TEQ of each congener are presented.

From: Contamination of livestock due to the operation of a small waste incinerator: a case incident in Skutulsfjörður, Iceland, in 2010

 

Hay (pg /g)1

Milk (pg /g fat)

Hay (% of PCDD/Fs WHO-TEQ)

Milk (% of PCDD/Fs WHO-TEQ)

 

Engidalur

Control C2

Engidalur

Control C3

Engidalur

Control C2

Engidalur

Control C3

2,3,7,8 TCDF

<0.05

0.13

0.29

<0.07

<0.6

12.9

0.7

<6.0

1,2,3,7,8 PeCDDF

0.41

<0.03

0.17

<0.03

2.5

<1.5

0.2

<2.6

2,3,4,7,8 PeCDF

0.15

<0.03

3.18

0.017

29.9

<15.0

36.1

1.5

1,2,3,4,7,8 HxDCF

0.56

<0.03

1.72

<0.02

6.7

<3.0

3.9

<1.7

1,2,3,6,7,8 HxCDF

0.75

<0.03

2.14

<0.02

9.0

<3.0

4.9

<1.7

2,3,4,6,7,8 HxCDF

0.89

<0.03

2.78

<0.05

10.6

<3.0

6.3

<4.0

1,2,3,7,8,9 HxCDF

0.01

<0.03

0.08

<0.08

0.1

<3.0

0.2

<7.0

1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HpCDF

2.60

0,14

0.74

<0.02

3.1

1,4

0.2

<1.7

1,2,3,4,7,8,9 HpCDF

0.24

<0.04

0.15

<0.07

0.3

<0.4

0.0

<6

OCDF

0.99

0.22

0.40

<0.14

0.0

0.0

0.0

<12

2,3,7,8 TCDD

<0.05

<0.02

0.42

<0.03

<5.7

<20.0

9.7

<2.6

1,2,3,7,8 PeCDD

0.19

<0.03

1.48

<0.04

22.7

<30.0

33.7

<3.4

1,2,3,4,7,8 HxCDD

0.15

<0.03

0.61

<0.06

1.8

<3.0

1.4

<5.1

1,2,3,6,7,8 HxCDD

0.28

0.03

1.20

<0.03

3.3

<3.4

2.7

<2.6

1,2,3,7,8,9 HxCDD

0.19

<0.03

0.47

<0.04

0.2

0.3

0.1

<3.4

1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HpCDD

1.70

0.35

1.07

<0.05

0.2

<0.3

0.0

<4.3

OCDD

2.0

1,35

5.96

<0.4

0.0

0.1

0.0

<34

  1. 1 The results are based on hay with 12% moisture content.
  2. 2 Average of 4 samples.
  3. 3 Average of 10 samples.