A High Throughput Method for Measuring Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Seafood Using QuEChERS Extraction and SBSE

Table 1

United States PAH regulatory limits for reopening impacted areas.

Chemical^1	Levels of concern (ppm)
	mg/kg/day	13 g/day (shrimp and crabs)	12 g/day (oysters)	49 g/day (finfish)
Naphthalene	0.02	123	133	32.7
Fluorene	0.04	246	267	65.3
Anthracene/phenanthrene	0.3	1846	2000	490
Fluoranthene	0.3	246	267	65.3
Pyrene	0.03	185	200	49
Benzanthracene	0.0002	1.32	1.43	0.35
Chrysene	0.02	132	143	35
Benzopyrene	0.00002	0.132	0.143	0.035

Includes alkylated homologues, specifically C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4 naphthalenes; C-1, C-2, C-3 fluorenes; C-1, C-2, C-3 anthracenes/phenanthrenes; C-1, C-2 pyrenes.
Table modified from FDA 2010 [2].