Survey of Persistent Organochlorine Contaminants (PCDD, PCDF, and PCB) in Fish Collected from the Polish Baltic Fishing Areas

Table 1

PCDD/PCDFs and dL-PCBs in Polish Baltic fishing area. Average and range concentration (pg WHO-TEQ/g w.w.).

Fish  species	Year	pg WHO-TEQ/g w.w
		PCDD/F 𝑥±𝑠𝑡𝑑.𝑑𝑒𝑣.	dL-PCB 𝑥±𝑠𝑡𝑑.𝑑𝑒𝑣.	∑ PCDD/F/dL-PCB  𝑥±𝑠𝑡𝑑.𝑑𝑒𝑣.	Min	Max	Min	Max
					PCDD/F 𝑥 ± 𝑈*		∑ PCDD/F/dL-PCB 𝑥±𝑈*
Salmon; 𝑛=52	2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010	3.42 ± 1.13; 2.87 ± 0.99; 2.57 ± 1.17; 2.75 ± 0.84; 3.04 ± 0.73	5.81 ± 1.53; 4.83 ± 1.43; 4.78 ± 1.93; 5.12 ± 1.41; 5.31 ± 1.33	9.23 ± 2.64; 7.70 ± 2.39; 7.35 ± 3.07; 7.87 ± 2.18; 8.35 ± 2.00	0.64 ± 0.09	5.67 ± 0.81	1.69 ± 0.28	14.11 ± 2.36
Herring; 𝑛=52	2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010	2.15 ± 0.61; 1.87 ± 1.06; 1.52 ± 0.44; 1.32 ± 0.36; 1.55 ± 0.68	2.29 ± 0.75; 2.09 ± 0.91; 1.74 ± 0.44; 1.31 ± 0.35; 1.60 ± 0.57	4.45 ± 1.35; 3.96 ± 1.96; 3.26 ± 0.87; 2.63 ± 0.62; 3.15 ± 1.22	0.63 ± 0.09	4.64 ± 0.66	1.36 ± 0.23	9.07 ± 1.52
Sprat; 𝑛=52	2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010	2.71 ± 0.51; 2.11 ± 0.84; 2.10 ± 0.26; 1.66 ± 0.98; 1.94 ± 0.73	3.33 ± 0.56; 2.85 ± 0.70; 2.74 ± 0.2; 2.34 ± 0.91; 2.39 ± 0.65	6.06 ± 1.01; 4.96 ± 1.48; 4.84 ± 0.41; 4.17 ± 1.68; 4.33 ± 1.36	0.23 ± 0.03	3.88 ± 0.56	0.85 ± 0.14	8.01 ± 1.34
Sea trout; 𝑛=6	2009; 2010	3.07 ± 1.25; 2.99 ± 0.04	6.07 ± 2.56; 5.00 ± 0.48	9.14 ± 3.78; 7.99 ± 0.51	1.93 ± 0.28	4.40 ± 0.63	6.13 ± 1.02	13.38 ± 2.24
Cod; 𝑛=15	2009; 2010	0.22 ± 0.00; 0.22 ± 0.01	0.64 ± 0.02; 0.64 ± 0.04	0.86 ± 0.03; 0.85 ± 0.02	0.22 ± 0.03	0.23 ± 0.03	0.84 ± 0.14	0.90 ± 0.15

𝑈 *: expanded uncertainty (Eurachem/Citac Guide CG4 “Quantifying Uncertainty in Analytical Measurements”).