Table 4 Cancer risk estimates for chronic exposure to dioxins/furans/coplanar PCBs as WHO 2,3,7,8 – TCDD TEQ.

From: One Health assessment of persistent organic chemicals and PFAS for consumption of restored anadromous fish

Species

TEQ (mg/kg)a

Dose (mg/kg BW/day)

Cancer riskb

Alewife

2.79 × 10−5

1.36 × 10−8

6.8 × 10−4

American Shad Roe

1.73 × 10−5

8.64 × 10−9

4.3 × 10−4

American Shad Fillet

2.92 × 10−5

1.46 × 10−8

7.3 × 10−4

Blueback Herring

2.33 × 10−5

1.17 × 10−8

5.9 × 10−4

Rainbow Smelt

2.92 × 10−5

1.46 × 10−8

7.3 × 10−4

Striped Bass

7.40 × 10−5

3.70 × 10−8

18 × 10−4

Sea Lamprey

2.20 × 10−5

1.10 × 10−8

5.5 × 10−4

  1. aConcentration is average Toxic Equivalents (TEQs) of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) using World Health Organization (WHO) toxicity equivalence factors for all samples collected in 2017 and 2018.
  2. bShading indicates a cancer risk above 1 × 10−4.
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