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Bioavailability of 2,3,7,8-TCDD, 2,3,7,8-TCDF and PCBs to marine benthos from passaic river sediments

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6143756
The bioaccumulation and depuration of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran and polychlorinated biphenyls by marine benthos exposed to environmentally contaminated sediment were measured in a laboratory study. Sandworms (Nereis virens), clams (Macoma nasuta) and shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) were exposed to sediment from the Passaic River, New Jersey for up to 180 days. Worms accumulated the highest concentrations of these compounds. Uptake and depuration rates were slowest in the worms and most rapid in the clams.
Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, RI (USA). Environmental Research Lab.
OSTI ID:
6143756
Report Number(s):
PB-91-116947/XAB; EPA--600/J-90/244
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English