Great Lakes water quality initiative technical support document for the procedure to determine bioaccumulation factors. Draft report

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6823204

The purpose of the document is to provide the technical information and rationale in support of the proposed procedures to determine bioaccumulation factors. Bioaccumulation factors, together with the quantity of aquatic organisms eaten, determine the extent to which people and wildlife are exposed to chemicals through the consumption of aquatic organisms. The more bioaccumulative a pollutant is, the more important the consumption of aquatic organisms becomes as a potential source of contaminants to humans and wildlife. Bioaccumulation factors are needed to determine both human health and wildlife tier I water quality criteria and tier II values. Also, they are used to define Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern among the Great Lakes Initiative universe of pollutants. Bioaccumulation factors range from less than one to several million.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of the Assistant Administrator for Water
• OSTI ID: 6823204
• Report Number(s): PB-93-154664/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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TOXIC MATERIALS
VERTEBRATES
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