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Toxicity
Equivalency Factors (TEFs) for PCDDs & PCDFs |
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Analyte |
US
EPA 1
TEF |
WHO
2
TEF |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD |
0.5 |
1.0 |
| 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| 1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| 1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-OCDD |
0.001 |
0.0001 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDF |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF |
0.05 |
0.05 |
| 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| 1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| 1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| 2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| 1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-OCDF |
0.001 |
0.0001 |
1) Taken from Interim procedures for estimating
risks associated with exposures to mixtures
of PCDD & PCDFs and 1989 update, EPA/625/3-89/016,
March 1989.
2) WHO TEFs for human risk assessment based on
the conclusions of WHO meeting in Stockholm, Sweden,
15-18 June 1997 (Van den Berg et al; 1998).
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