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Toxicity Equivalency Factors (TEFs) for PCDDs & PCDFs  
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).