PMID- 28230353
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170621
LR  - 20210109
IS  - 1520-5851 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-936X (Print)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 51
IP  - 5
DP  - 2017 Mar 7
TI  - Statistical Survey of Persistent Organic Pollutants: Risk Estimations to Humans 
      and Wildlife through Consumption of Fish from U.S. Rivers.
PG  - 3021-3031
LID - 10.1021/acs.est.6b05162 [doi]
AB  - U.S. EPA conducted a national statistical survey of fish tissue contamination at 
      540 river sites (representing 82 954 river km) in 2008-2009, and analyzed samples 
      for 50 persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including 21 PCB congeners, 8 PBDE 
      congeners, and 21 organochlorine pesticides. The survey results were used to 
      provide national estimates of contamination for these POPs. PCBs were the most 
      abundant, being measured in 93.5% of samples. Summed concentrations of the 21 PCB 
      congeners had a national weighted mean of 32.7 mug/kg and a maximum concentration 
      of 857 mug/kg, and exceeded the human health cancer screening value of 12 mug/kg in 
      48% of the national sampled population of river km, and in 70% of the urban 
      sampled population. PBDEs (92.0%), chlordane (88.5%) and DDT (98.7%) were also 
      detected frequently, although at lower concentrations. Results were examined by 
      subpopulations of rivers, including urban or nonurban and three defined 
      ecoregions. PCBs, PBDEs, and DDT occur at significantly higher concentrations in 
      fish from urban rivers versus nonurban; however, the distribution varied more 
      among the ecoregions. Wildlife screening values previously published for bird and 
      mammalian species were converted from whole fish to fillet screening values, and 
      used to estimate risk for wildlife through fish consumption.
FAU - Batt, Angela L
AU  - Batt AL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7008-249X
AD  - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development National 
      Exposure Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, United States.
FAU - Wathen, John B
AU  - Wathen JB
AD  - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Office of Science and 
      Technology, Washington, D.C. 20460, United States.
FAU - Lazorchak, James M
AU  - Lazorchak JM
AD  - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development National 
      Exposure Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, United States.
FAU - Olsen, Anthony R
AU  - Olsen AR
AD  - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, National 
      Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon 97333, 
      United States.
FAU - Kincaid, Thomas M
AU  - Kincaid TM
AD  - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, National 
      Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon 97333, 
      United States.
LA  - eng
GR  - EPA999999/ImEPA/Intramural EPA/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170223
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Fishes
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls
MH  - *Rivers
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical
PMC - PMC7737500
MID - NIHMS983304
COIS- Supporting Information The authors declare no competing financial interest.
EDAT- 2017/02/24 06:00
MHDA- 2017/06/22 06:00
PMCR- 2020/12/15
CRDT- 2017/02/24 06:00
PHST- 2017/02/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/06/22 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/02/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/12/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1021/acs.est.6b05162 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2017 Mar 7;51(5):3021-3031. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05162. 
      Epub 2017 Feb 23.