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20. Polychlorodibenzofurans and polychlorodibenzodioxins.E+W+S
The quantities of polychlorodibenzofurans and polychlorodibenzodioxins are calculated using the following factors:
1 Van den Berg et al: The 2005 World Health Organisation Re-evaluation of Human and Mammalian Toxic Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and Dioxin like Compounds. | |||
| WHO 2005 TEF 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | 1 | 2,3,7,8-TCDF | 0.1 |
| 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD | 1 | 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF | 0.3 |
| 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF | 0.03 | ||
| 1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD | 0.1 | ||
| 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD | 0.1 | 1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF | 0.1 |
| 1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD | 0.1 | 1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF | 0.1 |
| 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF | 0.1 | ||
| 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD | 0.01 | 2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF | 0.1 |
| OCDD | 0.0003 | 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF | 0.01 |
| 1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF | 0.01 | ||
| OCDF | 0.0003 | ||
| T = tetra, Pe = penta, Hx = hexa, Hp = hepta, O = octa | |||