No fact sheet created. For more information on this guideline, please refer to Canadian Water Quality Guidelines (CCREM 1987).

This guideline (originally published in Canadian Water Quality Guidelines [CCREM 1987 + Appendixes] in 1987 or 1991 [PCBs in marine waters]) is no longer recommended and the value is withdrawn. A water quality guideline is not recommended. Environmental exposure is predominantly via sediment, soil, and/or tissue, therefore, the reader is referred to the respective guidelines for these media.

This substance meets the criteria for track 1 substances under the national CCME Policy for the Management of Toxic Substances (PMTS) (i.e., persistent, bioaccumulative, primarily the result of human activity, and CEPA-toxic or equivalent), and should be subject to virtual elimination strategies. Guidelines can serve as action levels or interim management objectives towards vitual elimination.

No fact sheet created. For more information on this guideline, please refer to Canadian Water Quality Guidelines (CCREM 1987).

This guideline (originally published in Canadian Water Quality Guidelines [CCREM 1987 + Appendixes] in 1987 or 1991 [PCBs in marine waters]) is no longer recommended and the value is withdrawn. A water quality guideline is not recommended. Environmental exposure is predominantly via sediment, soil, and/or tissue, therefore, the reader is referred to the respective guidelines for these media.

This substance meets the criteria for track 1 substances under the national CCME Policy for the Management of Toxic Substances (PMTS) (i.e., persistent, bioaccumulative, primarily the result of human activity, and CEPA-toxic or equivalent), and should be subject to virtual elimination strategies. Guidelines can serve as action levels or interim management objectives towards vitual elimination.

Data are sufficient and adequate to calculate only a Soil Quality Guideline for Environmental Health (SQG_E), which is less than the existing interim soil quality criterion (CCME, 1991) for this land use. Therefore the SQG_E becomes the soil quality guideline, which supersedes the interim soil quality criterion for this land use.

For guidelines derived prior to 2004, differentiation between soil texture (coarse/fine) is not applicable.

Data are sufficient and adequate to calculate only a Soil Quality Guideline for Environmental Health (SQG_E), which is less than the existing interim soil quality criterion (CCME, 1991) for this land use. Therefore the SQG_E becomes the soil quality guideline, which supersedes the interim soil quality criterion for this land use.

For guidelines derived prior to 2004, differentiation between soil texture (coarse/fine) is not applicable.

Data are sufficient and adequate to calculate only a Soil Quality Guideline for Environmental Health (SQG_E), which is less than the existing interim soil quality criterion (CCME, 1991) for this land use. Therefore the SQG_E becomes the soil quality guideline, which supersedes the interim soil quality criterion for this land use.

In site-specific situations where the size and/or location of commercial and industrial land uses may impact primary, secondary or tertiary consumers, the soil and food ingestion guideline is recommended as the Soil Quality Guideline for Environmental health (SQG_E)

For guidelines derived prior to 2004, differentiation between soil texture (coarse/fine) is not applicable.

Data are sufficient and adequate to calculate only a Soil Quality Guideline for Environmental Health (SQG_E), which is less than the existing interim soil quality criterion (CCME, 1991) for this land use. Therefore the SQG_E becomes the soil quality guideline, which supersedes the interim soil quality criterion for this land use.

In site-specific situations where the size and/or location of commercial and industrial land uses may impact primary, secondary or tertiary consumers, the soil and food ingestion guideline is recommended as the Soil Quality Guideline for Environmental health (SQG_E)

For guidelines derived prior to 2004, differentiation between soil texture (coarse/fine) is not applicable.

Mammalian: 0.79 ng TEQ/kg diet wet weight
Note: TEQ refers to dioxin toxic equivalents using toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) for PCBs for mammals developed by the World Health Organization in 1998. See fact sheet for supporting document for more details
Avian: 2.4 ng TEQ/kg diet wet weight
Note: TEQ refers to dioxin toxic equivalents using toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) for PCBs for birds developed by the World Health Organization in 1998. See fact sheet for supporting document for more details