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Quantifying Bioconcentration
TABLE 9.1 (continued)

Bioconcentration Factors (BCFs) and Associated Developed Bioconcentration
Adjustment Factors (BAFs) of TRI Chemicals
Chemical Name
BCF
BAF
Trifluralin
5,674
441
Triforine
28
3
Triphenyltin chloride
900
71
Triphenyltin hydroxide
280
23
Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate
2.8
1
Trypan blue
3.2
1
Urethane
3.2
1
Vanadium
3.2
1
Vinclozolin
130
11
Vinyl acetate
2.3
1
Vinyl bromide
9.2
2
Vinyl chloride
10
2
Warfarin and salts
56
5
Xylene (mixed isomers)
150
13
Zinc
47
5
Zineb
5.7
1
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Profiler.
2006. http://www.pbtprofiler.net/before.asp.
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