Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

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Bioaccumlative Chemicals of Concern (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Description
The U.S. EPA's "Final Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System" identifies specific chemicals that will be subject to stringent regulatory controls. These bioaccumulative chemicals of concern (BCCs) include any chemical that has the potential to cause adverse effects after release to surface waters due to bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms (the bioaccumulation factor must be greater than 1000, after considering metabolism and other physicochemical properties).

Reference
EPA. Final Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System. 60 Federal Register: 15365 (March 23, 1995). Table 6.

EPA. Great Lakes Initiative.
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/GLI/index.html

List of Chemicals
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Chemical Name CAS Registry Number (or EDF Substance ID)

ALPHA-LINDANE 319-84-6

BETA-LINDANE 319-85-7

CAMPHECHLOR 8001-35-2

CHLORDANE 57-74-9

DDD 72-54-8

DDE 72-55-9

DDT 50-29-3

DELTA-LINDANE 319-86-8

DIELDRIN 60-57-1

GAMMA-LINDANE 58-89-9

HEXACHLORO-1,3-BUTADIENE 87-68-3

HEXACHLOROBENZENE 118-74-1

1,2,3,4,5,6-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE (MIXTURE OF ISOMERS) 608-73-1

MERCURY 7439-97-6

MIREX 2385-85-5

OCTACHLOROSTYRENE EDF-151

PENTACHLOROBENZENE 608-93-5

PHOTOMIREX 39801-14-4

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS 1336-36-3

1,2,4,5-TETRACHLORBENZOL 95-94-3

1,2,3,4-TETRACHLOROBENZENE 634-66-2

2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN (TCDD) 1746-01-6

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