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Potential Effects of Contaminants on Fraser River Sockeye Salmon

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Chapter 6 Evaluati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Potential</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Effects</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Endocrine DisruptingChemicals and <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>taminants</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Emerging C<strong>on</strong>cern <strong>on</strong><strong>Fraser</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Sockeye</strong> Salm<strong>on</strong>6.0 Introducti<strong>on</strong>The procedures described in the preceding chapters <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this report provide a systematicbasis for identifying c<strong>on</strong>taminants <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>cern in the <strong>Fraser</strong> <strong>River</strong> Basin and evaluating theirpotential effects <strong>on</strong> sockeye salm<strong>on</strong> in the <strong>Fraser</strong> <strong>River</strong> Basin. However, the data andinformati<strong>on</strong> needed to c<strong>on</strong>duct the screening-level (Chapter 4) and/or detailed (Chapter 5)assessments were not available for all <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the c<strong>on</strong>taminants <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>cern identified during thisinvestigati<strong>on</strong>. In many cases, data <strong>on</strong> the c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> aquatic c<strong>on</strong>taminants insurface water, sediment, or fish tissues were not readily available. In other cases, toxicityscreening values or toxicity reference values were not available for <strong>on</strong>e or more mediatypes. Accordingly, it was not possible to evaluate the risks posed to <strong>Fraser</strong> <strong>River</strong>sockeye salm<strong>on</strong> associated with exposure to many <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the substances included in theInventory <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Aquatic <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>taminants</str<strong>on</strong>g>. The substances that fell into this category werec<strong>on</strong>sidered to be uncertain c<strong>on</strong>taminants <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>cern relative to their potential effects <strong>on</strong>sockeye salm<strong>on</strong> utilizing habitats within the <strong>Fraser</strong> <strong>River</strong> Basin. The c<strong>on</strong>taminants thatcould not be evaluated or could not be fully evaluated (i.e., uncertain c<strong>on</strong>taminants <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>c<strong>on</strong>cern) are c<strong>on</strong>sidered to include:• Microbiological variables (i.e., faecal coliforms, Enterococci);• Organometals [i.e., methyl mercury (MeHg), organotins];• Cyanides;• M<strong>on</strong>oaromatic hydrocarb<strong>on</strong>s (i.e., BTEX);• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarb<strong>on</strong>s (i.e., individual parent PAHs, alkylatedPAHs, total low molecular weight PAHs, total high molecular weight PAHs,total PAHs);• Phenolic compounds (i.e., phenol, cresol);• Chlorinated phenolic compounds (i.e., chlorophenols, chloroguaiacols,chlorocatechols);• Polychlorinated biphenyls (total 2,3,7,8-TCDD toxic equivalents, total PCBsas a sum <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>geners, sum <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> homologs, or sum <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Aroclors);73

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