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Table B24. Concentrations (ng/g [ppb]) of pesticide analytes found in NIST mussel tissue V (QA93TIS5)

Pesticide
Analyte
Wet Weight Basis
Dry Weight Basis
Measured
Consensusa
Measured
Consensus
n Mean Std. Dev. Value Std. Dev. z-Scoreb n Mean Std. Dev. Value Std. Dev. z-Scoreb
Hexachlorobenzene 8 0.465 0.306 0.024 0.008 57.8c 8 4 2.66 0.22 0.07 54c
Lindane 8 0.465 0.141 0.298 0.313 0.5 8 3.98 1.21 2.73 2.87 0.4
Aldrin 3 0.91 0.698 0.761 0.898 0.2 3 7.87 6.07 6.98 8.24 0.1
Heptachlor 8 0.511 0.081 0.489 0.455 0 8 4.38 0.71 4.49 4.17 0
Heptachlor epoxide 8 0.759 0.266 0.525 0.396 0.6 8 6.5 2.3 4.82 3.63 0.5
-chlordane 8 5.92 0.584 1.7 0.305 13.8 8 50.7 5.33 15.6 2.8 12.5
trans-nonachlor 8 1.71 0.167 1.91 0.676 -0.3 8 14.6 1.53 17.5 6.2 -0.5
o,p'-DDE 8 4.13 0.723 0.989 0.9 3.5 8 35.3 6.47 9.07 8.26 3.2
p,p'-DDE 8 6.27 0.626 5.5 1.48 0.5 8 53.7 5.65 50.5 13.6 0.2
p,p'-DDD 8 7.49 1.534 4.59 1.4 2.1 8 64.2 13.7 42.1 12.8 1.7
o,p'-DDT 8 nfd - 0.649 0.344 - 8 - - 5.95 3.16 -
p,p'-DDT 8 0.887 0.247 0.332 0.12 4.6 8 7.61 2.19 3.05 1.1 4.1
Mirex 8 0.581 0.499 0.153 0.11 3.9 8 4.99 4.31 1.4 1.01 3.6

aConsensus values from 1993 NIST/NOAA/NS&T/EPAEMAP intercomparison exercise (NIST 1993).
bz-score = (measured mean - consensus value) / consensus standard deviation.
cInflated z-score probably resulted from very low consensus value for hexachlorobenzene.

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