Canadian Council

of Ministers
of the Environment

Le Conseil canadien
des ministres
de l'environnement

Users are advised to consult the Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines introductory text, factsheet, and/or protocols for specific information and
implementation guidance pertaining to each environmental quality guideline.
Tissue Residue Quality Guidelines
for the Protection of Widlife Consumer of
Aquatic Biota

Concentration
Date
(μg/kg diet wet weight)

Chemical name Chemical groups

Inorganic
Beryllium No data 2015-02-23
Metals

Dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane; 2,2-Bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1- Organic

trichloroethane Pesticides 14 1997
DDT (total) Organochlorine compounds

Methylmercury Organic 33 2001

Organic
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Polyaromatic compounds Variable 1998
PCBs
Polychlorinated biphenyls

Organic
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzo furans Polyaromatic compounds
Variable 2001
PCDDs, PCDFs Polychlorinated dioxins and
furans

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 Concentration Date

Chemical name Chemical groups

Sodium adsorption ratio

No data No data
SAR

Concentration
Date
(μg/kg diet wet weight)

Chemical name Chemical groups

Organic
Toxaphene Pesticides 6.3 1997
Organochlorine compounds

Chemical name Chemical groups

Sodium adsorption ratio

SAR

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