We report the levels of airborne PCB concentrations from 180 samples from 18 locations, from 2011 to 2013 in the metropolitan Chicago area, Il, USA. Measurements were obtained using polyurethane foam passive air samplers (PUF-PAS), deployed for ~45 days. Effective volumes for individual PCB congeners were calculated from a previously published model and included here. Further, individual PCB congener masses from 24 laboratory blank PUFs are included, as well as the masses of the individual...

Individual PCB congener mass detected in polyurethane foam passive air sampler (i.e., PUF-PAS) using GC-MS/MS

We report the levels of airborne individual PCB concentrations of gas phases from the City of Chicago in 2009. One hundred and seventy-one individual or coeluting congener PCBs are reported. Field blank masses for all 171 individual congeners for gas (XAD-2) phases are included here. The XAD-2 blank samples were not exposed or opened to the air at any time during the sampling period.

Individual PCB congener in air using polyurethane foam passive air sampler (i.e., PUF-PAS)

We report the levels of airborne individual PCB concentrations of gas phases from the City of Chicago in 2009. Twenty-seven locations were sampled for gas phases, where 141 gas phases were collected. One hundred and seventy-one individual or coeluting congener PCBs are reported. This dataset includes the sample mass for all 171 individual congeners for gas (XAD-2) phases, the deployment time and sampling flow.

We report the levels of airborne PCB concentrations at 18 locations for three consecutive periods, from July to November of 2015, and one extra period from July to August of 2016 in New Bedford, Fairhaven, Dartmouth, and Acushnet, MA, USA. Measurements were obtained using polyurethane foam passive air samplers (PUF-PAS), deployed for ~40 days. Effective volumes for individual PCB congeners were calculated from a previously published model and included here. Further, the limit of detection...

Selected PCB congener in sediment Standard Reference Material 1994 using GC-MS/MS

Individual PCB congener mass in PUF using passive air sampler (i.e., PUF-PAS) * Quantification and determination of individual PCB congeners using GC-MS/MS * Values = 0 indicates non-detected * No blank correction performed

Determination of LOQ for individual PCB congeners obtained from 6 blank LDPEs analyzed as samples. LOQ calculated from the upper 95% confidence interval.

Determination of LOQ for individual PCB congeners obtained from 13 and 5 blank PUFs for sampling periods 1-3 and sampling period 4, respectively, analyzed as samples

We report the levels of airborne individual PCB concentrations of gas (XAD-2) phases from the City of Chicago in 2009. Twenty-seven locations were sampled for gas phases, where 141 gas phases were collected. One hundred and seventy-one individual or coeluting congener PCBs are reported. Final individual PCB congener concentrations, as well as ambient air temperature (K), and wind speed (m/s) are included.

We report the results of individual polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners in the surficial freshwater sediment from a wastewater lagoon located in Virginia (USA). PCB congeners were measured using tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) in multiple reaction monitoring mode (MRM), a method that provides a high-level selectivity and sensitivity for PCBs in complex environmental samples. The PCB concentrations (sum of 171 congeners or coeluting peaks) range from 6,340 to 12,700,000 ng/g dry weight (d.w.). PCB congener profile...

We report the levels of airborne individual PCB concentrations of particle phases from the City of Chicago in 2009. Seventeen locations were sampled for particle phases, where 46 particle phases were collected. One hundred and seventy-one individual or coeluting congener PCBs are reported. This dataset includes the sample mass for all 171 individual congeners for particle (QFF) phases, the deployment time and sampling flow.

Individual PCB congener mass per PUF from 24 laboratory blanks: PCBs were analyzed using GC-MS/MS.

Determination of LOQ for individual PCB congeners obtained from 6 blank LDPEs analyzed as samples. LOQ calculated from the upper 95% confidence interval

Here, we report the results of the first intensive survey of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the surficial sediment of the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal (IHSC) in East Chicago, Indiana, a part of the Calumet River tributary of Lake Michigan (2006). PCB congeners were measured using tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) in multiple reaction monitoring mode (MRM), a method that provides a high-level selectivity and sensitivity for PCBs in complex environmental samples. The PCB concentrations (sum...

Individual PCB congener freely-dissolved water concentration, n between 2 and 4, Sampling period 2017-23-05 - 2017-28-06 only one sample, thus std dev = 0.