Department of
            Veterans Affairs
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Dioxins and Dibenzofurans in
Adipose Tissue of U.S. Vietnam
Veterans and Controls
            Veterans Health Services
            and Research Administration

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         Dioxins  and Dibenzofurans in
        Adipose Tissue of U.S. Vietnam
             Veterans and Controls
Han K. Rang, Dr. P.H., Kevin K. Watanabe, M.S
     Office of Environmental Epidemiology
        Department of Veterans Affairs
            Washington,  DC   20006

  Joseph  Breen,  Ph.D., Janet Remmers,  M.S.,
         and Margaret Conomos,  M.P.H.
          Office of Toxic Substances
       Environmental  Protection Agency
            Washington,  DC   20460

             John  Stanley,  Ph.D.
          Midwest Research Institute
            Kansas City,  MO  64110

         Michele Flicker, Ph.D.,  M.D.
        Leavenworth VA Medical Center
             Leavenworth, Kansas
                                      GVO
                 August  1990

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                            DISCLAIMER

     This document has been reviewed and approved for publication
by the Office of Environmental Epidemiology, Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Office of Toxic Substances, Office
of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).  The use of trade names or commercial products does
not constitute VA or EPA endorsement or recommendation for use.
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                        TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Disclaimer	ii

List of Figures	vi

List of Tables	vii

Executive Summary  	  x

I.   Introduction  	  1

II.  Methods

     A.   Identification and Selection of Study Subjects ...  5
          1.    Source of Human Adipose Tissue Specimens  ...  5
          2.    Selection Procedures and Criteria 	  5

     B.   Determination of Opportunity
          for Agent Orange Exposure  	  6

     C.   Statistical Methods  	  7

     D.   Laboratory Analysis  	  8
          1.    Standard Materials  	  8
          2.    Sample Preparation  	 11
          3.    Instrumental Analysis 	 14

     E.   Quality Assurance Program  	 22
          1.    Quality Control Samples 	 24
          2.    QC Charts	26
          3.    Details of the Analytical Run	28

III. Results

     A.   Demographic and Military Service Characteristics . . 29

     B.   2,3,7,8-TCDD Levels by Demographic
          Characteristics  	 29

     C.   2,3,7,8-TCDD Levels by Military Service
          Characteristics  	 37

     D.   Quality Assurance Program Results  	 40
          1.    Internally Spiked Lipid Samples 	 44
               a.   Evaluation of the Standards Spiking
                    Solution	44
               b.   Results of the Internally Spiked
                    Lipid Sample Analysis	47
          2.    Split Samples	51

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          3.   Control Lipid Samples 	 51
          4.   Method Blanks	51
          5.   Instrument Performance	55
               a.   Mass Calibration	55
               b.   Column Performance 	 55
               c.   Tridecane Blanks 	 55
               d.   Calibration Data	60
          6.   Recovery of Internal Quantitation Standards .  . 60
          7.   National Bureau of Standards	60
          8.   Interlaboratory Study 	 64

IV.  Discussion	67

V.   References	71

Appendix A.    Raw Data Tables	A-l

Appendix B.    Quality Control Program Results 	  B-l

Appendix C.    External Quality Assurance	C-l

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                         LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1.  Schematic diagram of the sample preparation and
           instrumental analysis procedures for determination of
           PCDDs and PCDFs in human adipose tissue

Figure 2.  Histogram of 2,3,7,8-TCDD Levels by Study Group Before
           Log Transformation

Figure 3.  Histogram of 2,3,7,8-TCDD Levels by Study Group After
           Loge Transformation

Figure 4.  2,3,7,8-TCDD Percent Recovery in Spiked Internal QC
           Samples (Spike Levels are Highlighted) Batch 1-20

Figure 5.  2,3,7,8-TCDD Concentration in Unspiked Control QC
           Sample (pg/g)

Figure 6.  Mass Resolution:  HRMS Batches 1 to 20

Figure 7.  Mass Resolution:  LRMS Batches 1 to 20

Figure 8.  Column Resolution  (%):  HRMS Batches 1 to 20

Figure 9.  Column Resolution  (%):  LRMS Batches 1 to 20

Figure 10. Control Chart 2,3,7,8-TCDD

Figure 11,
13
 C12-TCDD Recoveries for Batches 1-20
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                          LIST OF TABLES


Table 1.   Analytical Standards Used to Prepare the Calibration
           Standards

Table 2.   Internal Quantitation Standards

Table 3.   HRGC/LRMS Operating Conditions for PCDD/PCDF Analysis

Table 4.   Ions Monitored for HRGC/MS of PCDD/PCDF

Table 5.   HRGC/HRMS Operating Conditions

Table 6.   Concentration Calibration Solutions

Table 7.   Target Analyte/Internal Quantitation Standard and
           Internal Quantitation Standard/Internal Recovery
           Standard Pairs

Table 8.   Native PCDD and PCDF Spiking Solution in Isooctane

Table 9.   Spiking Levels of the Internally Spiked Lipid Samples

Table 10.  Demographic Characteristics of Study Subjects

Table 11.  Military Service Characteristics of Veterans

Table 12.  Military Service Characteristics of Veterans Who
           Served in Vietnam

Table 13.  Distribution of 2,3,7,8-TCDD Levels in Adipose Tissue
           by Military Service Status, in pg/g of the Total
           Extractable Lipid (ppt)

Table 14.  Percent Distribution of Samples in Each Study Group
           that Fall Under the 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th Civilian
           Percentile TCDD Levels,  in pg/g of the Total
           Extractable Lipid (ppt)

Table 15.  Geometric Mean 2,3,7,8-TCDD Levels in Adipose Tissue
           by Demographic Characteristics, in pg/g of the Total
           Extractable Lipid (ppt)

Table 16.  Selected Arithmetic Mean PCDD Levels in Adipose Tissue
           by Sample Collection Year, in pg/g of the Total
           Extractable Lipid (ppt)

Table 17.  Geometric Mean 2,3,7,8-TCDD Levels in Adipose Tissue
           by Military Service Characteristics, in pg/g of the
           Total Extractable Lipid (ppt)
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Table 18.  Geometric Mean 2,3,7,8-TCDD Levels in Adipose Tissue
           by Vietnam Service Characteristics,  in pg/g of the
           Total Extractable Lipid (ppt)

Table 19.  Arithmetic Mean Levels of Dioxins and Furans Detected
           in Adipose Tissue by Military Service Status, in pg/g
           of the Total Extractable Lipid (ppt)

Table 20.  Results of the Analysis of the Native PCDD and PCDF
           Spiking Solution - Average Percent Recovery (%)

Table 21.  Percent Recovery and Precision of Measurements for
           PCDDs and PCDFs from the Internally Spiked Lipid
           Samples (n = 20)

Table 22.  Percent Recovery and Precision of Measurements for
           2,3,7,8-TCDD from the Twenty Internally Spiked Lipid
           Samples (%)

Table 23.  Results of Split Sample Analyses for 2,3,7,8-TCDD

Table 24.  Summary of the Results of the Measurements in the
           Unspiked Control Lipid Samples (n = 20)

Table 25.  Measurements of Target Analytes Detected in the Method
           Blank Samples by Batch Number

Table 26.  Summary of the Limits of Detection for the Target
           Compounds which were not Detected in the Method Blank
           Samples

Table 27.  Results of the Analysis of the National Bureau of
           Standards Solution of 2,3,7,8-TCDD

Table 28.  Summary of PCDD and PCDF Calibration Standards
           (ug/mL)-Round Robin Results
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                        EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

     The primary reason for concern about the adverse effects of
exposure to Agent Orange is attributable to its toxic
contaminant, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-£>-dioxin (TCDD).   Because
TCDD accumulates preferentially in body fat and has a long half-
life in humans, TCDD levels in adipose tissue can serve as a
biological marker of exposure to Agent Orange.
     The main objectives of the study were to determine if
individuals with military service in Vietnam had significantly
higher levels of 2,3,7,8-TCDD in adipose tissue than a similar
group of non-Vietnam veterans or civilians, and to determine if
TCDD levels were associated with specific demographic and
military service characteristics.  Under an agreement between the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), the adipose tissue collected for the
EPA's National Human Adipose Tissue Survey (NHATS)  was made
available to the study as the source of tissue specimens.  The
EPA developed and evaluated all analytical methods for
determination of 2,3,7,8-substituted polychlorinated dibenzo-p_-
dioxin (PCDD) and dibenzofuran (PCDF) levels in human adipose
tissue.  Since the vast majority of Vietnam veterans were males
born between 1936 and 1954, the study focused on tissue specimens
from men in this age bracket.  Adipose tissue samples from 36
Vietnam veterans, 79 non-Vietnam veterans and 80 civilian men
were selected and analyzed for 17 PCDD's and PCDF's including
2,3,7,8-TCDD.
     It was found that, with or without adjustment for several
demographic variables, the mean level of 2,3,7,8-TCDD in the
adipose tissue of the 36 Vietnam veterans was not significantly
different from that of the 79 non-Vietnam veterans or the 80
civilian men.  The geometric mean TCDD levels for these groups
were 11.7, 10.9 and 12.4 parts per trillion (ppt) respectively.
Furthermore, the results showed no association between TCDD
levels and any estimate of Agent Orange exposure opportunity
based on military records.  None of the Vietnam veterans in the
study had an occupation which involved routine handling or
spraying of Agent Orange in Vietnam.  The study results suggest
that heavy exposure to 2,3,7,8-TCDD for most Vietnam veterans was
unlikely and that available military unit records used in the
study were inadequate in assessing exposure to Agent Orange for
those Vietnam veterans.

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                         I.   INTRODUCTION

     The use of herbicides to control vegetation has caused one
of the most persistent controversies arising from the Vietnam
conflict.  The U.S. Air Force applied most of these herbicides to
dense jungle areas to uncover hidden enemy staging areas, and to
clear vegetation from the vicinity of military bases and along
lines of communication.  The most common defoliant, Agent Orange,
was used during the years 1965 to 1970.  Agent Orange is the code
name for a phenoxyherbicide consisting of a mixture of 2,4-
dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy-
acetic acid (2,4,5-T).  The 2,4,5-T contained 1-50 parts per
million (ppm)  of the contaminant, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-
dioxin, also known as TCDD or dioxin1.   TCDD is  extremely toxic
to laboratory animals, and many Vietnam veterans believe it is
responsible for health problems ranging from skin rash to
cancer.1"3
     TCDD accumulates preferentially in the body fat of animals
and man.  The TCDD half-life in laboratory animals is estimated
to be between 2 and 5 weeks.4  Data  on  the TCDD  half-life in
humans, however, are limited and preliminary in comparison to
animal data.  Poiger and Schlatter5  reported that a single dose
of 3H-2,3,7,8-TCDD ingested by a  human  volunteer was absorbed
almost completely from the intestine and cleared the body with an
estimated half-life of 5.8 years.  A recent report by the Centers
for Disease Control (CDC)6 indicated that  the median half-life of
TCDD estimated from 36 Air Force veterans involved in the
"Operation Ranch Hand" spraying missions in Vietnam was 7.1 years
based on the difference between two measurements taken 5 years
apart.  This study indicated that it should be possible to detect
elevated levels of TCDD in persons one or even two decades after
their exposure if they were exposed to a substantial amount of
TCDD.
     Since 2,3,7,8-TCDD is a known contaminant of Agent Orange,
several studies have suggested using the TCDD levels in adipose
tissue as a biological marker of exposure to Agent Orange.  Gross
et al7,  for example,  reported that 2 of 3  Vietnam veterans
classified as "heavily exposed veterans",  based on military
records, had the highest TCDD levels in their adipose tissue
among Vietnam veterans.  The third veteran had a non-detectable
level of TCDD when the detection limit was 3 ppt.  Another 17
Vietnam veterans had TCDD levels in their adipose tissue similar
to the TCDD levels of 10 veterans who did not serve in Vietnam.
Kahn et al8 found that the average level of 2,3,7,8-TCDD in the
adipose tissue of 10 Vietnam veterans who were considered
"heavily exposed" to Agent Orange was almost 10 times higher than
in the controls (41.7 ppt vs. 4.3 ppt).  Nine of the 10 veterans
handled herbicides while in Vietnam: 5 Air Force Ranch Handers, 2
Army Chemical Corps personnel, 1 Air Force veteran who handled
drums of defoliant and 1 Army helicopter crew chief who
participated in the spray missions.   In another study of Vietnam
veterans9,  a group of  13  veterans who had  sought medical

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assistance were selected and their adipose tissues were analyzed
for 2,3,7,8-TCDD.  The TCDD was detected from 5 of the 13 samples
at levels ranging from 3.0 to 12.4 ppt.  These 13 Vietnam
veterans' histories of exposure to Agent Orange and their
military characteristics were unknown to the investigators and
therefore not reported.
     More recently, the CDC10 reported serum 2,3,7,8-TCDD levels
in U.S. Army Vietnam-era veterans.  The levels of serum TCDD in
646 Army Vietnam combat troops and 97 Army non-Vietnam veterans
were nearly identical  (mean values of 4 ppt on a lipid weight
basis), and the levels of TCDD did not increase with exposure
levels to Agent Orange estimated from military records.
     Mean values for 2,3,7,8-TCDD in adipose tissue collected
from several American and Canadian populations seldom exceeded
10.0 ppt.  Examples include: 9.6 ppt for 35 autopsy cases from
Georgia and Utah11; 7.0 ppt  for 35 autopsy cases from St. Louis,
Missouri12; 6.4 ppt for 6 cases from New York State13;  10.0 ppt
for 10 deceased hospital patients in Eastern Ontario13; 6.2 ppt
for 46 accident victims across Canada.13
     The studies of veterans and the general population to date,
suggest that Vietnam Veterans without known "occupational"
exposure to phenoxyherbicides (eg. military personnel who were
not Ranch Hand or Chemical Corps personnel) have 2,3,7,8-TCDD
levels similar to the general population of U.S. men.  However,
all of these veteran studies were based on measurements made up
to two decades after a veteran left Vietnam, i.e. a passage of an
estimated 2 to 3 half lives of TCDD.  The study reported herein
utilized adipose tissue specimens collected from the general
population between 1971 and 1982.  For some of the Vietnam
veterans included in the study, the time between their departure
from Vietnam and the sample collection year was considerably less
than the estimated half-life of 2,3,7,8-TCDD in humans.
Furthermore the specimens were analyzed not only for 2,3,7,8-
TCDD, but for 16 other polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs)
and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs).  Because analyses of
human adipose tissue from the general population have indicated
the presence of a number of PCDDs and PCDFs at ppt levels12"16, and
because 2,3,7,8-TCDD was the only one of these found in Agent
Orange as a contaminant, knowing the levels of PCDDs and PCDFs
would help determine whether adipose tissue TCDD levels of
Vietnam veterans might be the result of Agent Orange exposure in
Vietnam or some other exposure to PCDDs.  For example, if most
PCDDs and PCDFs as well as  2,3,7,8-TCDD levels are found to be
elevated among Vietnam veterans, contributions from sources other
than Agent Orange are  likely.
     The purpose of this study was twofold:   (1) to determine if
a group of individuals with military service in Vietnam have
significantly higher levels of 2,3,7,8-TCDD in adipose tissue
than either a similar group of non-Vietnam veterans or civilian
controls and (2) to determine if TCDD levels in adipose tissue
were associated with specific demographic and military service
characteristics.  In prior  studies, more time had passed between

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the specimen collection year and the year since departure from
Vietnam.  Findings of this study, therefore, should complement
the results of other studies.

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                           II.   METHODS

A.   Identification and Selection of Study Subjects
     1.   Source of Human Adipose Tissue Specimens
     The present retrospective study took advantage of the
existing specimens that had been collected from the general
population by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The EPA has conducted the National Human Adipose Tissue Survey
(NHATS) since 1970 to monitor the human body burden of pesticides
and other selected chemicals.  Up to 1,000 adipose tissue
specimens have been collected annually from pathologists and
medical examiners across the country and analyzed by the EPA for
the selected chemicals.  After analysis, the unused tissue
specimens were sent to a central facility to be stored at 0°C
to -20°C.   There is evidence that the specimens had been  exposed
to freeze/thaw cycles.
     The NHATS sampling scheme provided a representative sample
of the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas  (SMSA) in terms of
age, sex, and race.  The target population for the NHATS program
was all non-institutionalized persons in the conterminous U.S.
However, due to the invasive nature of collecting adipose tissue
samples, the sampling population was limited to cadavers and
surgical patients.  Within each SMSA, hospitals or medical
examiners were identified and asked to contribute tissue
specimens according to the design specifications of age (0-14
years, 15-44 years, 45+ years), sex and race (white, non-white).
A detailed description of the NHATS sampling scheme was reported
elsewhere.17'18  Since the vast majority of Vietnam veterans were
men born between 1936 and 1954, this study was restricted to
specimens from men born in that period.

     2.   Selection Procedures and Criteria
     The NHATS Master File contained information on 21,000
specimens identified by age, race and sex.  No personal
identifying information, such as name or social security number
(SSN), was available.  The specimen and data files were examined
to determine how many of the 21,000 specimens collected had
adequate tissue remaining for further analysis.  An Inventory
File was created for the 8,000 specimens that were recorded to
have an adequate amount of tissue.  The Master File was then
merged with the Inventory File.  It was found that a total of 528
specimens were from males born between 1936 and 1954.  The
hospitals or medical examiners who originally collected the 528
specimens were recontacted to obtain enough identifying
information on the donors to determine their military service
status.  The collection effort yielded information for 494 or 94%
of the 528 specimens.  The military service status for these men,
including any Vietnam service, was determined by reviewing
records archived at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)
in St. Louis and military records maintained at other locations.
From this effort, 134 men were initially found to have served in
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records of these 134 veterans were located and abstracted for
items such as enlistment and discharge dates, rank, branch,
military occupational specialty codes (MOSC), place of service
and educational levels.
     The tissue from the 40 Vietnam veterans was utilized for the
study.  From the 94 remaining veterans,  80 were randomly selected
for the non-Vietnam veteran group.  Two civilian men were closely
matched to each Vietnam veteran by birth year (+ 2 years) and
sample collection year (+ 2 years).   Matching by birth year and
sample collection year would provide adjustment of the subjects
for age at the time of sample collection and for storage duration
of the specimens.  Age was considered an important matching
variable due to the probable accumulation of TCDD in the body
with each year of exposure during the lifetime of the
individual.11'12'19  The storage time of the tissue specimens was
also considered important because of the possible degradation of
TCDD while being stored in the freezer.11
     Demographic data were taken from the NHATS file except for
occupational information which came from the "usual occupation"
listed in the official death certificates.  Body mass index (BMI)
was calculated from weight and height as follows: BMI =  (weight
in kg)/(height in m2)10.  Age at accession was determined by the
difference between the sample collection year and birth year.
The location of the participant's hospital was categorized into
four U.S. census regions (west, north central, north east and
south) to determine geographic residence.  The sample storage
time was calculated by the difference between the specimen
analysis year and the specimen collection year.  All military
data were taken from military personnel records.  All adipose
tissue specimens were analyzed during 1987.

B.   Determination of Opportunity for Agent Orange Exposure
     A precise estimate of the exposure of each Vietnam veteran
to Agent Orange is not considered feasible based on either
military records or self-reported data.   In this study the
probable opportunity for exposure was determined from the
following:  service in the Army or Marine Corps, military
occupation specialty code (MOSC), broad geographical location of
the individual's unit in Vietnam, and combinations of the above.
     It has been suggested that ground troops (Army and Marine)
in Vietnam might have had a higher probability of contact with
Agent Orange than other Vietnam veterans due to the nature of
their military operations through defoliated zones and the
practice of base perimeter spraying.  Furthermore, it has been
suggested that, among ground troops, those engaged in combat were
more likely to be placed in herbicide-sprayed areas than
individuals who were not in combat.  There was no single data
element from military personnel records, applicable to all
veterans, that would indicate whether they had actually been in
combat.  As an alternative measure, MOSCs were categorized into
combat-related and non combat-related.  Combat-related MOSCs were
those occupations where primary duties involved direct offensive

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and defensive action against an armed hostile force.  Examples of
combat MOSCs include those of the Infantry, Artillery, Armored
and Air Cavalry branches.
     As another surrogate measure for herbicide exposure, the
broad geographic location of an individual's military unit in
reference to recorded herbicide spray missions was also
determined.  According to the records of military spray missions
(U.S. Air Force Ranch Hand Operation),20 defoliation and crop
destruction were most extensive in military region III.  A total
of 5.3 million gallons of Agent Orange were sprayed in military
region III from 1965 to 1970.  During the same period, the
amounts of Agent Orange sprayed within military regions I,II, and
IV were 2.2, 2.5, and 1.2 million gallons, respectively.  Army
and Marine Vietnam veterans were then classified as occupying
military regions I, II, III or IV.
     Finally, troop locations were determined on a 100 meter grid
map of Vietnam at intervals of 90 days or less.  Each company was
assumed to occupy the last location for the duration of each
interval.  Computer matching of troop locations with respect to
time and distance from recorded herbicide spray tracts was
carried out using the HERBS tape and Services HERBS tape
databases.20'21  The HERBS tape contained information on most of
the herbicide spray missions flown by fixed-wing aircraft from
1965 to 1971, and on crop missions flown by helicopter between
1968 and 1971.  The tape contained information on the type of
herbicide, gallons, dates, and where spray runs started and
ended.  The  U.S. Army and Joint Services Environmental Support
Group (ESG) identified and documented an additional 1.6 million
gallons of herbicide sprayed mainly by Army personnel around the
perimeter of base camps, fire bases, air bases and other fixed
military installations.  This additional spray data, which was
not included in the original HERBS tape, was designated as the
"Services HERBS tape".
     Based on information from the HERBS and Services HERBS
tapes, the opportunity for Agent Orange exposure was determined
in two ways:  (1) an individual's company was located within 2
kilometers of a recorded Agent Orange spray tract within 3 days
of application; and (2) an individual's company was located
within 8 kilometers of a recorded Agent Orange spray tract within
90 days of application.  When this requirement was fulfilled at
least once, an individual was considered to have had an
opportunity for exposure.

C.   Statistical Methods
     The purpose of the statistical analyses was to determine if
the mean level of 2,3,7,8-TCDD in adipose tissue of the Vietnam
veteran study subjects was different from either the non-Vietnam
veteran levels or the civilian levels.  The mean levels of the
non-Vietnam veterans and the civilian controls were also
compared.  Multiple comparisons and testing for differences were
done by using the F test in one way analysis of variance  (ANOVA)
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variables such as age, collection year, and body mass index.22  A
paired t-test2 was conducted to compare the means of Vietnam
veterans with their matched civilian controls.  In all analyses,
the TCDD values were transformed to natural logarithmic scale
because the TCDD values were found to have approximately log-
normal distributions in this study and another study.19
     A stepwise linear regression model24 was also used to
determine whether TCDD levels were associated with demographic
and military service characteristics.  Factors considered a
priori as covariates were age, sample collection year, race, and
body mass index (body weight in kg per height in m2) .   A
regression model specific to Vietnam veterans included such
covariates as military occupation, calendar year of tour in
Vietnam, geographic region in Vietnam, number of years since
Vietnam service, time of and distance from recorded Agent Orange
spray and sample collection year.  All statistical tests were
conducted at the .05 level of significance.

D.   Laboratory Analysis
     The analytical protocol of this study provided for the
detection and quantitative determination of the seventeen
2 , 3 , 7, 8-substituted polychlorinated dibenzo-p_-dioxins (PCDDs) and
dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in human adipose tissue.  The minimum
measurable concentration was estimated to range from 1 picogram
per gram (pg/g)  for 2,3,7,8-TCDD and 2,3,7,8-TCDF, up to 5 pg/g
for OCDD and OCDF based on a 10-g aliquot of human adipose
tissue.  These detection limits depended on the kinds and
concentrations of interfering compounds in the sample matrix and
the absolute method recovery.  Figure 1 presents a schematic of
the analytical procedure.  This protocol was evaluated for method
performance (accuracy and precision) prior to being used in this
study.  The results of this method evaluation are found in an EPA
report.   The measurements were precise to three significant
digits.  Since the initial method evaluation effort did not
provide evidence of potential interference, specific interference
studies were not included in this study.

     1.  Standard Materials
     Native 2,3,7,8-TCDD was supplied as a certified standard
solution in isooctane from the U.S. EPA QA Reference Materials
Branch, Office of Research and Development, Environmental
Monitoring Systems Laboratory-Las Vegas.  All other native
compounds were provided in crystalline form by Cambridge Isotope
Laboratories,  Woburn, MA.  Carbon-13  (13C12) labeled  internal
standards were supplied in n-nonane solution by Cambridge Isotope
Laboratories.   Table 1 provides a summary of the standards used
for this study.  Methylene chloride, toluene,  benzene,
cyclohexane, methanol, acetone and hexane were obtained from
Burdick & Jackson distilled in glass quality. Tridecane in
reagent grade was also from Burdick & Jackson.
     Chromatographic materials were purchased and prepared
according to specifications.  The acidic alumina (Biorad, AG-4)

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       Initial Sample Preparation
 Isolation of Extractable Lipid Materials
               Add Internal Quantitation
              Standards (13C-PCDDs/PCDFs)
              Homogenization in Methylene
                       Chloride
          Lipid Determination
            Solvent Exchange
           Bulk Lipid Removal
       Acid Modified Silica Gel
            Slurry Technique
    Provides Cleanup of Oxidizable
     Compounds with Rapid Sample
     Turnaround, Improved Cleanup
       Efficiency and Recovery
  Removal of Chemical Interferences
         Acidic Silica/Silica
            Acidic Alumina
        Provides Separation of PCBs and
         Other Potential Interferences
             from PCDDs and PCDFs
          Carbopak C/Celite
Selective Adsorption and Isolation
        of PCDDs and PCDFs
                    Add Internal Recovery Standards
         HRGC/MS-SIM Analysis
       LRMS (R > 3000)
 Identification/Quantitation
  of Tetra-Octa PCDDs/PCDFs
          HRMS (R > 10,000)
     Confirmation/Quantitation
           of 2,3,7,8-TCDD
           and 2,3,7,8-TCDF
FIGURE 1.  Schematic diagram of the sample preparation and
instrumental analysis procedures for determination of PCDDs and PCDFs
in human adipose tissue

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                             TABLE 1
            Analytical Standards Used to Prepare the
                      Calibration Standards
Compound
Source
Lot/Code
Native
2,3,7, 8-TCDD

2,3,7,8-TCDF
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD
1,2,3,7,8,9-HXCDD
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF
OCDD
OCDF
13C,, -Internal Standards
1,2,3,4-TCDD
2, 3, 7, 8-TCDD
2,3,7,8-TCDF
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF
OCDD
EPA QA Reference
Material Branch
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL

CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
CIL
20603

AWN 1203-74/EF-903-C
MLB-706-53/ED-950-C
AWN-729-21/EF-953-C
AWN-729-45/EF-956-C
830244/ED-961-C
MLB-706-47/ED-960-C
MLB-706-73/ED-969-C
AWN-729-20/EF-964-C
MB 13106-7/EF-962-C
MB 13106-47/EF-967-C
MB 13106-3/EF-968-C
MLB-706-21/ED-971-C
AWN-729-22/EF-973-C
MB-13-106-77/EF-975-C
F2832/ED-980-C
8465-F-982-C/EF-982-C

AWN-1203-93/ED-911
R00208/ED-900
R00236/EF-904
R00241/ED-955
R00221/EF-952
R00249/ED-966
AWN-729-73/ED-996
R00234/EF-963
R00248/ED-972
MB13106-73/EF-974
R00263/ED-981
     Standard purity documentation was received from the supplier
for each of the standards.  Additional purity checks of these
standards have not been conducted.

Note: CIL stands for Cambridge Isotope Laboratories
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was extracted in a Soxhlet apparatus with methylene chloride for
18 hours, air dried and activated by heating in a foil-covered
glass container for 24 hours at 190 C.   Silica  gel (Kieselgel EM
Scientific, high purity grade, type 60, 70-230 mesh) was
extracted in a Soxhlet apparatus with methylene chloride for 10
hours, air dried, and activated by heating in a foil covered
glass container for 24 hours at 130°C.
     Sulfuric acid modified silica gel  (40% w/w) was prepared by
combining two parts (by weight) concentrated sulfuric acid
(Taychemco, Taylor Chemical Co., ACS grade) with three parts (by
weight) silica gel (extracted and activated) in a glass bottle
and tumbled for 6 hours.
     Graphitized carbon black (Carbopack C, Supelco, surface of
approximately 12 m2/9/  80-100 mesh)  was mixed thoroughly with
Celite 545R (Fischer  Scientific,  reagent grade).   A total of 3.6
g of Carbopack C and 16.4 g of Celite 545  were mixed in a 40-mL
vial, activated at 130°C for 6 hours and stored in a desiccator.
     Granular anhydrous sodium sulfate was extracted with
methylene chloride for 16 hours, air dried, then put into a
muffle furnace for at least 4 hours in a shallow tray at 400°C.
The substance was then stored in an oven at 130°C.  Silanized
glass wool (Supelco)  was extracted with methylene chloride and
hexane and air dried prior to use.

     2.  Sample Preparation
     Ten grams of frozen human adipose tissue  (sample size was
smaller in some cases depending on availability) were weighed
into a culture tube (2.2 X 15 cm). The adipose tissue specimen
was allowed to reach room temperature.  The tissue was then
spiked with known amounts of nine carbon-13 labeled PCDDs and
PCDFs as internal quantitation standards (see Table 2).
Extraction and homogenization were accomplished using 10 mL
methylene chloride and a Tekmar TissuemizerR for 1 minute.   The
extract was filtered through 5-10 grams of anhydrous sodium
sulfate to remove water. The extraction procedure was repeated
(three to five times) until the tissue sample was thoroughly
homogenized.   The filter funnel and contents were rinsed with an
additional 20-40 mL of methylene chloride.  The final extract was
adjusted to 100 mL in a volumetric flask.
     The extractable lipid was determined using a minimum of 1%
of the final volume.   A 1.0 mL aliquot was removed from the final
extract.  This aliquot was placed in a 2-dram vial preweighed to
the nearest 0.0001 g, and the solvent was removed using purified
nitrogen and a heated water bath (50-60°C) .   The vial was
reweighed and the lipid content was determined using the weight
difference.  Nitrogen blow-down was continued until a constant
weight was achieved for the vial.
     The methylene chloride in the remaining extract was
concentrated using rotary evaporation until only an oily residue
remained.  The residue was diluted with 200 mL of hexane.  One
hundred grams of sulfuric acid modified silica gel  (40% w/w) was
stirred into the solution.  The mixture was stirred for

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                          TABLE 2
              Internal Quantisation Standards
Congener
                                           Spike  Level
                                           (picograms)
13
 C12-2,3,7,8-TCDF
13
 Ci;>-2,3,7,8-TCDD
13
 C1?-l,2,3,7,8-PeCDF
13
 C12-l,2,3,7,8-PeCDD
13
 C12-l ,2,3,4,7, 8-HxCDF
13
13
13
13
C12-l, 2,3,6,7, 8-HxCDD

C1?-l,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF

C12-l ,2,3,4,6,7, 8-HpCDD

C12-OCDD
 500

 500

 500

 500

1250

1250

1250

1250

2500
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approximately 2 hours and the supernatant was decanted and
filtered through 20 grains of anhydrous sodium sulfate.  The
silica gel was washed with at least two additional 50 mL aliquots
of hexane for 15 minutes, dried by elution through sodium
sulfate, and combined with the first hexane extract.  The sodium
sulfate filter was rinsed with an additional 25 mL of hexane and
combined with the two previous hexane extracts.
     The combined hexane extracts were eluted through a column
consisting of a layer of sulfuric acid modified silica gel, and a
layer of unmodified silica gel.  The acidic silica column was
prepared by plugging a 1 cm X 10 cm chromatographic column with
glass wool and adding 1.0 g of silica gel and 4.0 g of 40% w/w
sulfuric acid impregnated silica gel.  The eluate was
concentrated to approximately 1 mL using nitrogen blow-down and
added to a column of acidic alumina.  The acidic alumina column
was prepared by plugging a 1 cm X 30 cm chromatographic column
with glass wool and adding 25 mL of hexane and 6.0 g of acidic
alumina.  Then the acidic alumina was allowed to settle in the
column.  This was topped with a 1 cm layer of sodium sulfate.
The alumina column was washed with 40 mL of 50% v/v methylene
chloride/hexane, followed by an additional 100 mL of hexane.  The
PCDDs and PDCFs were eluted from the alumina using 30 mL of 20%
(v/v) methylene chloride/hexane.
     The eluate from the alumina column was added to a 500 mg
Carbopack C/Celite column as described below.  A different carbon
column was used for each analysis.  The Carbopack C/Celite column
was prepared by cutting a 5-mL disposable glass pipet (6 to 7 mm
ID) at the 4-mL mark.  A glass wool plug was added and pushed to
the 2-mL mark.  500 mg of the activated Carbopack C/Celite
mixture was added, followed by another glass wool plug.  Using
two glass rods, the glass wool  plugs were pushed simultaneously,
gently compressing the Carbopack C/Celite to a length of 3.0 to
3.5 cm.  The column was pre-eluted with 2 mL of toluene, followed
by 1 mL of 75:20:5 methylene chloride/methanol/benzene, 1 mL of
1:1 cyclohexane in methylene chloride and 2.0 mL of hexane.  The
flow rate was less than 0.5 mL/minute.
     The entire eluate (30mL) from the alumina column was added
to the top of the Carbopack C/Celite column.  The vial that
contained the extract from the alumina column was rinsed twice
with 1 mL of hexane and added to the top of the column.  The
column was eluted sequentially with two 1-mL aliquots of hexane,
1 mL of 1:1 cyclohexane in methylene chloride, and 1 mL of
75:20:5 methylene chloride/methanol/benzene.  The column was
turned up side down and the PCDDs and PCDFs were eluted from the
column using 20 mL of toluene.
     The toluene extract was concentrated to less than 1 mL using
a stream of nitrogen, transferred to 1-mL conical vials and
reduced to a volume of about 200 uL using a stream of nitrogen.
The concentrator tube was rinsed 3 times with 500 uL of 10%
toluene in methylene chloride and concentrated to 200 uL.
Tridecane (10 uL) containing the internal recovery standards (500
pg of 13C12-1,2,3,4-TCDD and  1250 pg  of  13C12-1, 2 , 3 , 7 , 8 , 9-HxCDD) was

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added as a keeper, and the extract was concentrated to final
volume of 10 uL.

     3.  Instrumental Analysis
     Instrumental analyses were accomplished by using a Carlo
Erba MFC500 high resolution gas chromatograph (HRGC) coupled to a
Kratos MS50TC high resolution double-focusing mass spectrometer
(MS) operated in the electron impact mode.  The HRGC/MS interface
was a direct connection of the HRGC column to the ion source of
the MS via a heated interface oven.  The sample extracts were
injected through a Grob-style splitless injector.  Separation of
PCDD and PCDF analytes was achieved using a 60-meter DB-5
capillary column (J&W Scientific).  For the high resolution mass
spectrometer analyses of 2,3,7,8-TCDD and 2,3,7,8-TCDF, a Rtx-
2330 Capillary Column (Restek Corp.) or an SP-2330 capillary
column (Supelco Co.) was used.  Data acquisition and processing
were controlled by a Finnigan MAT Incos 2300 data system.
     Analysis of each sample was accomplished in two HRGC/MS
runs.  Analysis of the tetrachloro through octachloro 2,3,7,8-
congeners was achieved in the low resolution mode (R > 3,000) on
the mass spectrometer (LRMS).  Analysis of the tetrachloro
2,3,7,8-congeners was also confirmed in the high resolution mode
(R > 10,000) on the mass spectrometer (HRMS). Data reported for
the tetrachloro congeners were taken from the high resolution
mass spectrometer run.  The 2,3,7,8-TCDD concentrations were very
comparable between the two resolutions.
     The HRGC/LRMS selective ion monitoring (SIM) analysis of the
tetrachloro through octachloro congeners was carried out with the
instrumental conditions and parameters listed in Table 3.  For
each HRGC/LRMS run, five distinctive groups of ions, which
correspond to each chlorine level, were sequentially monitored.
These ion descriptors are shown in Table 4.  Parameters monitored
included two characteristic molecular ions and the corresponding
carbon-13 labeled internal standard for each PCDD and PCDF
homolog.  In addition, the masses corresponding to the molecular
ions of the hexachloro through decachlorodiphenyl ethers (PCDEs)
were monitored to demonstrate that responses for specific PCDF
congeners were not due to potential interferences.  A lock mass
of m/z 381 for perfluorokerosene was monitored throughout each
analysis to ensure that proper mass calibration was maintained.
     Isomer specific analyses for 2,3,7,8-TCDD and 2,3,7,8-TCDF
were carried out under the instrumental conditions and parameters
shown in Table 5.  In addition to monitoring the masses of the
most abundant molecular ions of TCDD and TCDF, the ions
corresponding to the loss of a carbon, oxygen, chlorine fragment
(COCL) from the molecular ions were monitored for verification
purposes.
     Ten concentrations of calibration standards containing the
17 native and 11 carbon-13 labeled internal standards were
prepared.  Table 6 presents a summary of the calibration
standards.
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                             TABLE 3
      HRGC/LRMS Operating Conditions for PCDD/PCDF Analysis
Low resolution Mass spectrometer
    Accelerating  voltage:
    Trap  current:
    Electron energy:
    Electron multiplier voltage:
    Source  temperature:
    Resolution:
    Overall SIM cycle time:

Gas chroroatograph
    Column  coating:
    Film  thickness:
    Column  dimensions:
    He  linear velocity:
    He  head pressure:

    Injection type:
    Split flow:
    Purge flow:
    Injector temperature:
    Interface temperature:
    Injection size:
    Initial temperature:
    Initial time:
    Temperature program:
8,000 V
500 uA
70 eV
-1,800 V
280°C
> 3,000 (10% valley definition)
1 s
DB-5
0.25 urn
60 m X 0.25 mm ID
« 25 cm/sec
1.75 kg/cm?
2  (25  psi)
Splitless, 45 s
30 mL/min
6 mL/min
270°C
300°C
1-2 uL
200°C
2 min
200°C to 330°C at 5°C/min
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                         TABLE 4
          Ions Monitored  for HRGC/MS of PCDD/PCDF
Descriptor         ID              Mass       Nominal
                                               dwell
                                             time  (sec)
Al TCDF

13C12-TCDF

TCDD

13C12-TCDD

HxCDPE
PFK(lock mass)
A2 TCDF

TCDD

PeCDF

13C12-PeCDF

PeCDD

13C12-PeCDD

PFK(lock mass)
HpCDPE
A3 HxCDF

PFK(lock mass)
13C12-HxCDF

HxCDD

13C12-HxCDD

OCDPE
303.902
305.899
315.942
317.939
319.897
321.894
331.937
333.934
373.840
380.976
303.902
305.899
319.897
321.894
337.863
339.860
349.903
351.900
353.858
355.855
365.898
367.895
380.976
407.801
373.821
375.818
380.976
385.861
387.858
389.816
391.813
401.856
403.853
443.759
0.090
0.090
0.090
0.090
0.090
0.090
0.090
0.090
0.090
0.090
0.045
0.045
0.045
0.045
0.045
0.045
0.045
0.045
0.045
0.045
0.045
0.045
0.035
0.035
0.080
0.080
0.080
0.080
0.080
0.080
0.080
0.080
0.080
0.080
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                    TABLE  4  (continued)
Descriptor         ID              Mass        Nominal
                                                dwell
                                              time (sec)
A4 PFK(lock mass)
HXCDD

HpCDF

13C12-HpCDF

HpCDD

13C12-HpCDD

NCDPE
A5 PFK(lock mass)
OCDF

13C12-OCDF

OCDD

13C12-OCDD

DCDPE
380.976
389.816
391.813
407.782
409.779
419.822
421.819
423.777
425.774
435.817
437.814
477.720
380.976
441.743
443.740
453.783
455.780
457.738
459.735
469.779
471.776
511.681
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.060
0.070
0.070
0.070
0.070
0.070
0.070
0.070
0.070
0.060
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                             TABLE 5
                  HRGC/HRMS Operating Conditions
Mass spectrometer
     Accelerating voltage:         8,000  V
     Trap current:                 500  uA
     Electron energy:              70 eV
     Electron multiplier voltage:  2,200  V
     Source temperature:
     Resolution:
  280°C
SIM Parameters
     Identify            Mass
     TCDD-COC1          258.930
     TCDD               319.897
     TCDD               321.894
     13C12-TCDD           331.937
     13C12-TCDD           333.934
     PFK(lock mass)      230.983
     TCDF-COCL          242.935
     TCDF               303.902
     TCDF               305.872
     13C12-TCDF           315.942
     13C12-TCDF           317.939

     Overall SIM cycle time = 1 s
  10,000 (10% valley definition)
      Nominal dwell time(s)
              0.04
              0.07
              0.07
              0.07
              0.07
              0.07
              0.04
              0.07
              0.07
              0.07
              0.07
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     Column coating:
     Film thickness:
     Column dimensions:
     Helium linear velocity:
     Helium head pressure:
     Injection type:
     Split flow:
     Purge flow:
     Injector temperature:
     Interface temperature:
     Injection size:
     Initial temperature:
     Initial time:
     Temperature program:
Rtx-2330 or SP-2330
0.1 um
60 m X 0.25 mm ID
« 25 cm/s
1.75 kg/cm2 (25 psi)
Spitless, 45 s
30 mL/min
6 mL/min
270°C
260°C
2 uL
200°C
2 min
200°C to 270°C  at 4°C/min
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     The original calibration curve was established using 7 of
the 10 levels of calibration standards analyzed in triplicate
(CS2, CS3, CS5, CS6, CS7, CSS, CS10, see Table 6).  The
calibration standards ranged from 1-500 pg/uL for the tetrachloro
and pentachloro congeners, and 5-2500 pg/uL for the octachloro
congeners.  The solution concentrations (pg/uL) can be considered
equivalent to residue levels in picograms/gram of adipose tissue
assuming a 10-gram sample is available for analysis.
     The criteria for acceptance of the initial calibration were
the percent relative standard deviations for the response factors
(RRF) for each triplicate analysis.  The single concentration
calibration standard for each analyte were less than + 30%,
except for TCDD and TCDF, which were less than +20%.  In
addition, the variation of the mean RRFs for the six
concentration calibration standards was less than 30% except for
TCDD and TCDF which was less than 20%.  All quantitation ions
presented a signal-to-noise ratio of > 2.5 and the isotopic
ratios were within 20% of the theoretical values.
     At the beginning of each day the mass spectrometer was tuned
and mass calibrated using perfluorokerosene (PFK).  Mass
resolution at the beginning of the day met a minimum resolution
of 3,000 (10% valley) for the low resolution.   For the high
resolution mass spectrometer analyses, mass resolution met a
minimum resolution of 10,000 (10% valley)  both at the beginning
of the day and at the end of the day.
     Column performance for TCDD was demonstrated daily after the
mass resolution check.  A solution of eight TCDD isomers was used
to document the separation of 2,3,7,8-TCDD from all other
isomers.  This solution contained TCDD isomers eluting close to
2,3,7,8-TCDD, the first and the last eluting TCDDs and carbon-13
labeled and unlabeled 2,3,7,8-TCDD.  For the low resolution mass
spectrometer analysis, the chromatographic peak separation
between 2,3,7,8-TCDD and the other peaks representing the other
TCDD isomers was resolved with the height of the valley less than
or equal to 60% of the height of the 2,3,7,8-TCDD peak.  For the
high resolution mass spectrometer analysis the peak separation
was less than or equal to 25%.
     Routine calibrations were conducted at the beginning of each
analysis day before actual sample analyses were performed and as
the last analysis of each day.  A calibration standard was also
analyzed whenever there was a change in the mass spectrometry
(MS)  analyst during the day.  The CS7 calibration standard was
run at the beginning of the analysis day.   The levels that were
run at other times of the day varied but were within an
acceptable range of the original calibration.   The criterion for
accepting the routine calibration was when the RRFs for all
analytes were within ± 30% of the grand mean values established
in the initial calibration, except for TCDD and TCDF, which were
within ± 20%.
     Tridecane blanks were analyzed daily after the routine
calibration standard to ensure that there was no carryover of
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analytes into the sample runs.  Sample analyses followed the
tridecane blanks.
     Criteria for a positive identification of a PCDD/PCDF isomer
were as follows:  (1) the ion current response for each mass of a
particular PCDD/PCDF analyte were within + 1 second; (2) the ion
current intensity for a particular PCDD/PCDF must be greater than
or equal to 2.5 times the noise level; (3) the integrated ion
current ratio of the analytical mass for a particular PCDD/PCDF
was within + 20% of the theoretical value.
     Compounds that met the criteria for qualitative
identification were quantitated.  Complete details can be found
in the analytical protocol.25  The target analytes were
quantitated using the appropriate internal quantitation standard.
The internal quantitation standards were quantitated using the
appropriate internal recovery standard.  Table 7 shows the
pairing of the target analytes, internal quantitation standards,
and internal recovery standards.  All results were reported on a
lipid adjusted basis.
     The data were classified to indicate the intensity of the
signal response: Not Detected (ND)—Signal-to-noise ratio was
less than 2.5; Trace (TR)—Signal-to-noise ratio was greater than
or equal to 2.5 but less than 10; Positive Quantifiable (PQ)—
Signal-to-noise ratio was greater than or equal to 10.

E.   Quality Assurance Program
     The Quality Assurance (QA) Program for this study included
the analysis of the Quality Control (QC) samples.  The QC samples
consisted of internally spiked lipid samples, unspiked control
lipid samples, method blank samples, externally spiked lipid
samples, split samples, and performance audit solutions.
     Other facets of the daily QA program were the verification
of the following: the relative response factors for each analyte,
column performance checks, mass resolution verification, and
solvent (tridecane) blanks. Each of these have been described
previously in the Instrumental Analysis Section.
     Another aspect of the QA program was the determination of
the absolute recovery for the internal quantitation standards in
each sample.  Nine stable isotope labeled PCDDs and PCDFs were
added to each sample at the beginning of the sample preparation
to quantify the target analytes.  Two internal recovery standards
were added to the sample extract prior to injection into the
HRGC/MS. They were used to quantitate the internal quantitation
standards and to determine the percent recovery of each sample.
     Three system audits were conducted by the quality control
(QC) coordinator during the course of the study  (beginning,
middle, and end). The system audits irivolved reviewing, assessing
and inspecting various aspects of the study including personnel,
facilities, equipment, record keeping, data management, written
protocols, standard operating procedures, and the reporting
procedures of the project.  All procedures were  found to be
satisfactory.


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     1.  Quality Control Samples
     A total of 80 Quality Control (QC) samples were analyzed
along with the 200 study specimens. The QC samples provided data
on method accuracy and precision.  The 80 QC samples were broken
down as follows: 20 internally spiked lipid samples, 20 unspiked
control lipid samples, 20 method blank samples, 7 externally
spiked lipid samples, 6 split samples and 7 performance audit
solutions (consisting of 2,3,7,8-TCDD only).
     The QC lipid material for the internally spiked lipid
samples, the unspiked control lipid samples, and the externally
spiked lipid samples were prepared from composited human adipose
tissue specimens collected through the EPA National Human Adipose
Tissue Survey. Enough homogenized lipid material was prepared for
use in the method evaluation study and for use as QC samples.  A
detailed description of the preparation of the homogenized tissue
can be found in the method evaluation report.25  A summary of the
QC lipid sample preparation is given below.
     The composited adipose tissue specimens were blended with
methylene chloride, and the extract was dried by eluting through
anhydrous sodium sulfate.  The methylene chloride was removed by
rotary evaporation in a water bath at 60°C.   The homogenized bulk
lipid material was stored in the freezer until further
preparation.
     In order to prepare the unspiked control lipid samples, the
homogenized lipid material was brought to room temperature and
warmed slightly to achieve an oily state prior to subdividing.
Twenty aliquots of approximately 10.0 grams each of the oily
material were transferred by pipette to preweighed glass vials,
and the actual weight of the lipid was determined to the nearest
0.01 g.  These 20 samples were labeled with unique laboratory
numbers so that the laboratory personnel could not identify them
as unspiked control lipid samples.
     The internally spiked lipid samples were prepared by taking
20 aliquots of approximately 10.0 grams each of the oily material
as described above.  The spiking solution of native PCDD and PCDF
congeners was prepared in isooctane.  Table 8 specifies the
levels of each of the PCDD and PCDF congeners in this solution.
     Sample solutions from the spiking solution were evaluated to
verify that the latter was prepared correctly. Concentrations of
the native PCDDs and PCDFs in the spiking solution were verified
by preparing solutions at three spike levels in triplicate.  The
spike levels were prepared at concentrations equivalent to 10.0,
25.0, and 50.0 pg/uL for the tetra- and pentachloro congeners;
25.0, 62.5, and 125.0 pg/uL for the hexa- and heptachloro
congeners; and 50.0, 125.0, and 250.0 pg/uL for the octachloro
congeners.
     Internally spiked lipid samples at three spiking levels were
planned.  Five to nine samples were prepared at each spike level.
This was achieved by adding 20, 50 or 100 uL of the native
spiking solution to the 10-gram aliquots of lipid, to give low,
medium and high level spikes.  These spike levels, based on a
10.0 g lipid sample, were equivalent to concentrations of 10, 25,

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                   TABLE 8
         Native PCDD and PCDF Spiking
            Solution in Isooctane
Compound                        Concentration
                                   (pg/uL)
2,3,7,8-TCDD                         5.0

2,3,7,8-TCDF                         5.0

1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD                      5.0

1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF                      5.0

2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF                      5.0

1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD                   12.5

1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD                   12.5

1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD                   12.5

1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF                   12.5

1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF                   12.5

1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF                   12.5

2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF                   12.5

1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD                 12.5

1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF                 12.5

1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF                 12.5

OCDD                                25.0

OCDF                                25.0
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and 50 pg/g of the lipid matrix for the tetra- and pentachloro
PCDD and PCDF congeners, up to 50, 125, and 250 pg/g for the OCDD
and OCDF (see Table 9).   The exact spiking level was calculated
based on the amount of lipid material as determined to the
nearest 0.01 g.  As with the unspiked control lipid samples,
these samples were labeled with unique laboratory numbers by the
quality control coordinator so that the laboratory personnel
could not identify them as internally spiked lipid samples.
     Six study specimens were analyzed as split samples.  The six
specimens were selected without knowledge of which study group
the specimens belonged to and were based on the amount of tissue
available for analysis.   The six study specimens were separated
into two aliquots each.   All 12 aliquots were placed in specimen
jars similar to the jars used for the rest of the study
specimens.   The split samples were also labeled with unique
laboratory numbers by the quality control coordinator so that the
laboratory personnel could not identify the split samples. Both
members of the split samples were analyzed within the same batch.
The six pairs were analyzed in different batches throughout the
study.
     The performance audit solutions were prepared by the quality
control coordinator according to a predetermined schedule
throughout the study and submitted to the analyst as blind
samples.  The performance audit solutions were prepared from a
certified solution of 2,3,7,8-TCDD in isooctane obtained from the
National Bureau of Standards (NBS Standard Reference Material
1614, dated April 24, 1986).
     A method blank sample was included with each batch.  The
method blank analysis was generated by performing all steps of
the analytical procedure, which included use of all reagents,
standards,  equipment, apparatus, glassware and solvents, but
omitted the addition of the adipose tissue.

     2.  QC Charts
     QC Charts were generated to display the QC data and control
limits or data quality objectives.  Plots were prepared for four
types of data during this study:  (1) Relative Response Factors,
(2) Recovery of Internal Quantitation Standards, (3) Accuracy of
Internally Spiked Lipid Samples, and (4) Measurements of Unspiked
Control Lipid Samples.
     The charts of the relative response factors illustrate the
initial calibrations and the daily calibrations.  Control limits
of 30% variability for all congeners, with the exception of 20%
for tetrachlorinated congeners, were calculated from the initial
calibration data and indicated on the charts. A chart was
prepared for each native congener and each internal quantitation
standard.  The data were monitored each analysis day and the
charts were updated about every 5th batch.
     The plots of the percent recovery of the internal
quantitation standards for each sample were prepared for each
batch.  Cumulative plots were prepared and reported every 5th
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                   TABLE 9
Spiking Levels of the Internally Spiked Lipid
 Samples (based on 10.00 gram lipid samples)
Compound
2,
2,
1,
1,
2,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
2,
1,
1,
1,
3,
3,
2,
2,
3,
2,
2,
2,
2,
2,
2,
3,
2,
2,
2,
7
7
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
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, 8-TCDF
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8-PeCDD
,7,8-PeCDF
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,4,
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8-PeCDF
7
7
8
7
7
8
7
6
6
7
,8-HxCDD
,8-HxCDD
, 9-HxCDD
,8-HxCDF
,8-HxCDF
,9-HxCDF
,8-HxCDF
,7,8-HpCDD
,7,8-HpCDF
,8,9-HpCDF
OCDD
OCDF
Spike Level (pg/g)
Low
10
10
10
10
10
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
50
50
Medium
25
25
25
25
25
62
62
62
62
62
62
62
62
62
62
125
125





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50
50
50
50
50
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
250
250
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batch.  The data quality objectives of 50 - 115% recovery were
indicated on the plots.
     The percent recovery of the native congener measurements in
the internally spiked lipid samples were charted every 5th batch.
The data were also reported in tabular form after each batch.
The data quality objectives of 50 - 130% recovery were indicated
on the plots.
     The control charts for the unspiked control lipid samples
indicated the measurements of the native congeners in each sample
after every 5th batch.  The data were also reported in tabular
form after each batch.  The 95% confidence intervals of the
measurements established in the Method Evaluation Study25 were
indicated on the plots.

     3.  Details of the Analytical Run
     A total of 200 study specimens and 80 Quality Control
samples were analyzed in 20 batches.  Each sample batch typically
consisted of 10 study specimens (a random selection of 2 Vietnam
veterans, 4 non-Vietnam veterans and 4 civilians), 1 internally
spiked lipid sample, 1 unspiked control lipid sample, 1 method
blank sample, and 1 of the following: a performance audit
solution, a split sample, or an externally spiked lipid sample.
     All study specimens and QC samples were coded with a unique
laboratory number and submitted to the analysts as blind samples
by the quality control coordinator.  The batch assignment and
order of analysis within a batch were also specified by the QC
coordinator.  The results of the analysis were submitted back to
the QC coordinator who decoded the samples and labeled the
results with a study number just prior to the reporting
procedure.
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                          III.  RESULTS

A.   Demographic and Military Service Characteristics
     Demographic and military service characteristics of the
study subjects are summarized in Tables 10 and 11, respectively.
There was no significant group difference with respect to any of
the 5 demographic variables—specimen collection year, age at
accession, race, geographic region and body mass index.
Similarly, military service characteristics—branch of service,
rank, education, enlistment year, discharge year and military
occupational specialty—of the Vietnam veterans and non-Vietnam
veterans were comparable.  Tables 11 and 12 describe some of the
military service characteristics of Vietnam veterans in the
study.  Distributions of branch, rank, MOSC, calendar year served
in Vietnam and length of service in Vietnam for these Vietnam
veterans were approximately similar to other groups of Vietnam
veterans reported by the Department of Veterans Affairs and other
sources.
     Using an exposure likelihood criteria of 3 days/2 km time
and distance from recorded Agent Orange spray, approximately 1/10
(n = 4) of the Vietnam veteran subjects were categorized as
having had an opportunity for exposure to Agent Orange at least
once (Table 12).  Using a much broader criterion of 90 days/8 km
time and distance from recorded Agent Orange spray, approximately
one half (n = 19, which includes the 4 mentioned above) of the
Vietnam veterans were categorized as having had an opportunity
for exposure to Agent Orange. None of the Vietnam veteran study
subjects were members of the Air Force Ranch Hand Operation or
Army Chemical Corps.  All navy personnel on sea duty were
classified as having "unlikely" exposure to Agent Orange.

B.   2.3.7.8-TCDD Levels by Demographic Characteristics
     Four of the 40 veterans initially classified as having
served in Vietnam and one of the 80 veterans initially classified
as not having served in Vietnam were excluded from further
analyses for the following reasons:  two Vietnam veterans'
adipose specimens had less than 20% extractable lipid content;
one "Vietnam" veteran served in Southeast Asia but only in
Thailand and not in Vietnam; one Vietnam veteran did not have
enough tissue for analysis; and one "non-Vietnam veteran" was
misclassified as a veteran (his military service could not be
documented unequivocally).
     Table 13 shows the arithmetic mean, geometric mean and
various percentile values for 2,3,7,8-TCDD in adipose tissue of
the three study groups.  Table 14 presents the percentages of
samples in the two veteran groups that fall under the 25th, 50th,
75th and 90th civilian control percentiles.  A chi-square test
determined that there was no group difference in the distribution
of TCDD levels.  Histograms of the TCDD distribution for the
three groups before and after logarithmic transformation are
presented in Figures 2 and 3.  The distribution of TCDD levels
after logarithmic transformation was found to be approximately

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                  TABLE 10
Demographic Characteristics of Study Subjects
Characteristics
Specimen Collection
1971 to 1973
1974 to 1976
1977 to 1979
1980 to 1982
median
Age at Specimen
Collection
20 to 26
27 to 32
33 to 38
39 to 45
median
Race
white
non white
Geographic Region
North Central
North East
South
West
Body Mass Index
(kg/m2)
17 to 21
22 to 24
25 to 27
28 to 30
31 to 54
unknown
median
Vietnam
Veterans
(n « 36)
No
6
5
12
13


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15
12
3


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9
7
6
15
8
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13
4
5
2

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17
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36
1978

17
42
33
8
32

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25
19
17
42
22
8
25
36
11
14
6
25.4
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Veterans
(n = 79)
No
10
13
23
33


10
29
27
13


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10
21
17
35
6
2
30
19
10
5
13

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13
16
29
42
1979

13
37
34
16
33

87
13
27
21
44
8
2
38
24
13
6
17
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(n=80)
No
11
11
22
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31
24
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20
11
27
34
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15
25
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11
14

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14
14
27
45
1978

17
39
30
14
32

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25
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34
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31
10
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                         TABLE 11
       Military Service Characteristics of Veterans
Characteristics
Branch of Service
Army
Air Force
Marines
Navy
Coast Guard
Rank
Officers
Enlisted
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11 or less
12 to 15
16 or more
unknown
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1954 to 1959
1960 to 1965
1966 to 1971
1972 to 1976
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1958 to 1963
1964 to 1969
1970 to 1975
1976 to 1982
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No.
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16
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22
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3
36
61
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0
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45
8
67
33
0
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VA Agent Orange Registry
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Vietnam Non-Vietnam
Veteran Veterans
Reference (n = 79)
Population
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                        TABLE  12
            Military  Service Characteristics
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Characteristics
Vietnam
Veterans
(n = 36)
 Vietnam
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Reference
Population
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Last Year in Vietnam
   1965 to 1966                 38           9*
   1967 to 1968                15     42          32
   1969 to 1970                12     33          41
   1971 to 1973                 6     17          18

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in Vietnam
   MR I                        11     31          47*
   MR II                        4     11          20
   MR III                       9     25          24
   MR IV                        38           6
   Sea Duty                     8     22           3
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Recorded Agent Orange Spray
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       unlikely                31     86
       likely                   4     11
       unknown                  1      3
   B.  90 days / 8 KM
       unlikely                16     44
       likely                  19     53
       unknown                  1      3
   Percentage from approximately 120,000 Vietnam veterans
in the VA Agent Orange Registry
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           in pg/g  of the  Total  Extractable  Lipid (ppt)
Status                                TCDD (ppt)
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Vietnam Veterans          28         58         78          97
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Non-Vietnam Veterans      25         53         85          97
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Civilians                 25         50         75          90
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group on normal-probability graph paper that resulted in straight
lines.
     Analysis of variance resulted in no statistically
significant difference in the mean TCDD levels between the groups
(p = 0.35).  Analysis of covariance tested the effect of Vietnam
service after adjusting for age, sample collection year (or
length of storage) or body mass index.  The results did not
indicate an association between service in Vietnam and TCDD
levels.  A paired t-test between Vietnam veterans and their
matched civilian pairs did not result in significant findings (p
= 0.52; 95% confidence interval for the difference between two
means = -1.32, 1.16).
     The geometric mean 2,3,7,8-TCDD levels are presented in
Table 15 by age, specimen collection year, storage time,
geographic region in the U.S., race and occupational category for
each study group.   The length of storage time of each specimen
was calculated by the difference between the time the specimen
was collected and the time it was analyzed in 1987.  There does
not appear to be any significant differences in TCDD levels by
each variable except for specimen collection year or storage time
(p < .0001).  In each group the levels of TCDD tended to be
inversely related to the specimen collection year, i.e., the
earlier the collection year, the higher the levels of TCDD.  In
fact, this general time trend was observed for other dioxins
(Table 16).
     Because the levels of 2,3,7,8-TCDD were adjusted for the
amount of extractable lipid in the adipose tissue specimens, the
final concentration of TCDD would have increased mathematically
for any sample for which there had been degradation of the lipid
during storage.  However, no significant difference of the
percentage of extractable lipid in the tissue specimen by storage
time was observed.  The mean percent extractable lipid for four
categories of storage times ranged from 79.5 to 82.7%.
     A stepwise multiple regression was used to determine whether
2,3,7,8-TCDD levels were associated with demographic variables
such as age, race, body mass index, and the sample collection
year. The TCDD levels in adipose tissue were found to be
significantly associated with age (p < .001) and sample
collection year  (p < .001).  TCDD levels increased approximately
1.5 ppt per 10 years of age and decreased approximately 1.0 ppt
per advancing calendar year of sample collection.  However, these
4 variables were not good predictors of TCDD levels because they
accounted for less than 20% of the variation in tissue TCDD
levels (R2 = 0.17).

C.   2.3f7.8-TCDD Levels by Military Service Characteristics
     TCDD levels for Vietnam veterans and non-Vietnam veterans
were evaluated by their branch of service, military occupations
and rank.   No significant difference was observed between veteran
groups in the same military service category or between different
military service categories within the same veteran group (Table

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                            TABLE 15
      Geometric Mean 2,3,7,8-TCDD Levels in Adipose Tissue
                 by Demographic Characteristics
          in pg/g of the Total Extractable Lipid (ppt)
Status
Variables
Age
20 to 26
27 to 32
33 to 38
39 to 45
Collection Year
1971 to 1973
1974 to 1976
1977 to 1979
1980 to 1982
Geographic Region
North Central
North East
South
West
Race
White
Non White
Occupational Group
Non Labor
Labor
Agricultural
Vietnam
Veterans

13
12
10
8

16
16
10
9

11
12
10
14

10
15

10
11
25

.87
.55
.91
.17

.95
.61
.80
.30

.25
.94
.38
.30

.70
.33

.59
.59
.03
•t,
(6)
(15)
(12)
(3)

(6)
(5)
(12)
(13)

(7)
(6)
(15)
(8)

(27)
(9)

(12)
(9)
(1)
Non-Vietnam
Veterans

10
10
11
12

16
14
11
8

12
10
10
7

10
11

10
10
12

.38
.49
.02
.43

.44
.30
.13
.58

.55
.80
.80
.85

.91
.36

.91
.49
.94

(10)
(29)
(27)
(13)

(10)
(13)
(23)
(33)

(21)
(17)
(35)
(6)

(69)
(10)

(28)
(23)
(1)
Civilian

15
10
11
18

21
15
10
11

12
12
13
8

12
13

13
11


.18
.70
.36
.36

.12
.33
.18
.36

.18
.55
.74
.41

.30
.07

.07
.59
(0)

(14)
(31)
(24)
(11)

(11)
(11)
(22)
(36)

(11)
(27)
(34)
(8)

(60)
(20)

(35)
(32)

Total

13
10
11
13

18
15
10
9

12
11
11
9

11
13

11
11
17

.07
.91
.13
.87

.36
.03
.70
.87

.18
.94
.82
.97

.36
.07

.70
.13
.99
   the numbers in parentheses represent the cases for that
   category
1   54 cases had unknown occupations; 14 missing for Vietnam
   veterans; 27 missing for non-Vietnam veterans; 13 missing for
   civilians
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17).  For Vietnam veterans, 2,3,7,8-TCDD levels were also
analyzed by factors which were assumed to be related to the
likelihood of Agent Orange exposure (Table 18).  None of the
factors, except for number of years between last service date in
Vietnam and the date of collection, appeared to be associated
with the TCDD levels in adipose tissue.  It seemed in general
that the shorter the time between last date of service in Vietnam
and the date of collection, the higher the TCDD levels in adipose
tissue  (p < .01).  However, this observation was confounded by a
close relationship between the number of years since last served
in Vietnam and the sample collection year (r2 = 0.85,  p <  .0001):
the fewer the years since Vietnam, the earlier the sample
collection year.  As described previously, the earlier the
collection year, the higher the levels of TCDD.  The TCDD levels
for a total of 7 Vietnam veterans, whose number of years since
Vietnam service was 4 years or less, were evaluated further in
comparison to their non-Vietnam veteran counterparts and also to
their matched civilian pairs.  For this purpose a total of 19
non-Vietnam Veterans whose tissue specimens were collected on or
before 1974, which was the last sample collection year for the
above Vietnam veteran group, were selected for a comparison.  The
geometric mean TCDD levels (± standard deviation) for the Vietnam
veteran group (n = 7), non-Vietnam veteran group (n = 19)  and
civilian controls (n = 14) were at the levels of 16.6  (± 1.6),
15.5 (± 1.5) and 18.4 (± 1.6) ppt, respectively.  The difference
between the means was not statistically significant at the p =
0.05 level for ANOVA.  An analysis of covariance, which
controlled for sample collection year, supported this conclusion.
     The possible contributions of each military factor to the
TCDD levels in Vietnam veterans were evaluated by a stepwise
linear regression analysis.  Factors included in the analysis
were surrogate combat status by MOSC, military region, sample
collection year, calendar year in Vietnam, number of years
between last year served in Vietnam and the sample collection
year and Agent Orange exposure likelihood based on time and
distance from recorded Agent Orange spray.  Regression analysis
showed that these Vietnam service characteristics could account
for only 14% of the variation in 2,3,7,8-TCDD levels among
Vietnam veterans.
     Five other 2,3,7,8-substituted PCDDs and 10 other PCDFs were
measured and their mean levels calculated from specimens with
levels above the limit of detection (Table 19).  There were no
group differences in the mean level of any of the PCDD congeners.
The levels of dioxins increased with an increase in the number of
chlorine except for 1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD.  Levels of dibenzofurans
were always lower than their dioxin counterparts.

D.   Quality Assurance Program Results
     Data were collected on all 17 of the 2,3,7,8-chlorine
substituted dioxins and furans.  However, since the primary
emphasis of this study was on 2,3,7,8-TCDD, the quality assurance
                                40

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                             TABLE 17
       Geometric Mean 2,3,7,8-TCDD Levels in Adipose Tissue
               by Military Service Characteristics,
           in pg/g of the Total Extractable Lipid  (ppt)
                                          Status
Service                    Vietnam         Non-Vietnam       Total
Characteristics            Veterans         Veterans
Branch
   Army                   11.59 (20)*       10.38 (42)        10.70
   Air Force               6.69 (1)          9.97 (10)        9.58
   Marine                 12.30 (6)         10.38 (9)         11.13
   Navy                   12.43 (9)         13.87 (16)        13.33
   Coast Guard                  (0)          9.87 (2)         9.87

Military Occupation1
   Non Combat             11.13 (24)        10.59 (56)        10.80
   Combat                 13.07 (12)        11.47 (22)        11.94

Rank
   Officer                10.18 (4)         12.43 (7)         11.59
   Enlisted               11.94 (32)        10.80 (72)        11.13


   the numbers in parentheses  represent the cases  for  that
   category
1   one Non-Vietnam Veteran had a missing Military  Occupation
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                     TABLE 18
   Geometric  Mean  2,3,7,8-TCDD Levels  in  Adipose
    Tissue by Vietnam Service Characteristics,
   in pg/g of the Total Extractable Lipid (ppt)
Service
Characteristics
 No. of
Veterans
2,3,7,8-TCDD
Military Region1
   I Corp                    11
   II Corp                    4
   III Corp                   9
   IV Corp                    3
   Sea Duty                   8

Last Year in Vietnam
   1965 to 1966               3
   1967 to 1968              15
   1969 to 1970              12
   1971 to 1973               6

Number of Years Since
Last Service in Vietnam2
   2 to 4                     7
   5 to 7                     5
   8 to 10                    9
   11 to 14                  15

No. of Months in Vietnam
   6 months or less           2
   7 to 12 months            28
   13 months or more          6

Agent Orange Exposure3
Likelihood
   a.  3 days / 2 KM
              no             31
              yes             4
   b.  90 days / 8 KM
              no             16
              yes            19
                12.43
                 6.89
                11.94
                14.30
                13.33
                 8.58
                11.02
                14.59
                10.38
                16.61
                13.87
                11.82
                 9.39
                15.96
                12.06
                 9.12
                11.47
                14.30

                11.82
                11.82
   one Vietnam Veteran had a missing Military
   Region
2  p < .001
3  one Vietnam Veteran has a missing Agent Orange
   Exposure Likelihood
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                             TABLE 19
          Arithmetic Mean Levels of Dioxins and Furans
      Detected  in Adipose Tissue by Military Service Status,
          in pg/g of the Total Extractable Lipid (ppt)
                                          Status
Chemicals
   Vietnam
  'Veterans
 Non-Vietnam
  Veterans
                                                        Civilians
Dioxins
   2378-TCDD
   12378-PeCDD
   123478/123678-HxCDD
   123789-HxCDD
   1234678-HpCDD
   OCDD
  13.35 (36)
  20.59 (36)
 170.38 (36)
  19.35 (35)
 276.17 (36)
1261.81 (36)
  12.48 (79)
  18.26 (78)
 152.97 (79)
  17.23 (79)
 244.55 (79)
1108.89 (79)
  15.83 (80)
  18.32 (80)
 165.13 (80)
  17.99 (79)
 300.30 (80)
1392.95 (80)
Furans
2378-TCDF
12378-PeCDF
23478-PeCDF
123478-HxCDF
123678-HxCDF
234678-HXCDF
123789-HxCDF
1234678-HpCDF
1234789-HpCDF
OCDF

2.
1.
23.
21.
10.
3.
1.
37.
2.
3.

92
72
08
50
71
77
48
39
22
61

(25)
(8)
(35)
(36)
(34)
(26)
(3)
(36)
(14)
(27)

2.
1.
22.
19.
9.
3.
0.
32.
1.
4.

41
10
20
31
99
24
96
95
91
46

(52)
(17)
(78)
(78)
(77)
(73)
(2)
(79)
(35)
(54)

3.
1.
23.
23.
12.
3.
0.
39.
2.
3.

30
94
31
22
02
64
90
09
16
40

(51)
(16)
(80)
(79)
(79)
(78)
(4)
(80)
(41)
(60)
   the number in parentheses represent the number of specimens  in
   that category which were above the limit of detection
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data in this section are focused on 2,3,7,8-TCDD.  Data on the
other congeners can be found in Appendix B.
     Method accuracy and precision were measured and evaluated
from the internally spiked lipid samples.  Precision was also
determined from the results of the split samples.  Blank samples
were run to ensure that no contamination or carryover from sample
to sample occurred.  Data from the daily mass calibrations,
column performance checks and relative response factors provided
information on the performance of the instrumentation.
     The analytical standards used in this study compared
favorably with the following results: (1) the results of the
analysis of the National Bureau of Standards Reference Material
for 2,3,7,8-TCDD;  (2) the results of an interlaboratory study of
analytical standards conducted by Cambridge Isotope Laboratories
in which Midwest Research Institute participated; and (3) the
results and evaluation of the externally spiked QC samples
presented in the appendix.
     At the onset of the study, protocols, standard operating
procedures, data quality objectives (DQOs) and control limits
were established in the quality assurance project plan.  All data
were generated under these procedures.  System audits were
conducted during the study to verify that the protocols and
procedures were present and in use during the study.
     Virtually, all of the data were within the DQOs and control
limits.  However, the several data points that were outside the
DQOs, were explicitly noted in the report.  These deviations were
minor and did not adversely affect the quality of the data.
     The overall method accuracy for 2,3,7,8-TCDD was 113%
recovery among the spiked lipid samples.  The method precision of
10.6% for 2,3,7,8-TCDD was quantified by the coefficient of
variation for the unspiked lipid samples.

     1.  Internally Spiked Lipid Samples
     This section on the internally spiked lipid samples includes
data from the analysis of the spiking solution used to prepare
the samples and the results on the accuracy of the measurements
of the PCDDs and PCDFs in the spiked lipid samples.

          a.  Evaluation of the Standards Spiking Solution
     The spiking solution of analytical standards that was used
to prepare the internally spiked the lipid samples was analyzed
prior to actually spiking the lipid samples.  This analysis was
conducted to confirm the concentrations of the PCDDs and PCDFs in
the spiking solution and to provide data on the potential
variability in spiking concentrations that might be expected from
preparing the spiked QC samples.  Nine check samples comprising
three replicate aliquots at each of the three spike levels (x,
2.5x, 5x) were prepared and analyzed.  Table 20 presents the data
on the percent recovery of each analyte from each analysis.  Also
provided in the table are the mean percent recovery and the
precision  (coefficient of variation) at each spike level.
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                         TABLE 20
          Results of the Analysis of the Native
              PCDD and PCDF Spiking Solution
               -Average Percent Recovery (%)
Compound Spiked % Recovery
Concentration (3 trials) %
(pg/uL)

2,3

2,3

1,2

2,3

1,2

1,2

1,2

2,3

1,2

*
**
,7,8-TCDF 10
25
50
,7,8-TCDD 10
25
50
,3,7,8-PeCDF 10
25
50
,4,7,8-PeCDF 10
25
50
,3,7,8-PeCDD 10
25
50
,3,4,7,8-HxCDF 25
62.5
125
,3,6,7,8-HxCDF 25
62.5
125
,4,6,7,8-HxCDF 25
62.5
125
,3,7,8,9-HxCDF 25
62.5
125
Standard Deviation

98
104
105
102
102
112
97
100
93
102
111
106
100
113
103
110
112
93
102
108
96
94
101
100
102
98
101


125
102
105
131
107
112
126
94
104
136
108
111
127
110
109
121
97
106
120
95
108
119
98
97
119
99
104


104
104
106
105
107
112
100
98
101
108
106
108
99
98
101
107
83
90
103
89
102
99
96
102
99
96
107

Average SD*
Recovery
109
104
105
113
105
112
108
97
99
115
108
108
109
107
104
113
97
97
109
97
102
104
98
99
107
98
104

14.2
1.2
0.9
15.9
2.7
0.4
15.9
3.2
5.9
18.1
2.7
2.6
15.9
8.1
4.3
7.3
14.8
8.6
10.2
9.6
6.0
13.2
2.8
2.40
10.7
1.4
3.2

**
CV
13.0
1.1
0.8
14.2
2.5
0.4
14.8
3.3
6.0
15.7
2.5
2.4
14.6
7.6
4.1
6.5
15.2
8.9
9.4
9.9
5.9
12.7
2.8
2.5
10.0
1.4
3.1

Coefficient of Variation
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                   TABLE 20  (continued)
Compound Spiked % Recovery
Concentration (3 trials) %
(pq/uL)

1,2,

1,2,

1,2,

1,2,

1,2,

1,2,

OCDF


OCDD


*
**
3,4,7,8-HxCDD 25
62.5
125
3,6,7,8-HxCDD 25
62.5
125
3,7,8,9-HxCDD 25
62.5
125
3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF 25
62.5
125
3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF 25
62.5
125
3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD 25
62.5
125
50
125
250
50
125
250
Standard Deviation

95
96
101
104
99
106
106
99
99
92
97
94
96
103
98
100
101
104
99
112
109
90
95
95


109
111
98
124
99
105
126
97
100
115
94
91
110
101
97
124
101
100
132
110
108
115
92
96


102
103
105
100
106
106
115
101
105
92
91
97
89
95
100
101
102
104
103
105
112
94
96
96

Average SD
Recovery
102
103
101
109
101
106
116
99
101
100
94
94
98
99
98
109
101
103
111
109
110
100
94
96

6.8
7.6
3.6
13.2
3.8
0.8
10.4
2.4
3.0
13.4
2.9
2.8
10.4
4.3
1.7
13.8
0.2
2.3
17.6
3.7
2.1
13.2
2.1
0.8

**
cv
6.7
7.3
3.6
12.1
3.7
0.8
9.0
2.4
3.0
13.4
3.1
3.0
10.6
4.3
1.7
12.7
0.2
2.2
15.7
3.4
1.9
13.3
2.2
0.8

Coefficient of Variation
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     The average measured recoveries for the analytes in the
spiking solution ranged from 94 to 116% of the targeted spiked
levels.  These results are well within the program objectives of
50 - 130% recovery for spiked QC samples and 70 - 130% recovery
for performance audit solutions of standards (i.e. without the
matrix).  These data verify that the spiking solution was
prepared correctly.
     The coefficient of variation (CV) of the measurements at
each spike level for each analyte ranged from 0.2 to 15.7%. In
general, the precision of the measurements on each of the spike
levels is better for the highest spike level than for the lowest
spike level.  This was expected and was consistent with the
precision data noted in the preparation of the initial
calibration curves for each analyte.

          b.  Results of the Internally Spiked Lipid Sample
              Analysis
     Twenty internally spiked lipid samples were analyzed during
the study.  One sample was included in each batch.  The spiking
levels ranged from 10 pg/g to 50 pg/g for TCDD and from 50 pg/g
to 250 pg/g for OCDD. Nine samples were at the low spike level,
five samples were at the medium spike level, and six samples were
at the high spike level.  The levels and spiking procedures were
described in detail in the Quality Control Samples section (see
Table 9).
     Table 21 presents the average percent recovery and
coefficient of variation for each analyte for the 20 samples.
The average recovery ranged from 87.4% for OCDD to 117.1% for the
1,2,3,4,7,8/1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD pair.
     Table 22 presents additional details on the accuracy and
precision of the measurement of 2,3,7,8-TCDD in these internally
spiked lipid samples.  The percent recovery for each of the
individual analysis is given in this table. The mean recovery for
each individual spike level and the overall mean recovery are
provided.
     The average recovery for the samples at the low level spike
(10 pg/g) was 110%, the medium spike level  (25 pg/g) was 119%,
the high spike level (50 pg/g) was 114%, and the average recovery
from the measurements of all 20 samples was 113%.  The method
accuracy for 2,3,7,8-TCDD that was determined in the Method
Evaluation Study  conducted prior to these  analyses was 113%
recovery.
     Figure 4 is a plot of the percent recovery of the
measurements of 2,3,7,8-TCDD by batch number.  As noted in Table
22 and Figure 4, only one sample with a recovery of 135% for
2,3,7,8-TCDD was outside the data quality goal of 50-130%
recovery.
     Accuracy data on the remaining congeners are presented in
Appendix B.
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                      TABLE 21
         Percent Recovery and Precision of
       Measurements  for PCDDs  and PCDFs From
    the Internally Spiked Lipid  Samples (n = 20)
Compound
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
,3,
,3,
,2,
,3,
,2,
,2,
,2,
,3,
,2,
,2,
1
,2,
,2,
,2,
,2,
7
7
3
4
3
3
3
4
3
3
/
3
3
3
3
,8-TCDF
,8-TCDD
,7,8-PeCDF
,7,8-PeCDF
,7
,4
,6
,6
,7
,4
2,
,7
,4
,4
,4
,8-PeCDD
,7
,7
,7
,8
,7
3,
,8
,6
,7
,6
,8-HxCDF
,8-HxCDF
,8-HxCDF
,9-HxCDF
,8/
6,7,8-HxCDD
,9-HpCDD
,7,8-HpCDF
,8,9-HpCDF
,7,8-HpCDD
OCDF
OCDD
Average (%)
Recovery
98.
113.
105.
105.
99.
99.
102.
96.
92.
117.
92.
94.
96.
90.
90.
87.
7
3
6
9
1
9
1
6
3
1
8
8
1
3
1
4
SD
7.
10.
5.
31.
7.
11.
8.
6.
5.
27.
6.
5.
12.
19.
9.
25.
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9
0
3
0
6
3
4
1
6
6
0
9
9
9
4
5
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8
8
5
29
7
11
8
6
6
23
6
6
13
22
10
29
(%)
.0
.8
.0
.3
.6
.4
.2
.3
.0
.5
.5
.2
.4
.1
.5
.2
Standard Deviation
Coefficient of variation
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                Percent Recovery and Precision of
               Measurements for 2,3,7,8-TCDD from
          the  Twenty Internally Spiked  Lipid  Samples  (%)
Spike Level*
Low
(10 pg/g)
(n = 9)
102
112
93
106
111
127
109
117
113
Mean = 110
CV** = 8.6%
Medium
(25 pg/g)
(n = 5)
110
117
122
125
120

Mean = 119
CV** = 4.8%
Overall
CV**
High
(50 pg/g)
(n = 6)
104
107
111
123
135
102
Mean = 114
CV** = 11%
Mean = 113%
= 8.8%
Spike levels based on a 10-gram lipid sample
Coefficient of variation
% Recovery  =  100% x Cone, spiked sample - cone, control sample
                                     spike level
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     2.  Split Samples
     Six adipose tissue specimens were prepared and analyzed as
split samples within single sample batches as part of the
original QC program design.  No attempt was made to homogenize
these samples before the split.  Two aliquots of each of these
tissue specimens were submitted as "blinds" by an independent QC
person to the analytical laboratory for preparation and analysis.
The chemists were not informed which samples were the split
samples.  These samples provide data on within-batch precision.
     A seventh-adipose tissue specimen was also prepared and
analyzed in duplicate.  This sample had a high 2,3,7,8-TCDD value
(106 pg/g)  in the first analysis and was reanalyzed in a later
batch during the study to confirm the finding.  This sample
provides limited data on the between-batch precision.
     Data for 2,3,7,8-TCDD in the split samples are given below
in Table 23.  The relative percent difference (RPD) for 2,3,7,8-
TCDD ranged from 1.1% to 10.0%.  The between-batch precision was
6.3%.
     In general, the precision measurements for all remaining
congeners for the split samples were in good agreement. The
relative percent difference was typically less than 20% and more
often less than 10%.  There were only six of 81 measurements that
were greater than 20% RPD.  The higher RPD values occurred for
compounds whose concentrations were typically less than 5 pg/g.
     Data on all the congeners in the split samples are in
Appendix B.

     3.  Control Lipid Samples
     Information on the precision of the method was also obtained
from the analysis of the unspiked control lipid samples.  A total
of 20 samples from a homogeneous pool of unspiked lipid material
were analyzed.  One sample was included in each batch.
     Table 24 presents the summary data on these samples.  The
mean and coefficient of variation (CV) are given for each
congener.  The precision as measured by the CV for 2,3,7,8-TCDD
was 10.6%.   The precision value of 10.6% does not include the
analytical variability of the lipid determination.  However, data
reported earlier from samples that were analyzed as duplicates
are available.  The precision for the remaining congeners ranged
from 2.9 to 51.3%.
     Figure 5 is a plot of the measured values for 2,3,7,8-TCDD
in the 20 unspiked control lipid samples.  The mean value and the
95% confidence interval for individual analyses which were
established from the Method Evaluation Study25 are  shown on the
plot.  All measurements of 2,3,7,8-TCDD in the unspiked control
lipid samples fell within the 95% confidence interval.
     Plots of the data on the remaining congeners are presented
in Appendix B.

     4.  Method Blanks
     A total of twenty method blank samples were analyzed, one
with each sample batch.  These samples were taken through all

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                            TABLE 23
        Results of Split Sample Analyses for 2,3,7,8-TCDD
Sample Code
00609
29810
29805
29806
18801
12823
06509*
Batch #
4
7
13
16
19
10
3, 6
First
Analysis
(pg/g)
8.93
11.30
6.99
6.48
7.32
10.90
106.00
Second
Analysis
(pg/g)
9.09
11.80
7.73
6.41
6.74
11.20
113.00
Relative Percent
Difference (%)
1.8
4.3
10.0
1.1
8.3
2.7
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                                      average value
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                        TABLE  24
      Summary of the Results of the Measurements
     in  the Unspiked Control Lipid  Samples  (n  =  20)
Compound
2,
2,
1,
2,
1,
1,
1,
2,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
3,
3,
2,
3,
2,
2,
2,
3,
2,
2,
1
2,
2,
2,
2,
7
7
3
4
3
3
3
4
3
3
i
3
3
3
3
,8-TCDF
,8-TCDD
,7,
,7,
,7,
,4,
,6,
,6,
,7,
,4,
2,3
,7,
,4,
,4,
,4,
8-PeCDF
8-PeCDF
8-PeCDD
7
7
7
8
7
*
8
6
/
6
,8-HxCDF
,8-HxCDF
,8-HxCDF
,9-HxCDF
,8/
6,7,8-HxCDD
,9-HxCDD
,7,8-HpCDF
7,8,9-HpCDF
,7,8-HpCDD
OCDF
OCDD
Mean
(pg/g)
1.
10.
0.
27.
18.
20.
11.
3.
0.
155.
15.
27.
1.
223.
2.
813.
94
06
81
65
46
24
11
76
39
20
70
69
25
70
11
85
SD*
(pg/g)
0
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2
0
1
1
0
0
15
0
1
0
7
0
23
.20
.06
.16
.79
.91
.14
.13
.34
.20
.11
.97
.18
.25
.98
.37
.72
**
CV
(%)
10
10
19
10
4
5
10
9
50
9
6
4
19
3
17
2
.51
.55
.50
.09
.92
.62
.21
.18
.42
.73
.20
.25
.65
.57
.33
.92
   Standard Deviation
   Coefficient of variation

Calculations included all values.  Not detected values
were set equal to the level of detection and trace
values were used as the level reported.
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steps of the analytical procedure with the exception of the
addition of adipose tissue.
     No 2,3,7,8-TCDD was detected in any method blank sample.
Only two of the target analytes were seen in any of the method
blanks.  1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD was reported in six samples at
concentrations ranging from 0.63 pg/g to 1.29 pg/g (mean = 0.99
PS/9) •  OCDD was reported in 19 samples at concentrations ranging
from 2.00 pg/g to 10.20 pg/g (mean =4.48 pg/g).  The method
blank data are shown in Table 25.  Summary data on the Limits of
Detection for the target compounds which were not detected in the
method blank samples are in Table 26.
     The amounts of the HpCDD and OCDD found in the method blanks
were typically less than 1% of the values measured in the study
specimens and were not subtracted from each sample.
     The background levels of HpCDD and OCDD apparently arise
from general laboratory background.26  Previous work in the
analytical laboratory had demonstrated that the background level
is attributed to concentrations of these compounds on the acidic
alumina from laboratory air during adsorbent activation.27  The
analytical protocol included procedures for pre-elution of the
alumina columns to reduce this background level.

     5.  Instrument Performance
     This section on instrument performance includes information
on the daily mass calibrations and column performance checks, the
tridecane blanks, and the daily calibration activities.

          a.  Mass Calibration
     Mass calibration was completed as the first function of each
day for both the low and high resolution MS analysis.  The
details are described in the analytical protocol.  Figures 6 and
7 are plots of the mass resolution for all batches.  All data
fall within the quality control objectives of resolution of >.
3000 for the LRMS and > 10,000 for the HRMS.

          b.  Column Performance
     Column performance was demonstrated daily using a mixture of
TCDD isomers that elute closely to 2,3,7,8-TCDD.  An example of
the procedures for calculating column performance  (resolution)
was presented in the analytical protocol.  Figures 8 and 9 show
plots of the column performance data for LRMS and HRMS analyses.
All analysis events met the quality control objectives for peak
separation of < 60% for LRMS (DB5 column) and < 25% for HRMS
(Rtx-2331 or SP-2330 columns).
     As noted in Figure 8, there was a column change for the HRMS
analyses before batch 8.  The change from an Rtx-2331 column to
an SP-2330 column resulted in better separation of 2,3,7,8-TCDD
from other potentially coeluting TCDD isomers.

          c.  Tridecane Blanks
     Tridecane blanks were analyzed daily to confirm that
carryover from the injection of standards was not a problem.

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                  TABLE 25
  Measurements of Target Analytes Detected
 in the Method Blank Samples by Batch Number
Batch #
  OCDD
 (pg/g)
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
      (pg/g)
   i
   2
   3
   4
   5
   6
   7
   8
   9
  10
  11
  12
  13
  14
  15
  16
  17
  18
  19
  20
  2.00
  4.00
  2.70
  2.60
  4.53
  3.32
  3.72
  5.27
  3.55 trace
  3.98
  2.27
  2.87
  3.56
 10.20
  3.72

  6.94
  6.76
  5.84
  7.20
    0.63 trace
    1.29 trace
    0.79 trace

    1.03 trace
    0.99 trace

    1.20 trace
Mean
Range
  4.48
2.0 - 10.2
      0.99
   0.63 - 1.29
OCDD was not detected in the method blank in
batch 16.  The level of detection for OCDD in
that sample was 5.3 pg/g.  None of the other
target analytes were detected in the method
blanks.
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                 TABLE  26
 Summary  of  the  Limits of Detection  for  the
Target Compounds which were not Detected in
          the Method  Blank  Samples
Congener
Limits of Detection (pg/g)
Minimum
2,
2,
1,
2,
1,
1,
1,
2,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
3,
3,
2,
3,
2,
2,
2,
3,
2,
2,
1,
2,
2,
2,
2,
7
7
3
4
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
/
3
3
3
,8-TCDF
,8-TCDD
,7
,1
,1
,4
,6
,6
,7
,4
,3
3,
,4
,4
,4
,8-PeCDF
,8-PeCDF
,8-PeCDD
,7
,7
,7
,8
,7
,6
7,
,6
,7
,6
,8-HxCDF
,8-HxCDF
,8-HxCDF
,9-HxCDF
,8/
,7,8-HxCDD
8,9-HxCDD
,7,8-HpCDF
,8,9-HpCDF
,7,8-HpCDD
OCDF
OCDD
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
5.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
5
1
3
Mean
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
5.
2
5
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
5
4
3
4
9
7
3
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0.
3.
0.
0.
1.
0.
0.
0.
0.
1.
0.
0.
1.
1.
2.
5.
5
7
5
4
0
6
6
6
7
1
9
8
1
6
5
3
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These analyses demonstrated no response to the PCDDs and PCDFs
and the internal quantitation standards.

          d.  Calibration Data
     The daily analyses of calibration standards bracketing the
sample analysis were conducted.  The quality control objectives
for these analyses were that the relative response factors (RRFs)
should be within + 20% of the means for 2,3,7,8-TCDD and 2,3,7,8-
TCDF and + 30% of the means for all other congeners.
     The relative response factor data were plotted in control
charts.  Figure 10 is a plot of the data for 2,3,7,8-TCDD.
     In Figure 10 the RRF control chart for TCDD indicates
several data points outside the 20% criteria.  Corrections
included reevaluation of the mass calibration using PFK,
adjustment of the capillary column length, cleaning of the mass
spectrometer ion source, and reanalysis of the standard
solutions.  No sample analyses were conducted following these
specific calibration events.
     Sample analyses were conducted only after the RRF criteria
were met for TCDD.  The control charts for the remaining analytes
and internal quantitation standards are in Appendix B.

     6.  Recovery of Internal Quantitation Standards
     Nine carbon-13 labeled internal quantitation standards were
added to each sample to be used in the quantitation of the native
compounds.  The absolute recovery of these standards in each
sample was calculated.  The data quality objectives for the
percent recovery of these compounds was 50-115%.
     A cumulative plot showing the recoveries of 13C-2,3,7,8-
TCDD in each sample analyzed is given in Figure 11.  The data
points are plotted in the order of analysis.  More than 96% of
the data points were within the 50-115% recovery objective.  The
ten points that are outside this range were between 40% and 50%
recovery.
     Although these recoveries were outside the lower 50%
recovery objective, these analyses were not repeated because the
recoveries of the other internal quantitation standards were
within the data quality objectives and the observed signal-to-
noise ratio was greater than 10.
     Cumulative plots of the other internal quantitation
standards are in Appendix B.

     7.  National Bureau of Standards
     Seven samples consisting of a National Bureau of Standards
(NBS) reference material of 2,3,7,8-TCDD were analyzed over the
course of the study.  The samples were prepared as performance
audit samples by the quality control coordinator, using a
certified NBS solution  (SRM 1614, 67.8 ± 2.3 ng/ml, dated April
24, 1986).
     The samples were analyzed by LRMS and HRMS  (with the
exception of one sample, which was analyzed only by LRMS).  A
summary of the results is provided in Table 27.

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                            TABLE  27
         Results  of  the Analysis of the National  Bureau
              of Standards Solution of 2,3,7,8-TCDD
Batch #
01
03
06
09
12
15
18



Found
LRMS
79.2
197.0
41.1
125.0
162.0
85.6
41.1

Standard

(pg/uL)
HRMS
NA1
209.0
42.0
120.0
196.0
104.0
40.4
Mean
Deviation
% CV
% Recovery
LRMS
117
116.0
121.0
123.0
119.0
126.0
121.0
121.00
3.50
2.91

HRMS
NA1
123.0
124.0
118.0
144. O2
153. O2
121.0
130.0
14.4
11.0
1   Not analyzed with sample batch
2   Outside the data quality object

Prepared from NBS SRM 1614, 67.8 + 2.3 ng/ml
2  Outside the data quality objectives of 70 to 130%
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     All but two measurements by HRMS were within the data
quality objectives of 70-130% recovery.  The mean recovery for
the LRMS measurements was 121%, and the mean recovery for the
HRMS measurements was 130%.

     8.  Interlaboratorv Study
     Midwest Research Institute participated in an
interlaboratory study for the comparison of 2,3,7,8-substituted
PCDD and PCDF analytical standards, sponsored by Cambridge
Isotope Laboratories (Woburn, Massachusetts).  The
interlaboratory study occurred during the same time as this
study.  The results of the interlaboratory study are given in
Table 28.  A total of eight laboratories participated:

          Midwest Research Institute (MRI)
          Centers for Disease Control
          Dow Chemical Company
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                         IV.  DISCUSSION

     This study did not demonstrate elevated levels of 2,3,7,8-
TCDD in the adipose tissue of Vietnam veterans compared to non-
Vietnam veterans or civilian controls.  Even after adjusting for
demographic variables, military service in Vietnam was not
associated with elevated TCDD levels in adipose tissue.  In
addition, no Vietnam service characteristic in the study,
measured singularly or in combination, was a good predictor of
2,3,7,8-TCDD levels in adipose tissue.  This finding is in
accordance with a recent study published by the CDC.  The CDC
reported that there was no association between serum TCDD levels
and indirectly estimated Agent Orange exposure before or after
adjustment for other characteristics of the veterans such as age,
race, body mass index and self-reported civilian occupational and
home herbicide exposure.  The results reported herein and the CDC
study results are not inconsistent with several studies of
Vietnam veterans and their TCDD levels in adipose tissue or
blood.
     In a study reported by Gross et al7,  2  of 20  Vietnam
veterans showed elevated TCDD levels in adipose tissue compared
to non-Vietnam veteran controls.  These two Vietnam veterans had
a history of direct contact with phenoxyherbicides.  Kahn et al8
reported that levels of TCDD in both blood and adipose tissue of
"heavily exposed" Vietnam veterans far exceeded those of 10 other
Vietnam era veterans who did not serve in Southeast Asia.   Nine
of the 10 "heavily exposed" veterans handled herbicide regularly
while in Vietnam.  The one remaining "heavily exposed" veteran
was an "Army light infantry jungle combat soldier" with extensive
ground exposure from January 1969 to July 1969.  His TCDD levels
in both adipose tissue and blood were not significantly different
from those of controls.  The U.S. Air Force in collaboration with
the CDC has measured serum 2,3,7,8-TCDD levels in Air Force
Health Study participants.  The mean serum TCDD level of the 147
Ranch Hand personnel was 49 ppt, whereas the mean level of the 49
controls was 5 ppt.28  The Ranch Hand personnel were all enlisted
men who were either herbicide loaders or herbicide specialists in
Vietnam.  The controls were Air Force veterans who served in
Southeast Asia but did not participate in the Ranch Hand
operation.  In all three studies described above,  Vietnam
veterans with documented direct contact with herbicides have been
shown to have elevated 2,3,7,8-TCDD in their blood or adipose
tissue almost two decades after their last exposure to herbicide
in Vietnam.
     It is possible that this study may have failed to detect a
small difference in mean TCDD levels because of the relatively
small sample size.  The study had adequate statistical power
(90%) to detect a mean difference of 5 ppt or more between
groups.  However, for a subgroup of Vietnam veterans (e.g.,
ground troops), the statistical power to detect the same
difference in means decreased to 84%.  The study had over a 95%
chance of detecting a mean TCDD difference of 8 ppt or more

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between Vietnam veteran ground troops and a non-Vietnam veteran
comparison group.
     Elimination of TCDD from the body since Vietnam service is
also an unlikely explanation of failure to observe a difference
in TCDD levels.  The geometric mean TCDD levels of adipose tissue
specimens collected from 7 veterans within 4 years of their
return from Vietnam was not significantly different from the
control specimens.  Furthermore, an analysis of covariance which
controlled for the length of time between Vietnam service and the
sample collection year supported this conclusion.  Unlike other
studies in which TCDD levels were measured almost 20 years after
a veteran's service in Vietnam, this study included 12 Vietnam
veterans whose adipose tissues were sampled within 7 years of
their return.  One can calculate, however, a theoretical
difference in mean TCDD levels that might have existed
immediately after the veterans left Vietnam.  If one assumes a
half-life of TCDD in the body as 7 years, first order elimination
kinetics, a 10-year elapsed average since Vietnam service,  and a
minimum mean TCDD difference of 8 ppt that the study failed to
detect, then the mean difference of TCDD levels when veterans
left Vietnam as compared to their controls can be extrapolated to
approximately 21 ppt (for first order elimination the equations
logx = logxo -  [Ket/2.3]; and t,/z = [0.693/Ke] apply; where  x
denotes total TCDD in the body'at time t, XQ the TCDD present at
time o, and Ke  the rate constant for elimination) .   A similar
extrapolation of the Air Force Health Study data resulted in a
mean difference of over 250 ppt at the time of departure from
Vietnam.
     Although the NHATS sampling scheme was designed to collect a
representative sample of the Standard Metropolitan Statistical
Areas in terms of age,  sex and race, subjects selected for the
study may not have represented their respective groups for
several reasons.  First, over 90% of NHATS samples were collected
from deceased persons whose cause of death in most instances was
due to traumatic injury.  Second, tissue samples from this study
were selected from the archived NHATS specimens rather than from
the original NHATS samples.  Third, 6% of the subjects who were
eligible for the study had to be excluded because of missing
personal identifiers such as name and social security number.
Despite these potential problems, demographic and military
characteristics of 36 Vietnam veterans in the study were not
substantially different from the overall Vietnam veteran
population.  They were predominantly white  (75%), draft eligible
during the Vietnam war  (age 18 to 25) and enlisted men (89%);
they served in the Army and Marine Corp  (72%)  with military
occupational specialties other than offensive and defensive
combat missions  (67%).
     It is apparent that several military service characteristics
examined in the study offered inadequate measures of potential
exposure to Agent Orange.  The failure to find an association
between TCDD levels and an estimate of exposure likelihood based
on military records may have resulted either because military

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records used in the study were of poor choice for estimating
potential exposure or because there was very limited opportunity
for exposure to significant amounts of TCDD in Vietnam for most
of the U.S. troops.
     The extent of Agent Orange exposure among ground troops
during their normal course of duties can be approximated under
many different assumptions.  Gough29 estimated the amount of
dioxin exposure of a soldier standing under a Ranch Hand spray
mission.  He assumed that Agent Orange sprayed in Vietnam
contained 2 ppm of TCDD, and that 3 gallons of Agent Orange were
applied per acre of land. He reported that a man in a jungle
under this exposure condition would have received 39 picograms,
assuming that the efficiency of transfer of dioxin from the
environment into a man's body is equal to Steven's estimate of
1/2000.30  Gough stated that dioxin degrades rapidly in sunlight,
binds to soil, and is almost insoluble in water.  Therefore,
absorption of TCDD from subsequent contacts with the jungle
environment would be a tiny fraction of the amount received from
a direct spray.  If the whole amount of 39 picograms was evenly
distributed into the adipose tissue of 80 kg men, the
concentration of TCDD adjusted for lipid would be not more than
0.02 ppt. Considering that TCDD levels in adipose tissue range
from 5 to 15 ppt in the general population, an episode of direct
exposure to Agent Orange for a ground soldier under the
conditions described above would have contributed a very small
fraction of his total body burden of TCDD.
     The mean level of TCDD reported in this study tends to be
higher than the levels reported by others including the FY 1982
NHATS samples analyzed in 1984-1985 by the same laboratory that
was involved in this study.16   (Note: There were some minor
differences in the analytical protocols and the FY 1982 specimens
were analyzed as composites, not as individual specimens as in
this study.)  The adipose tissue specimens for this study were
collected between 1971 and 1982 (median collection year of 1978),
whereas samples for other studies had been collected in most
instances during the mid 1980's, approximately 7 years later.
The observed decline from 1971 to 1982 is consistent with the
general trend for chlorinated hydrocarbon chemical compounds in
human adipose tissue to decline over time.  The U.S. EPA's NHATS
program indicates that the median levels of B-BHC, HCB, and PCB
had been steadily decreasing over time between 1970 and 1983.17
In Sweden, the levels of PCDDs and PCDFs in human milk decreased
significantly from 1972 to 1985.31  The Swedish authors
attributed the decline to the reduction in use of certain
organochlorine compounds such as PCBs, PCP and 2,4,5-T.  A study
involving a large sample of specimens representative of the U.S.
population will be needed to confirm this observation.
     In summary, our results indicate that heavy exposure to
2,3,7,8-TCDD in Vietnam for U.S. troops in general was unlikely.
These results are consistent with those of CDC10 and not
inconsistent with those of Kahn et al8,  the Air  Force  Health
Study26 and Gross et a17 which indicated that those men who

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handled or sprayed Agent Orange routinely had much higher levels
of 2,3,7,8-TCDD in their tissue.  In addition, our results
suggest that the levels of PCDD's in U.S. adult males may have
decreased significantly between 1971 to 1982.
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                    APPENDIX A

This section contains the raw data from the Midwest
 Research Institute analysis of the adipose tissue
 samples  for the  PCDDs  and PCDFs.   The measurements
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                          LIST OF TABLES
Table A-l.


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Table A-3.

Table A-4.


Table A-5.


Table A-6.


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Table A-8.


Table A-9.
Dioxin Levels in the Adipose Tissue of Vietnam
Veterans.

Dioxin Levels in the Adipose Tissue of Non-Vietnam
Veterans.

Dioxin Levels in the Adipose Tissue of Civilians.

Six Furan Levels in the Adipose Tissue of Vietnam
Veterans (TCDF, PeCDF and HpCDF).

Six Furan Levels in the Adipose Tissue of Non-
Vietnam Veterans (TCDF, PeCDF and HpCDF).

Six Furan Levels in the Adipose Tissue of Civilians
(TCDF, PeCDF and HpCDF).

Four Furan Levels in the Adipose Tissue of Vietnam
Veterans (HxCDF).

Four Furan Levels in the Adipose Tissue of Non-
Vietnam Veterans (HxCDF).

Four Furan Levels in the Adipose Tissue of Civilians
(HxCDF).
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                    LIST  OF  TABLES AND  FIGURES
I.    INTERNALLY SPIKED LIPID SAMPLES

Table B-l.  Percent Recovery of Measurements for Compounds from
      the Twenty Internal Spiked Lipid Samples.

Table B-2.  Average Percent Recovery of Measurements of PCDDs and
      PCDFs From the Spiked Lipid Samples.

Figures B-l to B-5.  Percent Recovery of Spiked Internal QC
      Samples.
II.   SPLIT SAMPLES

Tables B-3 to.B-9.   Results of Split Sample Analyses.



III.  UNSPIKED CONTROL LIPID SAMPLES

Figures B-6 to B-21.  Concentration in Unspiked Control Lipid
      Samples.

Table B-10.  Mean Measurements in the Unspiked Control Lipid
      Samples.



IV.   CALIBRATION DATA

Figures B-22 to B-47.  RRF Control Charts.



V.    INTERNAL QUANTITATION STANDARDS

Figures B-48 to B-56.  Internal Quantitation Standards Recovery
      Plots.
                               B-2

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                I.  INTERNAL SPIKED LIPID SAMPLES

     Table B-l and Figures B-l through B-5 present the accuracy
and precision data for all compounds from the internal spiked
lipid samples.  Table B-2 shows the % recovery for each
measurement broken down by spike level.  The recovery data in
Figures B-l through B-5 are plotted in the order of analysis.
Three hundred seven of the 320 measurements were within the data
quality objectives of 50 - 130% accuracy.  The 13 data points
that were outside the data quality objectives occurred in five
compounds:
Compound                    Number of data         Number of data
                             points below           points above
                             50% recovery           130% recovery


2,3,7,8-TCDD                       0                      1

2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF                    1                      2

1,2,3,4,7,8-7
   1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD               0                      6

1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD                0                      1

OCDD                               2                      0
     Eleven of the 13 points outside of the data quality
objectives occurred in samples which were spiked at the low spike
level.  A high background level in the lipid matrix relative to
the low spike level resulted in, percentage-wise, more
variability in the results.  In 10 of these 11 cases the amount
of the spike added was less than 14% of the background level.
The amount of the low level spike for OCDD was 6% of the
background level.
     The two data points that were not low-level-spiked samples
were for 2,3,7,8-TCDD, which was spiked at the high level and had
a recovery of 135%, and for 1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD which was spiked at
the medium spike level and had a recovery of 143%.
     The 1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD and 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD isomer
concentration levels were reported throughout this study as a
combined response.  This was necessary because these isomer pairs
were not completely resolved on the 60-meter DB5 column.  The
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD is typically less than 20% of the 1,2,3,6,7,8-
HxCDD concentration.
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                        II.  SPLIT SAMPLES

     Tables B-3 through B-9 present the data on the split
samples.  The precision of the measurements are generally very
good, with the relative percent differences (RPD)  usually less
than 20%.  Fifty-eight of the 81 RPD values were less than 10%.
Seventeen RPD values were between 10 and 20%.   Only 6 values were
greater than 20% RPD.  These measurements are discussed below.
     The four highest RPD values (90.8% for OCDF;  80.1% for OCDF;
36.6% for OCDF;  23.6% for 2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF)  were from samples
in which the measurements were close to the detection limits.  In
each of these four occurrences one of the measurements was a
trace value and the other was a positive quantifiable value.  The
comparison of a trace value to a positive quantifiable value
resulted in a high RPD.  The remaining two occurrences above 20%
RPD were only slightly above (20.2% 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF; 23.6%
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF).  In both of these cases, both pairs of
measurements were positive quantifiable values.
     There were 21 data pairs in which both measurements were
"not detected" (ND).  Data on the level of detection on these
measurements can provide some information on the variability of
the detection limit from analysis to analysis.
     There were 5 data pairs in which one measurement was a trace
value and the other was not detected (ND).   In two of those cases
the level of detection  (LOD) for the ND value was higher than the
trace value.  In two other cases the LOD for the ND value was
lower than the trace value.  And in the fifth case the LOD in the
ND sample was the same as the trace value.
     There were 5 data pairs in which one measurement was a
positive quantifiable (PQ) value and the other was a ND value.
In 4 of the cases the LOD for the ND value was greater than the
PQ value.  In one case the LOD was lower.
                               B-5

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               III.   UNSPIKED  CONTROL  LIPID SAMPLES

     Plots of the measurements of the compounds in the unspiked
control lipid samples are given in Figures B-6 through B-21.  The
mean and 95% confidence interval established in the Method
Evaluation Study25 are indicated on each plot.
Three hundred of the 320 data points were within the 95%
confidence intervals (CI).   The following compounds had data
values that were outside the 95% CI:
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF                     1 point higher than 95% CI

1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF                   5 points lower than 95% CI

1,2,3,4,7,8-/
  1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD                 8 points lower than 95% CI

1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD                 5 points higher than 95% CI

OCDD                                1 point higher than 95% CI


     The mean values from the 20 samples run during the study
from January 1987 through November 1987, were compared to the
mean estimated from the Method Evaluation Study25 which was run
about a year earlier in April 1986.  The summary data are
presented in Table B-10.  The same source of homogenized lipid
material was used in both studies.
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                      IV.  CALIBRATION DATA

     The daily analyses of calibration standards bracketing the
sample analysis were conducted.  The relative response factors
(RRF) for the native compounds and the internal quantitation
standards were calculated according to the protocol25 and are
plotted in Figures B-22 through B-47.  The data quality
objectives for the RRF values stated that the variability for
TCDD and TCDF should be within + 20%, and the variability for the
remaining compounds should be within ± 30%.  The calibration
standard analysis was repeated if any of the 26 measured events
were outside the limits.
     In some instances data points were noted outside the RRF
control limits.  When this occurred the analysis for the
calibration standard was repeated.  Since a small percentage of
the data points in any one calibration were expectedly outside
the control criteria, the analyst proceeded with the analysis of
samples.  Typically the compounds for which data points were
outside the control limits were the carbon-13 labeled compounds.
A comparison of the native PCDD and PCDF RRF values versus the
corresponding carbon-13 labeled internal standards demonstrated
greater consistency for the native compounds.  No exceptions were
made for TCDD.  If the RRF data for TCDD were outside the control
limits, no sample analyses were run until calibration criteria
were achieved.
                               B-7

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               V.  INTERNAL QUANTITATION STANDARDS

     Figures B-48 through B-56 present the data on the % recovery
of the internal quantitation standards from each sample.  The
data are plotted in the order of analysis.  The data quality
objective was that the recovery of the internal quantitation
standards should be 50 - 115%.
     Some of the recoveries were outside the data quality
objectives.  Even so, the sample analyses were not repeated since
the recoveries of the other internal quantitation standards were
within the data quality objectives and the observed signal-to-
noise ratio was greater than 10.
                               B-8

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                            TABLE B-l
       Percent Recovery of Measurements for Compounds from
           the  Twenty Internal Spiked Lipid Samples (%)
Spike Level                         % Recovery
2.3.7.8-TCDF

Low (10 pg/g):        94.4, 98.0, 91.8,         Mean=93.1 CV=4.0%
                      90.1, 86.1, 91.9,
                      97.1, 92.3, 96.2

Medium (25 pg/g):     105, 103, 106, 121,       Mean=107  CV=7.7%
                      99.8

High (50 pg/g):       99.2, 92.6, 102, 104,     Mean=100  CV=6.0%
                      109, 94.8
2.3.7.8-TCDD

Low (10 pg/g):        102, 112, 93.1, 106,      Mean=110  CV=8.6%
                      111, 127, 109, 117,
                      113

Medium (25 pg/g):     110, 117, 122, 125,       Mean=119  CV=4.8%
                      120

High (50 pg/g):       104, 107, 111, 123,       Mean=ll4  CV=ll%
                      135, 102
                               B-9

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                      TABLE B-l  (continued)
Spike Level
              % Recovery
1.2.3.7.8-PeCDF

Low (10 pg/g):



Medium  (25 pg/g):


High  (50 pg/g):
106, 104, 105, 104,
117, 104, 108, 101,
115

104, 112, 112, 99.6,
109

99.6, 102, 108, 97.8,
103, 101
Mean=107  CV=5.0%
Mean=107  CV=5.0%
Mean=102  CV=3.4%
2.3.4.7.8-PeCDF

Low (10 pg/g):



Medium  (25 pg/g):


High (50 pg/g):
145, 52, 34.6, 180,
129, 102, 98.3, 95.3,
127

99.6, 113, 125, 95.2,
109

109, 106, 112, 112,
66.7, 107
Mean=107  CV=42%
Mean=108  CV=11%
Mean=102  CV=17%
1.2.3.7.8-PeCDD

Low  (10 pg/g):



Medium  (25 pg/g)


High  (50 pg/g):
95.0, 101, 86.1, 88.3,
96.7, 103, 112, 105,
101

86.9, 108, 102, 94.0,
114

98.2, 102, 90.6, 98.8,
100, 100
Mean=98.7 CV=8.3%
Mean=101  CV=11%
Mean=98.3 CV=4.0%
                               B-10

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                      TABLE B-l  (continued)
Spike Level
              % Recovery
1.2.3.4.7.8-HXCDF

Low (25 pg/g):


Medium  (62.5 pg/g)


High (125 pg/g):
76.1, 106, 97.2, 80.3,
85.9, 93.6, 107, 110,
124

104, 97.1, 84.6, 106,
110

106, 105, 98.7, 99.4,
102, 104
Mean=97.8 CV=16%
Mean=100  CV=9.9%
Mean=103  CV=2.9%
1.2.3.6.7.8-HXCDF

Low (25 pg/g):



Medium (62.5 pg/g)


High (125 pg/g):
118, 109, 96.0, 88.8,
89.9, 95.2, 103, 107,
118

100, 97.0, 88.7, 100,
107

108, 110, 97.4, 103,
101, 104
Mean=103  CV=11%
Mean=98.5 CV=6.7%
Mean=104  CV=4.4%
2.3.4.6.7.8-HXCDF

Low (25 pg/g):


Medium (62.5 pg/g)


High (125 pg/g):
77.9, 95.2, 86.7, 102,
98.5, 95.2, 97.4, 100,
106

101, 102, 103, 96.2,
97.4

96.7, 93.2, 91.7, 98.3,
96.9, 96.2
Mean=95.4 CV=8.9%
Mean=99.9 CV=3.0%
Mean=95.5 CV=2.6%
                               B-ll

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                      TABLE B-l  (continued)
Spike Level
              % Recovery
1.2.3.7.8.9-HXCDF

Low (25 pg/g):


Medium (62.5 pg/g)


High (125 pg/g):
82.9, 92.0, 79.0, 89.6,
98.0, 91.6, 98.0, 90.8,
102

89.5, 89.3, 88.5, 98.2,
92.7

95.2, 92.1, 89.5, 96.8,
100, 89.5
Mean=91.5 CV=8.0%
Mean=91.6 CV=4.4%
Mean=93.9 CV=4.5%
1.2.3.4.7.8-/1.2.3.6.7.8-HxCDD
Low (50 pg/g):
79.7, 150, 159, 148,
107, 86.3, 102, 171,
161
Medium  (125 pg/g):    103, 109, 143, 95.2,
                      113
High (250 pg/g):
91.9, 110, 101, 111,
102, 98.0
Mean=129  CV=27%
                          Mean=113  CV=16%
Mean=102  CV=7.1%
1.2.3.7.8.9-HXCDD

Low (25 pg/g):


Medium  (62.5 pg/g)


High  (125 pg/g):
99.2, 93.2, 93.2, 83.1,
105, 84.7, 98.0, 85.1,
94.4

87.6, 98.1, 104, 95.2,
93.3

86.0, 91.7, 89.6, 93.4,
91.1, 90.2
Mean=92.9 CV=8.0%
Mean=95.6 CV=6.3%
Mean=90.3 CV=2.8%
                               B-12

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                      TABLE B-l  (continued)
Spike Level
              % Recovery
1.2.3.4.6.7.8-HPCDF

Low (25 pg/g):



Medium (62.5 pg/g):


High (125 pg/g):
97.6, 94.2, 98.4, 90.8,
98.0, 75.1, 95.6, 98.8,
97.2

90.1, 95.7, 99.2, 101,
102

92.2, 90.6, 92.5, 99.8,
92.4, 93.0
Mean=94.0 CV=8.0%



Mean=97.6 CV=4.9%


Mean=93.4 CV=3.5%
1.2.3.4.7.8.9-HPCDF

Low (25 pg/g):
62.2, 97.2, 77.5, 87.6,
119, 97.2, 98.8, 98.4,
109
Mean=94.1 CV=18%
Medium (62.5 pg/g):   82.0, 85.3, 100, 105,
                      107
                          Mean=95.9 CV=12%
High (125 pg/g):
90.3, 92.1, 95.0, 106,    Mean=99.2 CV=8.0?
110, 102
1.2.3.4.6.7.8-HPCDD

Low (25 pg/g):



Medium (62.5 pg/g):


High (125 pg/g):
112, 104, 59.5, 52.2,
68.5, 60.2, 104, 72.3,
137

85.8, 93.9, 88.1, 90.6,
95.4

104, 88.1, 96.0, 104,
96.8, 91.9
Mean=85.5 CV=34%
Mean=90.8 CV=4.4%
Mean=96.8 CV=6.6%
                               B-13

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                      TABLE B-l (continued)
Spike Level
              % Recovery
OCDF

Low (50 pg/g):



Medium (125 pg/g)


High (250 pg/g):
90.4, 83.4, 74.9, 92.9,
107, 80.3, 86.7, 83.2,
89.9

77.7, 105, 94.6, 101,
86.4

86.7, 90.2, 81.6, 108,
95.5, 85.1
Mean=87.6 CV=10%



Mean=92.9 CV=12%


Mean=91.2 CV=10%
OCDD

Low (50 pg/g):



Medium  (125 pg/g)


High (250 pg/g):
67.7, 130, 27.8, 82.3,
80.6, 112, 70.3, 104,
26.1

107, 103, 92.0, 88.1,
105

80.6, 100, 88.0, 108,
94.8, 81.1
Mean=77.9 CV=45%
Mean=99.0 CV=8.5%
Mean=92.1 CV=12%
Data quality objectives for the % recovery for the  internal
spiked lipid samples was 50% - 130%.

% Recovery = 100% x cone, spiked sample - cone, control  sample
                                   spike level
                               B-14

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                       FIGURE B-l
    Percent Recovery of Spiked Internal QC Samples
              Tetrachlorlnated  Congeners
                    Batches  1 to  20



%
Recovery



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                              FIGURE B-3
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                      Hexachlorlnated  Congeners
                            Batches  1  to20
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                                 Batch Number
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                        FIGURE B-5
      Percent Recovery of Spiked  Internal  QC  Samples
                 Octachlorinated  Congeners
                      Batches  1 to 20
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                        B-17

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                            TABLE B-2
           Average Percent Recovery of Measurements of
          PCDDs and PCDFs From the Spiked Lipid Samples

Compound
2,3,7,8-TCDF
2,3,7,8-TCDD
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8/
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD
1,2,3,4,6,7, 8-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8, 9-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
OCDF
OCDD

Low
93.1
110
107
107
98.7
97.8
103
95.4
91.5
129
92.9
94.0
94.1
85.5
87.6
77.9
Spike Level*
Medium
107
119
107
108
101
100
98.5
99.9
91.6
113
95.6
97.6
95.9
90.8
92.9
99.0

High
100
114
102
102
98.3
103
104
95.5
93.9
102
90.3
93.4
99.2
96.8
91.2
92.1
   Spike levels based on a 10-gram lipid sample.

Tetra and penta compounds: Low, Medium, High =10, 25, 50 pg/g.
Hexa and Kepta compounds: Low, Medium, High = 25, 62.5, 125 pg/g.
Octa compounds: Low, Medium, High = 50, 125, 250 pg/g.
                               B-18

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                 TABLE B-3
Results of Split Sample Analysis for #00609
Compound
2,3,7,8-TCDF
2,3,7,8-TCDD
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF
2,3,4,7, 8-PeCDF
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8/
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
OCDF
OCDD
First Second
Analysis Analysis
(pg/g) (pg/g)
2.93
8.93
ND1 (0
11.0
17.5
9.76
5.30
1.94
ND1 (0
107
14.5
10.4
ND1 (0
164
TR2 (1
491
1 Not detected above Limit of
2 Trace
Relative Percent Difference (%)
2.83
9.09
. 7 ) ND1 ( 0 . 8 )
13.3
20.6
9.09
5.73
2.46
.6) ND1 (0.2)
117
16.2
10.6
.7) 0.69
177
.34) 3.57
594
Detection (LOD)
= hicrh value
Relative Percent
Difference (%)
3.47
1.78
	
18.9
16.3
7.11
7.80
23.6
	
8.93
11.1
1.90
	
7.62
90.8
19.0
low value x 100
                            average value
                    B-19

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                 TABLE B-4
Results of Split Sample Analysis for #29810
Compound
2,3,7,8-TCDF
2,3,7,8-TCDD
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF
1,2,3,4,7,87
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
OCDF
OCDD
1 Not detected above
2 Trace
First Second
Analysis Analysis
(pg/g) (pg/g)
2.20
11.3
ND1 (0
25.3
14.8
21.3
11.1
2.52
ND1 (0
109
15.9
33.5
TR2 (1
201
ND1 (0
936
Limit of
Relative Percent Difference (%)
2.29
11.8
.3) ND1 (0.5)
24.7
15.0
25.7
13.6
2.85
.3) ND1 (0.2)
127
15.7
34.1
.56) ND1 (1.9)
210
.8) TR2 (1.6)
868
Detection (LOD)
= hiah value -
Relative Percent
Difference (%)
4.0
4.3
	
1.6
1.3
18.7
20.2
12.3
	
15.2
1.3
1.8
	
4.4
	
7.5

low value x 100
                            average value
                    B-20

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                            TABLE B-5
           Results of Split Sample Analysis for #12823
Compound
2,3,7,8-TCDF
2,3,7,8-TCDD
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF
1,2,3,4,7,87
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
OCDF
OCDD
Not detected above
First Second Relative Percent
Analysis Analysis Difference (%)
(pg/g) (pg/g)
TR2 (0
10.9
ND1 (0
25.4
18.1
16.9
6.90
2.45
ND1 (0
176
17.8
22.0
ND1 (0
138
2.52
843
Limit of
.72) ND1 (0.6)
11.2
.2) ND1 (0.2)
24.2
17.0
16.5
6.16
2.24
.9) ND1 (0.3)
156
ND1 (18.3)
22.4
.5) ND1 (0.6)
134
TR2 (1.74)
822
Detection (LOD)
	
2.71
	
4.84
6.27
2.40
11.3
8.96
	
12.0
	
1.80
	
2.94
36.6
2.52

Relative Percent Difference (%) = high value  -  low value  x 100
                                       average value

A response was noted in the second analysis for 1,2,3,7,8,9-
HxCDD but the ratio of the characteristic ions was outside the
qualitative criteria.

                               B-21

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                            TABLE B-6
           Results of Split Sample Analysis for #29805
Compound
2,3,7,8-TCDF
2,3,7,8-TCDD
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8/
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
OCDF
OCDD
1 Not detected above
2 Trace
First Second Relative Percent
Analysis Analysis Difference (%)
(pg/g) (pg/g)
ND1 (0
6.99
ND1 (0
15.5
10.7
12.5
6.91
2.95
ND1 (0
129
10.5
25.6
ND1 (2
145
2.13
986
Limit of
Relative Percent Difference (%)
.9) ND1 (0.5) 	
7.73 10.0
.5) ND1 (0.5) 	
14.6 6.0
9.33 13.7
12.8 2.40
7.67 10.4
ND1 (2.6) 	
.6) ND1 (0.9) 	
116 10.6
9.47 10.3
26.7 4.2
.0) ND1 (1.9) 	
132 9.4
ND1 (2.3) 	
997 1.1
Detection (LOD)
= hicfh value - low value x 100
                                       average value

A response was noted in the second analysis for 2,3,4,7,8,9-
HxCDF but the ratio of the characteristic ions was outside the
qualitative criteria.

                               B-22

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                            TABLE B-7
           Results of Split Sample Analysis for #29806
Compound
2,3,7,8-TCDF
2,3,7,8-TCDD
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF
1,2,3,4,7,87
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
OCDF
OCDD
First
Analysis
(pg/g)
ND1 (0.7)
6.48
ND1 (0.2)
9.06
7.53
8.55
4.43
1.26
ND1 (0.4)
81.6
7.84
15.0
ND1 (0.6)
101
ND1 (0.8)
507
Second Relative Percent
Analysis Difference (%)
(pg/g)
ND1 (1.0) 	
6.41 1.1
ND1 (0.3) 	
9.75 7.3
7.02 7.0
8.40 1.8
4.81 8.3
TR2 (1.47) 15.4
ND1 (0.4) 	
86.8 0.3
7.17 8.9
15.7 4.6
ND1 (1.3) 	
98.9 2.1
ND1 (1.0) 	
562 10.3
1   Not detected above Limit of Detection (LOD)
2   Trace

Relative Percent Difference (%) = high value  -  low value  x 100
                                       average value

A response was noted in the second analysis for 2,3,7,8-TCDF but
the ratio of the characteristic ions was outside the qualitative
criteria.

                               B-23

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                 TABLE B-8
Results of Split Sample Analysis for #18801
Compound
2,3,7,8-TCDF
2,3,7,8-TCDD
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8/
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
OCDF
OCDD
First Second Relative Percent
Analysis Analysis Difference (%)
(pg/g) (pg/g)
2.80
7.32
ND1 (0
21.0
12.8
21.0
9.14
1.53
ND1 (0
120
10.3
23.6
ND1 (1
184
TR2 (2
1340
1 Not detected above Limit of
2 Trace
Relative Percent Difference (%)
2.77 1.1
6.74 8.3
.3) ND1 (0.4) 	
20.3 3.4
13.0 1.6
22.2 5.6
9.83 7.3
TR2 (1.94) 23.6
.4) ND1 (0.3) 	
113 6.0
9.93 3.7
25.1 6.2
.4) TR2 (1.4) 	
177 3.9
.73) 6.38 80.1
1400 4.4
Detection (LOD)
= hicrh value - low value x 100
                            average value
                    B-24

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                            TABLE B-9
           Results of Split Sample Analysis for #06509
Compound
2,3,7 , 8-TCDF
2,3,7, 8-TCDD
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8/
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
OCDF
OCDD
First
Analysis
(pg/g)
ND1 (0.6)
106
ND1 (0.7)
25.3
19.8
28.8
11.7
TR2 (2.6)
ND1 (0.7)
151
20.6
42.8
TR2 (1.8)
235
3.1
2500
Second Relative Percent
Analysis Difference (%)
(pg/g)
ND1 (0.7) 	
113 6.3
ND1 (0.7) 	
24.7 2.4
19.6 1.0
26.6 7.9
11.0 6.2
TR2 (2.39) 8.4
ND1 (0.5) 	
164 8.3
19.9 3.5
47.6 10.6
ND1 (2.5) 	
223 5.2
ND1 (3.2) 	
2530 1.2
1   Not detected above Limit of Detection (LOD)
   Trace
Relative Percent Difference (%) = high value  -  low value  x 100
                                       average value

The first analysis was in batch 3, the second analysis was in
batch 6.
                               B-25

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                             FIGURE B-6

                              2,3,7,8-TCDD
            Concentration In  Unsplked  Control QC  Sample (pg/g)

Control  Limits:  95%  Confidence Interval (or  Individual Analyses from  Method
                            Evaluation  Data
16 I
15 •
14 •
13 •
12
pg/g 1t .
2,3,7,8-TCDD ,
10 •
9-
7-
6.
1




o
0
o ° ° o o
° 0

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Batch Number
                               FIGURE B-7
                              2,3,7,8-TCDF
            Concentration  In Unsplked Control  QC Sample  (pg/g)

 Control Limits:  95% Confidence Interval  for Individual  Analyses from Method
                             Evaluation  Data
6 •
5
4 •
pg/g 3
2,3,7,8-TCDF
2 ,
1 -
0 •



o
'o00° 00°o0o oo°0o0

                      7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15   16   17   18  19  20
                              Batch Number
                          B-26

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                                                 FIGURE  B-8
                                                 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF
                                Concentration In Unsplked  Control QC  Sample (pg/g)

                     Control Limits: 95% Confidence  Interval tor  Individual Analyses  from Method
                                                 Evaluation  Data
5 -I
4
3 •
2 •
PS'g ,
1,2.3,7,8-PeCDF
0 •
-1 •
-2 •
-3 .



o
'"ooooOo0 oo°ooooooo


1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1
                                                  9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16   17  18  19  20
                                                  Batch Number
                                                  FIGURE  B-9
                                                2,3.4,7,8-PeCDF
                                Concentration In  Unsplked  Control  QC  Sample (pg/g)

                    Control Limits: 95%  Confidence Interval for  Individual Analyses  from  Method
                                                Evaluation  Data
                 35
                 30
                 25
     pg/g
2,3.4.7,8-PeCDF
                 20
                 15
                 10
                                              0   °   o   "   °  o  0   °
                                                                            o   o
                   1   2   3   4   5   6   78   9   10   11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20
                                                 Batch Number
                                          B-27

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                              FIGURE B-10
                             1,2,3.7.8-PeCDD
            Concentration In Unspiked Control OC Sample (Pfl/fl)

 Control Limits: 95% Confidence Interval  lor Individual Analyses from  Method
                             Evaluation Data
25-
24 •
23 •
22 •
21 •
PO'B 20
1, 2.3,7, 8-PeCDO
19'
18'
17 •
16 J
15 •




0 ° L ° o o o
° 0 ° °
o o o «
o
I
1 1 1 1 1 1 f I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1
1   23   4   56   78   9   10  11  12  13  14  15   16   17  18  19  20
                              Batch Number
                     B-28

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                                                      FIGURE  B-ll
                                                    1.2.3,6,7.8-HxCDF
                                    Concentration In  Unsplked  Control QC  Sample (pg/g)

                        Control Limits: 95%  Confidence  Interval lor  Individual  Analyses  from Method
                                                     Evaluation  Data
IO •
16
14
12 •
pg/g 10 c

1,2,3, 6,7, B-HxCDF 6.
6 •
4 •
2 •
n .



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> ° ° o °
0 0
o


1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 	 1 	 1 	 1 1 1 1 1
      pg/g
1,2.3.4,7,8-HxCDF
                     1   2   3   4   5   6   7   6   9   10  11   12   13   14  15  16  17  18  19  20
                                                     Batch  Number
                                                      FIGURE  B-12
                                                    1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF
                                    Concentration In  Unsplked  Control QC  Sample (pg/g)

                        Control  Limits:  95%  Confidence  Interval for  Individual Analyses  from Method
                                                     Evaluation  Data

25 •
23
21 •
19 !
17 •
11 •

o
0
° ° o
£
o o '° <=
o
                     1   2   3   4   S   6   7   8   9   10  11   12   13   14   15  16  17  18  19  20
                                                     Batch  Number
                                                 B-29

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                                                     FIGURE  B-13
                                                    2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF
                                     Concentration  In Unsplked Control QC Sample  (pg/g)

                         Control  Limits:  95% Confidence Interval  for Individual Analysea from  Method
                                                     Evaluation  Data
       pg/g
 2.3,4.8,7,8-HKCDF
 12 T

 10

  8

  6

  4

  2

  0

 •2

 -4
«   c   0   o

                                                                O   O
                          I    I    I	1    I    I	1	1	*——I	1	1	1	1	1    I   I	1    I
                      1    2   3    4   5    6    7   B    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16   17   18  19  20
                                                      Batch Number
                                                     FIGURE  B-14
                                                    1.2.3.7,8,9-HxCDF
                                    Concentration In Unsplked  Control QC Sample (pg/g)

                        Control Limit*: 95% Confidence  Interval for Individual  Analyses  from Method
                                                     Evaluation Data
      pg/g
1.2.3.7.8.9-HxCDF
 15 T

 10

  Sf

  0

 -5

•10

•15
    1
                                              7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20
                                                      Batch Number
                                                 B-30

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       pg/g
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD
                                                        FIGURE B-15
                                                     1,2.3,7.8.9-HxCDD
                                     Concentration In Unsplked Control QC  Sample (pg/g)

                         Control Limits: 95% Confidence Interval  for  Individual Analyses  from  Method
                                                      Evaluation  Data
fin I
50
40
30
20
i
10
0
-m





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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I I I I I I
                       1    2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15  16  17  18  19  20
                                                       Batch Number
                                                   FIGURE B-16
                                              1,2,3,4,7,8/1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD
                                    Concentration In Unsplked Control QC  Sample (pg/g)

                        Control  Limits: 95%  Confidence Interval  for  Individual Analyses  from Method
                                                     Evaluation  Data
                   220

                   200

                   180
      pg/g
  1.2,3,4,7,8-  &    160 •
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD
                   140

                   120

                   100
                       1
                                                             -I-
                                                                         -t-
                                                                                             -*-
                                                  8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20
                                                      Batch Number
                                                 B-31

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                                                     FIGURE  B-17
                                                     1,2/3.4,7,8,9-HpCDF
                                      Concentration In  Unspiked  Control QC Sample  (pg/g)

                          Control  Limits:  95%  Confidence  Interval for Individual  Analyses from  Method
                                                       Evaluation Data
                     5
                     4

                     2
                     1
       pg/g          °
1.2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF -1 -
                    -2
                    -3
                    -4
                    -5
                    -6
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                                               o   o
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                        1    2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14  15   16   17   18  19  20
                                                       Batch Number
                                                     FIGURE B-18
                                                    1.2,3,4,6.7.8-HpCDF
                                     Concentration In Unspiked Control QC Sample  (pg/g)

                         Control  Limits:  95%  Confidence  Interval for Individual Analyses from Method
                                                      Evaluation  Data
       pg/g
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF
                    40

                    35

                    30 •

                    25

                    20 •

                    15 •

                    10
                                           -4
                                               1 - 1-
                                                               I    I
                                                                       1
                                                                           1
                                                                               \-
                                                                                                  -4
                       1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18   19  20
                                                       Batch Number
                                                 B-32

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                                                     FIGURE B-19

                                                    1,2.3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
                                     Concentration In Unsplked  Control QC Sample (pg/g)

                         Control Limits: 95% Confidence  Interval for Individual  Analyses from Method
                                                      Evaluation  Data
       PS/0
1,2,3.4,6.7,8-HpCDD
250


240


230


220
                    210 •>


                    200


                    190
o   o
                        1   2   3   4  5   6   7   8   9   10  11   12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20
                                                       Batch  Number
                                               B-33

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                                    FIGURE  B-20
                                        OCDD
                  Concentration In Unsplked Control  QC Sample  (pg/g)

       Control Limits: 95% Confidence Interval  lor Individual Analyses from Method
                                   Evaluation  Data




pg/g
OCDD



880 I
860
840
820
800 •
780 •
760 •
740 •
720 •
700 •
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1   2    3   4    5    6    76   9   10   11   12  13   14   15   16   17   18   19  20
                                    Batch Number
                                     FIGURE B-21
                                         OCDF
                   Concentration In  Unsplked Control QC Sample (pg/g)

       Control  Limits: 95%  Confidence  Interval for Individual  Analyses  from Method
                                    Evaluation Data



pg/g
OCDF




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8 •
6 •
4 •
2<
0
-2
-4 •
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1   2    3   4    5   6    7   8    9   10  11   12   13   14  15   16  17   18   19   20
                                     Batch Number
                                 B-34

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                           TABLE B-10
    Mean Measurements in the Unspiked Control Lipid Samples
Congener
2,3,7,8-TCDF
2,3,7,8-TCDD
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF
1,2,3,4,7,87
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
OCDF
OCDD
Mean measured
in this study
(pg/g)
1.94
10.06
0.81
27.65
18.46
20.24
11.11
3.76
0.39
155.20
15.70
27.69
1.25
223.70
2.11
813.85
Mean estimated from the
Method Evaluation Study
(pg/g)
ND1 (3
11.8
ND1 (1
22.2
19.8
22.4
11.2
4.3
ND1 (2
184.3
26.5
25.7
ND1 (0
214
ND1 (1
800
.6)

•1)





.3)



.3)

.0)

   Not Detected.  The number in parenthesis is the estimated
   level of detection.

Calculations included all values.  Not detected values were set
equal to the level of detection and trace values were used as the
level reported.
                               B-35

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                                FIGURE B-22
                      CONTROL CHART  2,3,7,8-TCDD
1.2
1.1 •
1
RRF 0.9 •
0.8 •
0.7
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	 	 -20%

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                                  DATE
                               FIGURE  B-23
                     CONTROL CHART 2,3,7,0-TCDF
1.1 •
1.3
1.2
RRF 1.1
1
0.9 •
n n •
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                                  DATE
                              B-36

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RRF
                                    FIGURE  B-24

                         CONTROL CHART  1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD
  2



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1.6
      1.2
       1 -
     0.8
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                                                                            MEAN
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                                       DATE
                                    FIGURE B-25

                         CONTROL CHART  1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF
1.4 -r


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     0.8
                                                                           430%
                                                          ?.;
                                                                      MEAN
     0.7

     10/27/86 12/16/86  2/4/87  3/26/07 5/15/87  7/4/87   8/23/87 10/12/87 12/1/87
                                       DATE
                                                                           -30%
                                    B-37

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RRF
RRF
                                     FIGURE B-26
                          CONTROL  CHART  2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF
1.5
1.4
1.3 •
1.2 -
1.1 •
1 •
0.9 -
0.0 •

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	 1 	 1 	 1 	 1 	 1 	 1 	 1 	 1
                                                                             -30%
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                                       DATE
                                    FIGURE B-27
                        CONTROL CHART  1,2,3,4,7,0-HxCDD
 2
1.9
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.5
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1.3
1-2 i
1.1
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                        APPENDIX C
This section contains the results of the externally spiked
  lipid samples.  The measurements were precise to three
  significant digits.  This work was conducted under the
  direction  of  Jay Glatz,  OTS QA Officer.  This section
                was prepared by Jay Glatz.

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            I.   EXTERNAL QUALITY  CONTROL AUDIT SAMPLES

     The external QC laboratory,  Battelle Columbus Division,
prepared 3 identical 7-sample sets.  Triplicate aliquots were
spiked with various PCDD/PCDF congeners at seven concentrations.
Spiking was conducted by adding known volumes of 4 stock
solutions containing known concentrations of the isomers of
interest.  The stock solutions were prepared from crystalline
material obtained from several suppliers,  see Table C-l.
     One set of samples was analyzed by Battelle, (reference:
Determination of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and
Dibenzofurans in Adipose Tissue;  D.G. Aichele,  et al.; Battelle
Columbus Division, January 8, 1987).  The second set was archived
at Battelle and the third was sent to the MRI QA manager for
incorporation as blind samples into the various batches which
were to be analyzed.  A solution prepared from the stock spiking
solutions was sent to MRI so that comparability of the results
would be known.  This solution contained the isomers of interest
at a nominal concentration of 250 pg/ul.   The results of MRI's
analysis of this solution are shown in Table C-2.  The correction
factors obtained from this table were used to adjust the spiking
levels reported by Battelle into MRI "measured" spiking levels
for recovery calculations.
     The results of the external audit samples are listed in
Table C-3 through C-10, and summarized in Table C-ll.  The
percent recovery was calculated using the following formula:


     % Recovery = 	[ ] Found - f ] Background     X 100%.
                  [ ]Spiked level X Conversion factor


     Except for sample no. 29, the resolution between 123478-
HxCDD and 123678-HxCDD was not sufficient to allow individual
quantitation.  Therefore, recovery was calculated for the summed
isomers.  The results are shown graphically in Figure C-l.  All
data points fell between the stated objectives of 50-130%
recovery.  The vast majority of data points fell between 80 and
110% recovery indicating highly acceptable performance.
                               C-2

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                            TABLE C-l
           Spiking  Standards  for  External Audit  Samples
Compound
Commercial Source
Lot Number
2,3,7,8-TCDF

2,3,7,8-TCDD

1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF

2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF

1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD

1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF

1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF

2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF

1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF

1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD

1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD

1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD

1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF

1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF

1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD

OCDD

OCDF
KOR Isotope

EPA Repository

Wellington Science

Wellington Science

KOR Isotope

Wellington Science

Wellington Science

Wellington Science

Cambridge Isotope

Cambridge Isotope

EPA Repository

EPA Repository

Cambridge Isotope

Cambridge Isotope

Cambridge Isotope

Cambridge Isotope

Cambridge Isotope
55y-7-22

CR82-2-2

N/A

N/A

AA-VIII-185

N/A

N/A

N/A

MB-13106-47

830-244

C25042

C14829-7

AWN-729-22

13106-7

MLB-706-21

F-2831

F-2832
                               C-3

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                      TABLE C-2
MRI Analysis of External Audit Sample Spiking Solution
PCDD/PDCF BCL Reported
Values (pg/ul)
2,3,7,8-TCDD
2,3,7,8-TCDF
1,2,3,7,8-PCDD
1,2,3,7,8-PCDF
2,3,4,7, 8-PCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF
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OCDD
OCDF
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
MRI Analysis
Mean (pg/ul)
379
169
163
320
323
266
283
263
281
113
215
232
233
216
223
239
215
Conversion
Factor
1.52
0.68
0.65
1.28
1.29
1.06
1.13
1.05
1.12
0.45
0.86
0.93
0.93
0.86
0.89
0.96
1.26
                          C-4

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                         TABLE C-3
                 Background Concentrations
PCDD/PCDF
2,3,7,8-TCDD
2,3,7,8-TCDF
1,2,3,7,8-PCDD
1,2,3,7,8-PCDF
2,3,4,7,8-PCDF
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1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF
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1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF
OCDD
OCDF
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Mean (ppt)
10.064
1.943
18.455
0.845
27.650

155.200
15.695
20.240
11.147
0.880
3.788
223.700
27.690
1.380
813.850
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0.209
0.908
0.049
2.790

15.105
0.974
1.137
1.182

0.328
7.981
1.177
0.181
23.725
0.328
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0.04801
0.20294
0.03500
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3.37764
0.21770
0.25417
0.27849

0.07517
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14
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        PAGE
1. REPORT NO.

 EPA 560/5-89-002
                                                                 Recipient* > Accession No.
 4. TKlt and Subtitle
    Dioxins and Dibenzofurans in Adipose Tissue of U.S. Vietnam
    Veterans and Controls.
                                                               S. Report Date
 7. Autno<<<>  Han K. Kang, and Kevin Watanabe, Dept.  of Veterans Affairs
    Joseph Breen, Janet Remmers,  and Margaret Conomos. EPA	
                                          «. Performing Organization Ret*. No.
 9. Performing Organization Name and Addre**
    U.S.  Environmental  Protection Agency
    Office of Toxic Substances
    401 M Street, S.W.
    Washington, B.C.' 20460
                                                               10. Pro|«ct/Ta«k/Work Unit No.
                                          II. ContracKC) or Grant(G) No.
 12. Spoatorlnc Omanlzatfon Name and Addms
    U.S. Department  of Veterans Affairs
    810 Vermont Ave., N.W.
    Washington, D.C.  20420
                                                               13. Type of Report & Period Covered
 IS- Supplementary Note*
 14. Abxtract (UmK: 200 worth)

        Concern about the adverse effects of  exposure  to Agent Orange is  for
  the most  part  attributable  to its  toxic contaminant,  2,3,7,8-
  tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD).   TCDD  accumulates preferentially in  bods
  fat and has a  long half life in humans.  Therefore,  TCDD  levels  in adipose
  tissue can serve  as a biological marker of exposure  to Agent Orange.   The
  adipose tissue collected  for the EPA's National Human Adipose Tissue Survey
  (NHATS) was made  available  to the  study as a source  of tissue specimens.   A
  total of  40 Vietnam veterans,  80 non-Vietnam veterans and 80 civilian  men
  were  selected  from males  born between 1936 and 1954  and their adipose
  tissues were analyzed for 17 2,3,7,8-substituted dioxins  and dibenzofurans.
  TCDD  levels were  log normally distributed  and the mean level of  2,3,7,8-TCDE
  in adipose tissue of the  Vietnam veterans  (13.4 ppt)  was  not significantly
  different  from that of the  non-Vietnam veterans  (12.5 ppt)  or civilian men
  (15.8 ppt).  Adjusting for  demographic variables did not  change  the
  conclusions. The  study results suggest that heavy exposure to Agent Orange
  for most  Vietnam  veterans was very 'unlikely "and 'that there is no readily
  available  and  reliable indirect 'method of  assessing  exposure to  Agent  Orange
  for Vietnam veterans.
 17. Document Analyst  a. O«*crfp«r«/Op«n-C/y4»d
    COSATI Ffeld/Group
 IS. Availability Statement
                                                  19. S*curtty Clau CThtt R«portJ
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                                                                         22. Price
(S*e ANSW39.18)
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                                                                        Department o< Commerce

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