| chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminants in blood of black and turkey vultures from savannah river site, south carolina, usa. | blood of adult and juvenile black and turkey vultures in the savannah river site of south carolina, usa was analyzed for the presence of 2,3,7,8-chlorine substituted polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (2,3,7,8-pcdds), dibenzofurans (2,3,7,8-pcdfs), -dioxin-like and -di-ortho polychlorinated biphenyls. concentration ranges of 2,3,7,8-pcdd/dfs in blood of black and turkey vultures were 14.2-34.6 and 8.7-56.2 pg/ml wet wt., respectively. dioxin-like pcbs were in the ranges of 815-4627 and 753-3611 p ... | 2003 | 12892680 |