Bill Moyers' Test Results 		Trade Secrets

Blood test results for Bill Moyers, Summer 2000

Units of measurement:
ug/dL - micrograms per deciliter (1 ug/dL = one millionth of a gram in one-tenth of a liter of blood)
ug/L - micrograms per liter (1 ug/L = one millionth of a gram in one liter of blood)
pg/g - picograms per gram, or parts per trillion
ug/g - micrograms per gram, or parts per million

             
    Bill Moyers U.S. average unit
Metals
  Lead   3   3   ug/dL
  Methyl mercury   4   0.5-5   ug/L
    Bill Moyers U.S. average unit
Dioxins & Furans
  2,3,7,8-TCDD (tetradioxin)1   5.38   5.38   pg/g
  1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD (pentadioxin)   11.6   10.7   pg/g
  1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD (hexadioxin)   9.26   75.1   pg/g
  1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD (hexadioxin)   7.32   11.7   pg/g
  1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD (hexadioxin)   58.3       pg/g
  1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD (heptadioxin)   125   110   pg/g
  1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-OCDD (octadioxin)   1104   724   pg/g
  2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF (pentafuran)   9.76   9.7   pg/g
  1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF (hexafuran)   7.43   7.42   pg/g
  1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF (hexafuran)   7.54   5.78   pg/g
  2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF (hexafuran)   3.76   0.54   pg/g
  1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF (heptafuran)   18.9   15.3   pg/g
  1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF (heptafuran)   1.84   0.73   pg/g
  1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-OCDF (octafuran)   30.5   2.28   pg/g
    Bill Moyers U.S. average unit
TEQ for dioxins and furans (Total relative toxicity expressed as pg/g 2,3,7,8-TCDD)2
      32.8   32.6   pg/g
    Bill Moyers unit
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
  PCB-8   1910       pg/g
  PCB-28   3610       pg/g
  PCB-52   1470       pg/g
  PCB-74   16000       pg/g
  PCB-66   2000       pg/g
  PCB-78   2210       pg/g
  PCB-95   1400       pg/g
  PCB-99   10300       pg/g
  PCB-118   16700       pg/g
  PCB-105/127   2900       pg/g
  PCB-146   5830       pg/g
  PCB-153   48900       pg/g
  PCB-137   2940       pg/g
  PCB-138   35900       pg/g
  PCB-128/167   2690       pg/g
  PCB-156   14600       pg/g
  PCB-157   3300       pg/g
  PCB-187   19700       pg/g
  PCB-183   6080       pg/g
  PCB-177   4340       pg/g
  PCB-171   3190       pg/g
  PCB-180   71800       pg/g
  PCB-170   18300       pg/g
  PCB-190   4030       pg/g
  PCB-198   14800       pg/g
  PCB-201   16400       pg/g
  PCB-196/203   9610       pg/g
  PCB-194   10600       pg/g
  PCB-208   2700       pg/g
  PCB-206   4840       pg/g
  PCB-209   9670       pg/g
  I-TEQ-Max   159.0        
  I-TEQ-min   10.9        
    Bill Moyers unit
Organochlorine Pesticides
  4,4'-DDE   114.0       pg/g
  4,4'-DDT   240.0       pg/g
  Methoxychlor   2730.0       pg/g
    Bill Moyers unit
Phthalates
  Dimethyl phthalate (DMP)   NQ3       ug/g
  Diethyl phthalate (DEP)   NQ3       ug/g
  Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP)   NQ3       ug/g
  Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)   302.0       ug/g
    Bill Moyers unit
Semivolatile and volatile organic compounds
  1,5-Heptadien-3-yne   X        
  1-Heneicosyl formate   X4        
  11,14-Eicosadienoic acid, methyl ester   X        
  2,4,4-Trimethylhexane   X        
  2,4-Dimethylheptane   X4        
  2,4-Octanedione   X        
  2,5-Dimethyltetrahydrofuran   X4        
  2-Cyclohexen-1-one, 3,5-dimethyl-, O-methyloxime   X        
  2-Hexanone   X4        
  3-Eicosene,(E)-   X4        
  3-ethyl-2-methylhexane   X        
  3-Hexadecene,(Z)-   X4        
  3-Methylcyclopentanol   X        
  4-Hexen-2-one, 3,4-dimethyl-   X        
  cis-9-Tricosene   X4        
  Cyclohexane   X4        
  Cyclohexane, (1,2-dimethylbutyl)-   X4        
  Cyclohexene, 1,5,5-trimethyl-6-(2-propenylidene)-   X        
  Cyclopentane, 1-hexyl-3-methyl-   X4        
  Cyclopentanol, 1-methyl-   X4        
  Decane, 5,6-dimethyl-   X4        
  Diphosphoric acid, diisooctyl ester   X        
  Ethanone, 1-(3-ethyloxiranyl)-   X4        
  Ethanone, 1-(trimethyloxiranyl)-   X4        
  meta-Xylene   X        
  Methyl isobutyl carbinol   X        
  Octadecanal   X        
  Oxepane, 2,2,4-trimethyl-   X4        
  Palmitic acid   X        
    Bill Moyers unit
Organophosphate Pesticide Metabolites5
  Organophosphate Pesticide Metabolites   (parts per billion of chemical in urine)
  Dimethylphosphate (DMP)   9        
  Dimethylphosphorothidate (DMPT)   21        
1 The sample volume was insufficient for analysis of TCDD levels. The value given is the average that EPA has found in US citizens. TCDD is not included in the total of 84 chemicals counted in Mr. Moyers’ results.
2 The Environmental Protection Agency assigns Toxic Equivalency Factors or TEQs to all of the dioxins, furans and some of the PCBs. All of these chemicals exert their toxic effects in similar fashion, but some are far more potent than others. The most toxic chemical of the group, tetradioxin (2,3,7,8 TCDD), has a TEQ of one. The TEQ for pentafuran (2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF) is point-five, meaning that pentafuran is half as toxic as tetradioxin. The TEQs for all of these chemicals are added together to provide more information about the toxic burden each person carries.
3 NQ – Not Quantified. Researchers confirmed the presence of four phthalates in Mr. Moyers' blood sample but were unable to quantify the levels for three of them. One phthalate, DEHP, was measured at 302 parts per million.
4 The chemical was found in the blood sample. It was also found in a solvent blank or may have been added from sampling equipment contamination. According to Dr. McCally, this means that detection of the chemical could have resulted either from contamination or because it was present in Mr. Moyers’ blood sample. Further testing is required to confirm the origin of the chemical.
5 Metabolites are breakdown products of organophosphate pesticides. The two organophosphate metabolites in Bill Moyers’ test results may have come from a number of different organophosphate pesticides.
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