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Table 3 Summary of workplace airborne contaminant testing results from Synergy Environmental Solutions Ltd. Limits of detection are available in the Additional file 1: Table S2

Task	Analyte^a	Sample Volume (L)	8 h Exposure Limit (mg/m³)	Average Blank Mass (mg)	Analyte Mass (mg)	Corrected Mass (mg)	As determined conc. (mg/m³)
Document Production (22 min)	Pentachlorophenol	13.5	0.5	0.01	0.01	0	0
	1-chloronaphthalene	13.5	0.23	0.01	0.01	0	0
	pp-DDD	44	N/A	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	pp-DDE		N/A	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	pp-DDT		0.5	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	op-DDT		0.5	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	Dieldrin		0.25	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	Endrin		0.1	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	γ-HCH		0.5	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	Mercury (gaseous)	4.2	0.02	0.0002	0.0002	0	0
	Mercury (particulate)	44	0.02	0.001	0.001	0	0
	Hydrogen fluoride (as F)	45	1.5	0.0028	0.0047	0.0019	0.04
Digitisation (480 min)	Pentachlorophenol	90	0.5	0.01	0.01	0	0
	1-chloronaphthalene	90	0.23	0.01	0.01	0	0
	pp-DDD	90	N/A	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	pp-DDE		N/A	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	pp-DDT		0.5	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	op-DDT		0.5	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	Dieldrin		0.25	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	Endrin		0.1	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	γ-HCH		0.5	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	Mercury (gaseous)	30	0.02	0.0002	0.0002	0	0
	Mercury (particulate)	298	0.02	0.001	0.001	0	0
	Hydrogen fluoride (as F)	300	1.5	0.0028	0.0035	0.001	0.002
Reading Room Research (420 min)	Pentachlorophenol	94	0.5	0.01	0.01	0	0
	1-chloronaphthalene	94	0.23	0.01	0.01	0	0
	pp-DDD	322	N/A	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	pp-DDE		N/A	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	pp-DDT		0.5	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	op-DDT		0.5	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	Dieldrin		0.25	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	Endrin		0.1	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	γ-HCH		0.5	0.0001	0.0001	0	0
	Mercury (gaseous)	33	0.02	0.0002	0.0002	0	0
	Mercury (particulate)	322	0.02	0.001	0.001	0	0
	Hydrogen fluoride (as F)	322	1.5	0.0028	0.0042	0.0014	0.04

^aOnly results for agents detected via GCMS are shown here; full results are available though all were non-detectable