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The method presented here allows the monitoring of persistent organochlorine compounds in breast milk using the solid phase microextraction technique (SPME) and gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD). It describes the determination of hexachlorobenzene (HCB), α-, β-, and γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its derivatives, and some important congeners of the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). Also included are more polar substances such as tri-, tetra- and penta-chlorophenols, which can be analyzed simultaneously with the afore-mentioned less polar compounds without the need of a derivatization for the determination of the phenolic compounds. The reproducibility of the results is very good down to the lower μg/L-region. The method is very fast and of low cost compared to the classic extraction and determination procedures.
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Received: 27 May 1999 / Revised: 14 July 1999 / Accepted: 19 July 1999
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Röhrig, L., Meisch, HU. Application of solid phase micro extraction for the rapid analysis of chlorinated organics in breast milk. Fresenius J Anal Chem 366, 106–111 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160050019
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160050019