Analytical chemistry of the persistent organic pollutants identified in the Stockholm Convention: A review
2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 790; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/j.aca.2013.04.026
ISSN1873-4324
AutoresWeiguang Xu, Xian Wang, Zongwei Cai,
Tópico(s)Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
ResumoPersistent organic pollutants (POPs) are major environmental concern due to their persistence, long-range transportability, bio-accumulation and potentially adverse effects on living organisms. Analytical chemistry plays an essential role in the measurement of POPs and provides important information on their distribution and environmental transformations. Much effort has been devoted during the last two decades to the development of faster, safer, more reliable and more sensitive analytical techniques for these pollutants. Since the Stockholm Convention (SC) on POPs was adopted 12 years ago, analytical methods have been extensively developed. This review article introduces recent analytical techniques and applications for the determination of POPs in environmental and biota samples, and summarizes the extraction, separation and instrumental analyses of the halogenated POPs. Also, this review covers important aspects for the analyses of SC POPs (e.g. lipid determination and quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC)), and finally discusses future trends for improving the POPs analyses and for potential new POPs.
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