The Routine Analysis of Some Specific Isomers of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Human Milk
- 24 February 1987
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
- Vol. 28 (3), 197-205
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03067318708081861
Abstract
A mixture of 14 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) isomers of various congeners, representing approximately 70% of all human milk PCBs reported in the literature, was made up to identify and approximate their residues in human milk. Individual isomer levels varied from 5 to 103 nanograms per gram of milkfat with the 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl isomer as the major PCB contaminant of human milk. PCB isomer numbers 74, 118, 153, 138 and 180 made up approximately 75% of all PCBs as measured by this mixture. There was close agreement of total PCB isomer content in breast milk between electron capture gas chromatography and gas chromatographic mass spectrometry determinations. A major interference was encountered however for PCB isomer no. 52, whose residue level in the breast milk was approximately 3 X higher by gas liquid chromatography than by mass spectrometry.Keywords
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