This paper presents information in relation to production or generation of POPs compiled in inventories at national or global level, concentrations in the environment using ambient air data and information on body burden using human milk data. The pathway source inventory-environmental concentration-body burden is evaluated for “typical classes of POPs”.
Highlights of progress report by intersessional working group to assess present status towards elimination of PCB under the Stockholm Convention.
Monitoring of environmental contaminants in biological samples is typically performed by targeted analysis using a tandem quadrupole system on separate GC and LC platforms in order to cover the expansive range of compounds. Use of multiple systems can add complexity to the analysis and increase turnaround times for samples to be reported. The work that will be presented will show the analysis of common environmental contaminants in a biomonitoring context on a single high resolution mass spectrometric (HRMS) platform. The compounds of interest include: