Evaluating gas chromatography with a halogen-specific detector for the determination of disinfection by-products in drinking water.

ABSTRACT: The occurrence of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water has become an issue of concern during the past decades. The DBPs pose health risks and are suspected to cause various cancer forms, be genotoxic, and have negative developmental effects. The vast chemical diversity of DBPs makes comprehensive monitoring challenging. Only few of the DBPs are regulated and included in analytical protocols. In this study, a method for simultaneous measurement of 20 DBPs from five different structural classes (both regulated and non-regulated) was investigated and further developed for 11 DBPs using solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography coupled with a halogen-specific detector (XSD). The XSD was highly selective towards halogenated DBPs, providing chromatograms with little noise. The m

SUBMITTER: Andersson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6447507 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature