2007/01/01 by Francesca Pellizzato, Marina Ricci, Andrea Held +1 · 37 citations
Chemistry · Engineering · Environmental Science · #Analytical chemistry methods development #Bioaccumulation #Biochemical engineering #Business #Certification #Certified reference materials #Chemistry #Chlorinated paraffins #Computer science #Engineering #Environmental Chemistry and Analysis #Environmental chemistry #Environmental science #European union #Operations management #Pollutant #Quality (philosophy) #Quality assurance #Risk analysis (engineering) #Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact #Water Framework Directive #Water quality
paper · doi:10.1039/b710053a
published in Journal of Environmental Monitoring 9(9), 924 (Royal Society of Chemistry)
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Short-chain chlorinated paraffins are a class of organic compounds widely used in many industrial applications, extensively diffused into the environment, persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic towards aquatic organisms. However, their study and monitoring in the environment are still limited. Because of the enormous number of positional isomers that characterise their mixtures, the analysis of this class of pollutants is very difficult to perform. Beside this, the lack of certified reference materials poses a problem for the assessment of the quality assurance/quality control of any analytical procedure. At present, the scientific community does not agree on any analytical reference method, although the monitoring of short-chain chlorinated paraffins has already started in order to comply with the Water Framework Directive of the European Union on water quality. In this paper the regulatory framework, in which chlorinated paraffins are included, and the status concerning their determination are summarized. The main analytical difficulties still existing are discussed, and the definition of a method-defined parameter as well as the development of a standardised method are suggested as a way to obtain comparable monitoring data.