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A new headspace solid-phase microextraction method efficiently determines Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in human serum. This rapid technique simplifies analysis, reduces costs, and reveals POPs exposure in Mexican children.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Toxicology

Background:

  • Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) pose significant health risks.
  • Accurate determination of POPs in human matrices is crucial for exposure assessment.
  • Existing methods for POPs analysis in serum can be complex and time-consuming.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a simple, rapid, and cost-effective method for POPs determination in human serum.
  • To optimize extraction conditions using multivariate analysis.
  • To apply the method for assessing POPs exposure in children.

Main Methods:

  • Headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS SPME) with a PDMS fiber.
  • Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) with electron impact ionization (EI).
  • Multivariate analysis of variance by permutations (PERMANOVA) for optimization.

Main Results:

  • Optimized conditions: 1 mL serum, 200 µL 9M H2SO4, 1 mL deionized water, 80°C for 50 min.
  • Low limits of detection (LODs) for pesticides (0.22-5.41 ng/mL) and PCBs (0.07-1.79 ng/mL).
  • High recovery (67.8-120.2%) and precision (RSD% 0.5-21%).
  • Method applied to Mexican children, revealing exposure to DDE, HCB, and PCBs in various scenarios.

Conclusions:

  • The developed HS SPME-GC-MS method is efficient for POPs analysis in human serum.
  • The method significantly reduces analysis time and cost.
  • Demonstrated POPs exposure in children from different environmental settings in Mexico.