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Congener specific determination of compounds of technical toxaphene (CTTs) in different antarctic seal species

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Gas chromatography and electron-capture, negative-ionization, mass spectrometry (GC-ECNI-MS) in combination with a non-polar stationary phase (CP-Sil 2) was applied to study the composition of residues of the multicomponent toxaphene mixture in seal blubber from the Antarctic. In samples of the five Antarctic seal species eleven compounds of technical toxaphene (CTTs) were detected and six of them quantified by application of single standard compounds. Five abundant CTTs in seal blubber were included in the “Parlar 22 components standard” (commercially available) and one further was isolated and quantified for the first time. Finally, high levels of toxaphene were determined in Weddell seals and crabeaters confirming that toxaphene is a major organochlorine pollutant in the Antarctic.

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Vetter, W., Krock, B. & Luckas, B. Congener specific determination of compounds of technical toxaphene (CTTs) in different antarctic seal species. Chromatographia 44, 65–73 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02466518

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