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Rapid and Simple Determination of Phthalates in Plastic Toys by a Thermal Desorption-GC/MS Method

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A thermal desorption (TD)-GC/MS method was applied for the determination of phthalates in plastic children’s toys. The method, which does not need any cumbersome sample pretreatment such as solvent extraction, filtration and derivatization, has been proved to be useful not only as a sensitive analytical method to evaluate phthalate concentration in the toys, but also as a rapid and practical screening method to check whether the concentration exceeds the regulatory limit.

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  1. Frontier Laboratories Ltd., 1-8-14 Saikon, Koriyama, Fukushima, 963-8862, Japan

    Tetsuro Yuzawa & Chuichi Watanabe

  2. Quantum Analytics, 363 Vintage Park Drive, Foster City, CA, 94404-1185, USA

    Robert R. Freeman

  3. Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan

    Shin Tsuge

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Yuzawa, T., Watanabe, C., Freeman, R. et al. Rapid and Simple Determination of Phthalates in Plastic Toys by a Thermal Desorption-GC/MS Method. ANAL. SCI. 25, 1057–1058 (2009). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.25.1057

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