Multi-walled carbon nanotubes packed cartridge for the solid-phase extraction of several phthalate esters from water samples and their determination by high performance liquid chromatography

Excessive use of phthalate esters in industrial applications, mainly as plasticizers, has given rise to their persistent presence in consumer goods, and has raised numerous questions about their possible health effects or damage to the environment. This article presents an overview of the economic and social interest in the control of phthalate esters and in the availability of analytical methodologies for areas such as environmental and food analyses. It discusses potential contamination of the samples, usefulness of chromatographic techniques, generally after pre-treatment steps, and rare attempts to propose alternative techniques.

Social and economic interest in the control of phthalic acid esters

Degradation of phthalate esters in an activated sludge wastewater treatment plant.

https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01784708/document

Reliable quantification of phthalates in environmental matrices (air, water, sludge, sediment and soil): a review.

http://www.mop.ir/portal/File/ShowFile.aspx?ID=f18719ea-c6e7-47ad-889e-24dc9d145794

Development of dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction combined with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry as a simple, rapid and highly sensitive method for the determination of phthalate esters in water samples

C. Lysebo

Papers

Determination of phthalates in water samples using polystyrene solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography quantification