Determination of planar chlorobiphenyls in animal fat

Abstract

Abstract The occurrence of the highly toxic non‐ ortho substituted (planar) chlorobiphenyls (CBs) at low levels in wildlife, (human) fat, and fish generates the need for a routine analytical procedure. The use of a fully automated system for the separation of planar and non‐planar CBs, consisting of a gel permeation chromatography system, a sample preparation system employing extraction columns, and a porous graphitic carbon HPLC column is described, and tested with horse fat. Gas chromatography on capillary columns, with electron‐capture or high resolution mass spectrometric detection, is used for quantitation of the CBs.