Congener Specific Determination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Human Milk

Many international efforts have been spent to eliminate and/or reduce the emissions and discharges of a wide range of pollutants that have persisted in the environment as well as living organisms [1]. These pollutants are known as a persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Contamination from POPs is a pervasive global problem that urgently demands a global solution [2]. These chemicals include organochlorine (OC) pesticides, such as DDT, endrin, dieldrin, aldrin, chlordane, toxaphene, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, mirex. POPs also include industrial chemicals and byproducts, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofuranes (PCDFs).