Method development using chemometric tools for determination of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in bottled mineral waters

Food Chem. 2022 Feb 15:370:131062. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131062. Epub 2021 Sep 6.

Abstract

A simple method was developed to determine 14 endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in bottled waters, based on dispersive micro-solid phase extraction (d-µ-SPE) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Extraction was optimized using 2 k-1 factorial and Doehlert experimental designs. Optimized conditions were 80 mg C18, 25 min extraction at 1000 rpm, and 6 min desorption time. Repeatability was below 17 % for all EDCs. LOD and LOQ varied from 1.60 ng L-1 (estradiol, E2) to 23.2 ng L-1 (dimethylphthalate, DMP) and from 5.33 ng L-1 (E2) to 77.3 ng L-1 (DMP). We found DMP and bisphenol A (BPA) in samples after the heat treatment. DMP was up to 58.7 µg L-1, while BPA was up to 1.34 µg L-1. Tolerance of daily intake (TDI) for DMP were 2.50-2.94 µg kg-1 day-1 (children) and 1.43-1.68 µg kg-1 day-1 (adults). TDI for BPA were 0.03-0.07 µg kg-1 day-1 (children) and 0.01-0.04 µg kg-1 day-1 (adults).

Keywords: Bottled water; Emerging contaminants; Food and beverages; Hormones; Miniaturized sample preparation methods; Plasticizers.

MeSH terms

  • Benzhydryl Compounds / analysis
  • Child
  • Drinking Water*
  • Endocrine Disruptors* / analysis
  • Humans
  • Mineral Waters*
  • Solid Phase Extraction
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical* / analysis

Substances

  • Benzhydryl Compounds
  • Drinking Water
  • Endocrine Disruptors
  • Mineral Waters
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical