A review on analysis of chlorinated paraffins in environment
Short-chain chlorinated paraffins(SCCPs)are persistent organic pollutants with persistence,toxicity,bioaccumulation,and were listed in Annex A of the Stockholm Convention.Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins(MCCPs)have also gained attention due to its similar properties to SCCPs.Chlorinated paraffins(CPs)have thousands of congeners,isomers and enantiomers and the presence of other organohalogen compounds in the environmental matrices makes the separation and analyze of CPs difficult.At present,there is still no standard analytical method to analysis CPs in the different environmental matrices.This article will review the sample preparation and instrumental analysis of CPs in different environmental matrices in recent years and provide an update on the latest developments in the analytical methods for CPs.