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. 2020 Mar 9;18(3):e05991. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5991

Table 31.

Concentrations of chlorinated paraffins in human blood samples. The detection frequency is indicated when provided in the study

Reference Country Number of samples Sampling year Analytical method Concentration (μg/kg fat)
SCCPs MCCPs LCCPs
OTHER COUNTRIES            
Li et al. (2017)

China

(urban area)

50 2012 UPLC‐qTOF‐MS

Median (range)

3,500 (370–35,000) (for samples with > 50% detection frequency)

Median (range)

740 (130–3,200)

(for samples with > 50% detection frequency)

Median (range)

150 (22–530)

(for samples with > 50% detection frequency)

Xu et al. (2019) China 50 2015 GC‐ECNI‐LRMS

Mean (range) (ww)

32.0 (< LOD–203) (detected in 49 samples)

Qiao et al. (2018) China (Beijing) 21 paired samples of maternal and umbilical cord serum 2013 GC×GC‐ECNI‐TOF

Range

Maternal serum

2,570–57,700

Umbilical cord blood

3,750–40,500

(detected in all samples)

Range

Maternal serum

478–6,400

Umbilical cord blood

522–4,600

(detected in all samples)

Van Mourik (2018) Australia 9 pooled samples (100 individual samples each, males < 65 years old) 2004–2015 APCI‐TOF‐HRMS

Mean (range)

300 (< LOD–360) (detected in 4 samples)

Mean (range)

610 (< LOD–930)

(detected in 8 samples)

Mean (range)

LCCPs: < LOD

(undetected in all samples)

SCCPs: short‐chain chlorinated paraffins; MCCPs: medium‐chain chlorinated paraffins; LCCPs: long‐chain chlorinated paraffins; n.r.: not reported; GC: gas chromatography; MS: mass spectrometry; HRMS: high‐resolution MS; ECNI: electron negative chemical ionisation; TOF‐MS: time‐of‐flight MS; bw: body weight.