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Main Title Determination of DDT and Related Substances in Human Fat.
Author Mattson, Arnold M. ; Spillane, Janet T. ; Baker, Curtis ; Pearce., George W. ;
CORP Author Communicable Disease Center, Savannah, Ga.
Year Published 1953
Stock Number PB-276 902, PB-276 897
Additional Subjects Pesticides ; Chemical analysis ; DDT ; Humans ; Fats ; Degradation ; Samples ; Chromatography ; Spectrochemical analysis ; Reprints ; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane ; DDE insecticide ; Schechter-Haller method ; Ethylene/bis(chlorophenyl)-dichloro
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NTIS  PB-276 902 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Preliminary evidence of the occurrence of DDE as well as DDT in human fat made it necessary to study the Schechter-Haller method critically as applied to fat containing DDT and the degradation product, DDE. Through empirical standardization it was possible to make differential determinations of DDT and DDE totaling 5 micrograms in unknown fat samples, with rough estimations down to 2 micrograms. A modified Davidow column was used in a rapid method for isolating DDT and DDE. Among 50 samples all but 2 contained substantial quantities of DDE. The total DDT plus DDE ranged from 0 to 80 p.p.m., with DDE representing from 39 to 86% of the total. Chromatographic and spectrophotometric data provided evidence that the degradation product is DDE.
Notes
found in PB-276 897 titled: Journal articles on pesticide chemical analysis. Group 5.