Endocrine disrupting Bisphenol A detection in different water samples in Iraq

Poly-carbonate plastics containing endocrine disruptor BPA (Bisphenol A), it have been used in the production process of water bottles, food products containers to storage, infants feeding milk bottles and raw material for some medical supplies. Trace quantity of bisphenol has been measured in water-samples that kept in poly-carbonate containers. It has been recognized that bisphenol a can be generated from poly-carbonate containers and then transfer into stored food. Such transfer is accelerated by leaving the containers in sunlight for long time. In this study a simple and rapid method was established to quantify BPA using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in water samples in Al-Diwaniah city, Iraq. The chromatographic HPLC separation includes, extraction then detection of BPA using C18 as a HPLC column, followed by quantitative determination BPA using pre-measured known concentration as a standard. The analysis method shows a recovery value around 85% ± 2.9. A suitable sensitivity value was obtained with an instrumental limit of detection and quantification (LOD and LOQ) ranged from 33 to 72 µgL−1. The detection of BPA was effectively achieved using homemade and commercially supplied samples. The obtained numbers were inside the allowable concentration