Bisphenol A in canned soft drinks, plastic-bottled water, and household water tank from Punjab, India

The aim of this study was the quantification of Bisphenol A (BPA) in canned soft drinks, plastic-bottled water and household water tanks from Punjab, India. Samples of five brands of canned soft drinks and plastic-bottled water purchased from local markets. Fifteen samples each of household plastic water tanks and concrete water tank were selected from three different cities (5 from each city) of Punjab, India. Samples were selected randomly. The plastic household water tank samples were collected in the months of December and June to check the effect of temperature on release of BPA in a plastic water tanks. The analysis method consists of microextraction in packed syringe (MEPS) followed by gas chromatography with mass spectrometric (GC-MS) detection. The detection limits and quantitation for BPA were 0.46 pg/mL and 1.52 pg/mL, respectively. Traces of BPA were detected in all canned soft drinks samples. Canned soft drinks and plastic-bottled water samples of five brands were having the BPA concentrations 8.2-14.01 pg/mL and 60-90 pg/mL, respectively. The BPA concentrations in the plastic water tanks were nondetected-12 pg/mL and nondetected-10 pg/mL in concrete water tank.

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The aim of this study was to quantify Bisphenol A (BPA) in canned soft drinks, plastic-bottled water, and household water tanks from Punjab, India. Samples of five brands of canned soft drinks and plastic-bottled water were purchased from local markets. Fifteen samples each of household plastic water tanks and concrete water tanks were selected from three different cities (5 from each city) of Punjab, India. The analysis method used microextraction in packed syringe (MEPS) followed by gas chromatography with mass spectrometric (GC-MS) detection. Traces of BPA were detected in all canned soft drink samples. The concentrations of BPA in canned soft drinks and plastic-bottled water samples were 8.2-14.01 pg/mL and 60-90 pg/mL, respectively. The concentrations of BPA in plastic water tanks ranged from non-detected to 12 pg/mL, and from non-detected to 10 pg/mL in concrete water tanks.