Occurrence of Bisphenol A in soil and leachate of a municipal landfill: effect of the sample acidification

Authors

  • Nathalia Cristine Viecelli Universidade de Caxias do Sul
  • Ricardo Perazzoli Baldasso Universidade de Caxias do Sul
  • Irajá do Nascimento Filho Universidade de Caxias do Sul
  • Kira Lusa Manfredini Universidade de Caxias do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18226/23185279.v2iss1p10

Abstract

The main objective of present study was the quantitative analysis of bisphenol A (BPA) in soil and leachate of a municipal sanitary landfill. The influence of the solvent polarity and pH over the quantitative analysis of BPA in the leachate was also investigated. The soil samples were collected from closed cells and extracted by Soxhlet extraction with ethanol. The liquid samples, from row leachate from the same sanitary landfill were extracted by Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) with C-18 cartridges and ethanol. The organic extracts from liquid and solid samples were analyzed by Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detector (GC/FID). For the soil and liquid samples the average concentrations of BPA were 21.30 (±0.61) mg kg-1 and 26.83 (±2.69) mg L-1, respectively. These results were far above the ones cited in the literature and are of special concern because BPA may disrupt the human endocrine system. The acidification allows the increase of 5% of the extraction efficiency. In this way, the acidification step is recommended for the quantification of BPA in samples where the concentration of this analyte is below 0.1%. In these cases the acidification step may avoid important loss of the analyte and improve the detection limit in the instrumental analysis. 

 

http://dx.doi.org/10.18226/23185279.v2iss1p10

Author Biographies

Nathalia Cristine Viecelli, Universidade de Caxias do Sul

Aluna do programa de doutorado em Engenharia do Ambiente da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico,  pelo programa Ciências sem Fronteiras 

Ricardo Perazzoli Baldasso, Universidade de Caxias do Sul

Mestrando do Programa de Pós-graduação em Engenharia e Ciências Ambientais da UCS

Irajá do Nascimento Filho, Universidade de Caxias do Sul

Instituto de Saneamento Ambiental da Universidade de Caxias do Sul, doutor em química pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Kira Lusa Manfredini, Universidade de Caxias do Sul

Instituto de Saneamento Ambiental da Universidade de Caxias do Sul, mestranda do Programa de Pós-graduação em Engenharia e Ciências Ambientais da UCS

Published

05/26/2014

How to Cite

Viecelli, N. C., Baldasso, R. P., do Nascimento Filho, I., & Manfredini, K. L. (2014). Occurrence of Bisphenol A in soil and leachate of a municipal landfill: effect of the sample acidification. Scientia Cum Industria, 2(1), 10–14. https://doi.org/10.18226/23185279.v2iss1p10

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Science, Education and Engineering