[Study of relationship between consumption of potassium permanganate and total organic carbon on plastic kitchen utensils, food packages and toys].
Consumption of potassium permanganate and total organic carbon (TOC) were investigated as indices of total organic matter migrated into water from plastic kitchen utensils, food packages and toys for children. The samples were soaked in water at 60 or 95 degrees C for 30 min for kitchen utensils and food packages, and at 40 degrees C for 30 min for toys and the eluates were examined, using the two indices. The quantitation limits were both 0.5 microg/mL. Among 97 kitchen utensils and food packages tested, consumption of potassium permanganate and TOC were 0.5-10.9 microg/mL and ND-18.9 microg/mL for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tea-pot spouts and nylon kitchen utensils, respectively. Among 32 toys tested, the levels were 0.8-45.5 microg/mL and 0.5-8.9 microg/mL from PVC toys and block toys made by ethylene vinyl acetate resin. The levels for other samples were very low. There were large discrepancies between consumption of potassium permanganate and TOC for some PVC products and nylon kitchen utensils. The cause may be a marked difference of the oxidation decomposition rate by potassium permanganate, depending on the kind of organic matter that migrated from the plastics.
Ohno
Hiroyuki
H
Nagoya City Public Health Research Institute, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
Suzuki
Masako
M
Mutsuga
Motoh
M
Kawamura
Yoko
Y
D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis*; D003297:Cooking and Eating Utensils; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D018857:Food Packaging; D009757:Nylons; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride; D011196:Potassium Permanganate / Q000032:analysis*; D012995:Solubility; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis*
D009757:Nylons; D011196:Potassium Permanganate; D014867:Water; D002244:Carbon; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride