Environmental Behaviors of Toxaphene and Development on Its Detection Techniques

Toxaphene is one of the POPs with complex composition, special properties and widely distributing in the environment. The article discussed the environmental behaviors of toxaphene including its residual, biological toxicity, migration and degradation. And the recent development on the techniques and methods for toxaphene detection including gas chromatography, gas chromatographymass spectrometry, comprehensive twodimensional gas chromatography and rapid detection technology were also discussed.