PET leaching into bottled water

[joho]

I am preparing for my thesis on the leaching of polyethylene terephthalate into bottled water when bottles are re-used and would be very interested to hear from anyone who has any information that would be of use, although there appears to be little research available on this topic.

 

In particular I need to find a process for isolating/identifying the PET in water samples prior to analysis of the levels.

 

Thank you very much in advance to anyone who can help.

Jo x