Development and validation of a GC × GC-ToFMS method for the quantification of pesticides in environmental waters.

ABSTRACT: Water is a fundamental resource for living things, which is why its control is necessary. The widespread use of pesticides for agricultural and non-agricultural purposes has resulted in the presence of their residues in surface water and groundwater resources. Their presence in water is regulated through different directives, such as the Groundwater Directive, the Drinking Water Directive, and the Water Framework Directive, modified later several times, setting a maximum concentration of 0.1 µg.L^-1 for individual pesticides and their degradation products, and 0.5 µg.L^-1 for total pesticide residues present in a sample. There are different kinds of pesticides (e.g., organophosphorus and organochlorine pesticides, triazines, chloroacetamides, triazoles, (thio)carbamates

SUBMITTER: Romagnoli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10328859 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature