[EBOOK] Analysis of Pesticides in Food and Environmental Samples, Edited by José L. Tadeo, Publlished by CRC PRESS

You should go on learning for as long as your ignorance lasts;

and, if the proverb is to be believed, for the whole of your life.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Consumer concerns on food safety and society awareness of chemical contaminants in the environment have increased in the past few years. As a consequence, more restrictions in the use of chemical products have been imposed at national and international levels.

Pesticides are widely used for the control of weeds, diseases, and pests of cultivated plants all over the world, mainly since after Second World War, with the discovery of some organic compounds with good insecticide or herbicide activity. At present, around 2.5 million tons of pesticides are used annually and the number of registered active substances is higher than 500.

However, as pesticides are toxic substances that may have undesirable effects, their use has to be regulated. Risk assessment of pesticides requires information on the toxicological and ecotoxicological properties of these compounds as well as on their levels in food and environmental compartments. Therefore, reliable analytical methods are needed to carry out the monitoring of pesticide residues in those matrices.

Analysis of Pesticides in Food and Environmental Samples focuses on the analytical methodologies developed for the determination of these compounds and on their levels in food and in the environment. It includes information on the different pesticides used, sample preparation methods, quality assurance, chromatographic techniques, immunoassays, pesticide determination in food, soil, water, and air, and the results of their monitoring in food and environmental compartments. I think that this timely and up-to-date work can significantly improve the information in this research area and contribute to a better understanding of the behavior of pesticides that will lead to an improvement of their use.

My sincere thanks to everyone who has contributed and particularly to all the contributors of the different chapters of Analysis of Pesticides in Food and Environmental Samples.

This work is dedicated to Teresa, my wife.

[EBOOK] Analysis of Pesticides in Food and Environmental Samples, Edited by José L. Tadeo, Publlished by CRC PRESS

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