This paper describes the application of electrochemical disposable biosensors in food analysis, which have recently been developed in our laboratory. Disposable biosensors, based on acetylcholinesterase inhibition activity, were exploited for testing the presence of organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides in water, fruit, and vegetable samples. The paper further describes preliminary tests fo...

In the present study, four materials based on boron nitride nanotubes—namely pristine BNNT, C-doped tetrapeptide/BNNT, and tetrapeptide/C-doped BNNT—were examined to evaluate adsorption of organophosphorus pesticides chlorpyrifos fenitrothion. Through a quantum chemical approach molecular electronic structures, impacts C doping tetrapeptide modification nanotubes are clarified. The results reve...

Residential proximity to applications of agricultural pesticides may be an important source of exposure to agents that have been classified as developmental toxins. Data on two case-control study populations of infants with neural tube defects (NTDs) and nonmalformed controls delivered in California between 1987 and 1991 were pooled to investigate whether maternal residential proximity to appli...