Thiram (tetramethylthiuram disulfide) is a representative dithiocarbamate (DTC) pesticide used in both the field and as a seed protectant. The widespread use of Thiram and other DTC pesticides has raised concerns for health, because these compounds can exert neuropathic, endocrine disruptive, and carcinogenic effects. These toxic effects are thought to rely, at least in part, on the reaction of...

This application note describes the use of a quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) AOAC sample preparation approach for extraction and cleanup of 18 GC-amenable multiple pesticide class residues in spinach. The method employed involves initial extraction in a buffered aqueous/acetonitrile system, an extraction/ partitioning step after the addition of salt, and a cleanup ste...

As population increases, the demand for safe and nutritious food, safe water and air quality increases. The emergence of pesticides has played as an essential role in preventing pests from destroying various valued properties in our homes, offices and farmlands. The usage of pesticides has a role to play in the achievement of a sustainable developed earth. The earth today needs to be sustainabl...

Bolivia does not have a surveillance program for pesticide residues in food. The few published studies have suggested that pesticide contamination in food may present a public health problem. Data are lacking for all foods except tomatoes and breast milk. In this study 10 potato, 10 onion, and 10 lettuce samples from La Paz were sampled on August 15, 2015 at a local market and screened for 283 ...

Dispersive solid-phase extraction (DSPE) cleanup combined with accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) is described here as a new approach for the extraction of carbamate pesticides in Radix Glycyrrhizae samples prior to UPLC-MS-MS. In the DSPE-ASE method, 15 carbamate pesticides were extracted from Radix Glycyrrhizae samples with acetonitrile by the ASE method at 60 °C with a 5 min heating time a...

introduction: considering the importance and usefulness of fruits in people’s daily diet as they play an important role in determining public health and also considering the significance of pesticide residues in foods and fruits , measurement of which has been repeatedly reiterated by who and fao, this research was done. irregular use of pesticides by farmers knowingly or unknowingly without ob...

A large variety of insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides are widely used in agriculture to increase yield, control microorganisms that may produce toxic or carcinogenic metabolites, and reduce the price of food production. Such pesticides are intended to kill living organisms, and a potential dose-related acute and chronic toxicity exists in humans with an estimated 800 000 cases of acute in...

Pesticides have been worldwide used for the protection of food crops against pests and diseases. It is common that residues of these pesticides occur in food products, especially agricultural commodities. Adverse effects on human health of pesticides residues remaining in food after they are applied to food crops are generally known. Possible health risk due to pesticide residues in the diet ha...

These days pesticides are extensively applied in agriculture to increase productivity; although these productivity but also have a negative impact on the consumer. Thus, pesticide exposure agricultural products must be decreased. The present study attempted assess residues samples of apple, tomato, and brinjal determine efficacy washing solutions removal. For sample preparation, QuEChERS method...

Technical innovations in crop protection have been a key component in the globalization of food production and distribution over the past several decades. The ease of access to foodstuffs from distant growing regions has depended, to a large extent, on the new pesticides that combat the historic foes of food sufficiency: fungi, insects, and weeds. Yet the same public that has come to expect and...