This fact sheet discusses factors that affect residues of pesticides, including the reasons for their persistence and means to avoid their hazards. This document is PI-69, one of a series of the Pesticide Information Office, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida.
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Determination of pesticides in the respirable fraction of airborne particulate matter by high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry [PDF]
Potential harmful effects of pesticides include risks to human health of workers involved in the wet spray application in cultivated areas. Inhalation exposure depends on several factors including pesticide concentrations in the respirable fraction of ...
Buiarelli, Francesca+7 more
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Miaoxi yellow peach, lanxi loquat, qingyuan sweet spring tangelo and haining pear are characteristic fruits in Zhejiang Province, China. This study investigated the levels of pesticides in these fruits in Zhengjiang Province, China, along with the ...
Yuhong Liu+8 more
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Towards a method for the economic evaluation of environmental indicators in UK Integrated Arable Farming Systems [PDF]
Integrated Arable Farming Systems (IAFS), which involve a reduction in the use of off-farm inputs, are attracting considerable research interest in the UK.
Bailey, Alison+4 more
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Validation of a multi-residue method to determine deltamethrin and alpha-cypermethrin in mosquito nets by gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-µECD) [PDF]
Background: Nowadays long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets (LNs) are frequently used around the world to protect people against malaria vectors. As they contain insecticide, laboratory control is needed to check whether the content of the active ...
Ouattara, Jean Pierre Nabléni+2 more
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Pesticide Residue Intake Model‐ EFSA PRIMo revision 3.1
In January 2018, the guidance document on the use of EFSA PRIMo revision 3 was published in the EFSA Journal. Following feedback from users, the risk assessment tool has been updated, including editorial modifications and corrections of input values used
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Choosing the best model in the presence of zero trade: a fish product analysis [PDF]
The purpose of the paper is to test the hypothesis that food safety (chemical) standards act as barriers to international seafood imports. We use zero-accounting gravity models to test the hypothesis that food safety (chemical) standards act as barriers ...
Hite, D., Tran, N., Wilson, N.
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Evaporated extracts of samples for pesticide residue analysis simplifies transport from remote places [PDF]
The increasing use of pesticides demands a world-wide control of residue levels in food and the environment. However, pesticide residue analysis is challenging and needs both experience and instrumentation.
Terenius, Olle, Åkerblom, Malin
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In agricultural landscapes honeybees and other pollinators are exposed to pesticides, often surveyed by residue analysis of bee bread. However, bee bread is a mixture of pollen pellets of different plants collected over a longer time period.
Franziska Böhme+4 more
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The 2021 European Union report on pesticide residues in food
Under European Union legislation (Article 32, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005), EFSA is to provide an annual report assessing the pesticide residue levels in foods on the European market.
Luis Carrasco Cabrera+3 more
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