A study of the disappearance of pesticides during composting using a gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry technique.

Autor: Frenich, A. Garrido, González Rodríguez, Manuel J., Arrebola, Francisco J., Hernández Torres, María E., Martínez Vidal, José L.
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Zdroj: Pest Management Science; May2005, Vol. 61 Issue 5, p458-466, 9p, 3 Charts, 5 Graphs
Abstrakt: A simple method for multi-residue analysis of pesticides by low-pressure gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LP-GC-MS-MS) has been validated in compost samples. The pesticide residues were extracted from the lyophilised samples with organic solvent by stirring. No sample clean-up was required prior to the analysis. The method was applied to determine the fate of two organochlorine pesticides (lindane and endosulfan) and two organophosphates (malathion and chlorpyrifos-methyl) during the composting process in the reactor of a pilot plant. Malathion, chlorpyrifos-methyl and lindane residues almost fully disappeared after 8 days of maturation in the reactor, while endosulfan residues were only partially degraded. Alongside this, a study of natural disappearance of the pesticides was carried out in the laboratory and a characteristic time profile was traced for each pesticide class. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index