Because pesticide residues can carry risks for humans, animals, and the environment, it is important to be able to detect and identify them at trace amounts in

Developing safety regulations for pesticides used around the world—in excess of 2.5 million tons annually—requires reliable analytical methods for assessing

This book provides a critical overview of analytical methods used for the determination of pesticide residues and other contaminants in food and environmental s

New developments in mass spectrometry have allowed routine identification and lowered limits of detection at levels only imagined a decade ago. Thousands of con

Provides an overview of the use of mass spectrometry (MS) for the analysis of pesticide residues and their metabolites. Presents state of the-art MS techniques