Consumer concern over the quality and safety of conventional food has intensified in recent
years, and primarily drives the increasing demand for organically grown food, which is …

Ambient mass spectrometry—mass spectrometric analysis with no or minimal effort for
sample preparation—has experienced a very rapid development during the last 5 years …

The presence of pesticides in fruits and vegetables has been a growing concern in
Argentina. Only three of the major marketplaces there have the necessary infrastructure to …

Reclaimed water usage for crop irrigation is viewed both as an excellent sustainable water
source and as a potential entrance for emerging organics into the food chain. This concern …

A total of 216kg of cucumber samples, representing three different types of farming
production [eg, conventional (C), greenhouse (G) and organic (O)], were collected from …

While the application of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) has increased agricultural
production and prevented vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, and …

The objective of the present study was to study the lindane bioremediation abilities of
Streptomyces sp. M7 in soil samples and to know the pesticide effects on maize plants …

Uptake characteristics of endosulfan (ED), including α-, β-isomers and sulfate-metabolites,
from the soils by carrot and potato plants were investigated to establish a method that may …

The organochlorine chemicals endosulfan, dieldrin, and γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane)
are persistent pesticides to which people are exposed mainly via diet. Their antagonism of …

The present study investigated phthalate esters (PAEs) and organochlorine pesticides
(OCPs) in agricultural soils and vegetables from eastern China. The concentrations of PAEs …