Halogenated hydrocarbon pesticides and other volatile organic contaminants provide analytical challenges in global trading.
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Halogenated hydrocarbon pesticides and other volatile organic contaminants provide analytical challenges in global trading. / Budnik, Lygia Therese; Fahrenholtz, Svea; Kloth, Stefan; Baur, Xaver.
In: J ENVIRON MONITOR, Vol. 12, No. 4, 4, 2010, p. 936-942.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Halogenated hydrocarbon pesticides and other volatile organic contaminants provide analytical challenges in global trading.
AU - Budnik, Lygia Therese
AU - Fahrenholtz, Svea
AU - Kloth, Stefan
AU - Baur, Xaver
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Protection against infestation of a container cargo by alien species is achieved by mandatory fumigation with pesticides. Most of the effective fumigants are methyl and ethyl halide gases that are highly toxic and are a risk to both human health and the environment. There is a worldwide need for a reliable and robust analytical screening procedure for these volatile chemicals in a multitude of health and environmental scenarios. We have established a highly sensitive broad spectrum mass spectrometry method combined with thermal desorption gas chromatography to detect, identify and quantify volatile pesticide residues. Using this method, 1201 random ambient air samples taken from freight containers arriving at the biggest European ports of Hamburg and Rotterdam were analyzed over a period of two and a half years. This analytical procedure is a valuable strategy to measure air pollution from these hazardous chemicals, to help in the identification of pesticides in the new mixtures/formulations that are being adopted globally and to analyze expired breath samples after suspected intoxication in biomonitoring.
AB - Protection against infestation of a container cargo by alien species is achieved by mandatory fumigation with pesticides. Most of the effective fumigants are methyl and ethyl halide gases that are highly toxic and are a risk to both human health and the environment. There is a worldwide need for a reliable and robust analytical screening procedure for these volatile chemicals in a multitude of health and environmental scenarios. We have established a highly sensitive broad spectrum mass spectrometry method combined with thermal desorption gas chromatography to detect, identify and quantify volatile pesticide residues. Using this method, 1201 random ambient air samples taken from freight containers arriving at the biggest European ports of Hamburg and Rotterdam were analyzed over a period of two and a half years. This analytical procedure is a valuable strategy to measure air pollution from these hazardous chemicals, to help in the identification of pesticides in the new mixtures/formulations that are being adopted globally and to analyze expired breath samples after suspected intoxication in biomonitoring.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 12
SP - 936
EP - 942
IS - 4
M1 - 4
ER -