On-line SPE-LC/MS/MS to Detect Organonitrogen and Triazine Pesticides at 10 ng/L in Drinking Water

Water/wastewater

On-line SPE-LC/MS/MS to Detect Organonitrogen and Triazine Pesticides at 10 ng/L in Drinking Water

05 Feb, 2008

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Dr Stephen Lock
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Monitoring water for pesticides requires sensitive and robust methods suitable for a broad range of compounds, and current UK legislation limits permissible levels of pesticides in drinking water to 100 ng/L. This study investigated the feasibility of on-line solid phase extraction (SPE) coupled to liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) to detect organonitrogen and triazine pesticides at concentrations of 10 ng/L in drinking water. Sensitivity, reproducibility, linearity and recovery in tap water samples and water samples spiked with humic acid were investigated to evaluate sample preparation efficiency and possible matrix effects.

IET 36.2 Mar/Apr 2026

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