"Pesticides: Recent Trends in Pesticide Residue Assay" ed. by R.P. Soundararajan

The book comprises of new innovative trends to detect pesticide residue in crop plants, animal origin food and fishes. Different advanced extraction techniques of sample preparation for residue analysis are elaborately described. Apart from residue assays, metabolism and degradation of pesticide compounds fenamophos, chlorpyrifos, pirimiphos, heptachlor and organic pesticides are also documented.

Growing population in the world demands increase in the food production and intense health care systems. Use of chemical pesticides is imperative for the management insects in agricultural and disease transmission, weeds and harmful microbes. Monitoring and estimating pesticide residue in crop plants, food, soil, water and other ecosystem has become significant in the recent concern on environment and ecosystem.

This book volume is of twelve chapters contributed by eminent scientists from eleven countries.

Contents
Section 1 Pesticide Residue
1 Exposure to Pesticides in Tomato Crop Farmers in Merced, Colombia: Effects on Health and the Environment
2 Residue of DDT and HCH in Fish from Lakes and Rivers in the World
3 Evaluation of Occupational and Vegetable Dietary Exposures to Current-Use Agricultural Pesticides in Ghana
4 Pesticide Residue Analysis in Animal Origin Food: Procedure Proposal and Evaluation for Lipophilic Pesticides
5 Removal of Organic Pollutant from Water by Modified Bentonite
6 Removal of Residual Pesticides in Vegetables Using Ozone Microbubbles
7 New Trends in Pesticide Residues Control and Their Impact on Soil Quality and Food Safety
8 An Overview About Recent Advances in Sample Preparation Techniques for Pesticide Residues Analysis in Cereals and Feedstuffs
9 Recent Developments and Applications of Microextraction Techniques for the Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables
Section 2 Metabolism of Pesticides
10 Degradation of Fenamiphos, Chlorpyrifos and Pirimiphos-Methyl in the Aquatic Environment: A Proposed Enzymatic Kinetic Model That Takes Into Account Adsorption/Desorption of the Pesticide by Colloidal and Sediment Particles
11 Heptachlor and Its Metabolite: Accumulation and Degradation in Sediment
12 Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Organic Pesticides