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The article focuses on the opportunities and challenges facing China's pesticide industry in the context of building an agricultural powerhouse. It discussed topics include the positive impact of agricultural development on the pesticide industry, challenges related to industry structure, innovation capacity, company scale, intellectual property rights and market standardization.

In this study, a method was developed for extraction and preconcentration of trace amounts of organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs), including fenitrothion, chlorpyrifos-methyl, and chlorpyrifos in environmental water. The method uses a new magnetic solid-phase extraction technique, followed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with ultraviolet (UV) detection. Nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide-iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanocomposite, used as the adsorbent of organophosphorus pesticides, was successfully prepared using an easy hydrolysis process. The nanocomposite was synthesized and characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The effects of type and ratio of eluents, amount of the graphene oxide (GO)/Fe3O4 nanocomposite, pH, ionic strength, equilibrium time, and ultrasound time on the quantitative recoveries of fenitrothion, chlorpyrifos-methyl, and chlorpyrifos were investigated. On the basis of the best condition, the recoveries of the target analytes in real water samples were between 84.40% and 105.05%. The relative standard deviations varied from 1.21% to 4.22%. Finally, the method was successfully applied to the determination of three organophosphorus pesticides in real environmental water samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article present an interview with Dr. Michelangelo Anastassiades, head of the EU- Reference laboratory for pesticides covered by single residue method who discusses about the significance of the method in today's pesticide routine analysis; about what strategies are used to discriminate matrix components and facilitate pesticide detection; and about what is the situation regarding special analytes.

The article looks at study which find that a baking soda wash can completely remove residues of two pesticides from the surface of apples and two pesticides fungicide and an organophosphorus insecticide. It mentions U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) produce sampled in 2015 with apples sporting 16 different ones. It also mentions comparison of the efficacy of the germicidal bleach to rinsing with tap water or a sodium bicarbonate solution.

The article discusses use of the EDGE automated extraction system with Q-Matrix Hydra, a sorbent that performs the cleanup of wet and dry food sample from pesticides. It mentions that QuEChERS utilizes salts and sorbents in a multi-step manual clean-up and extraction process while EDGE automated solvent extraction system performs sample extraction.

The article focuses on a study which analyzes the presence of organophosphorus pesticides in baby foods by using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). It mentions that the GC/MS will operate in the Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM) mode. The study concludes that pesticides were present in baby foods in very low level and analysis of matrix spiked aliquots demonstrated precision.

The article focuses on a research related to the gas chromatography/mass spectrometry/MS (GC/MS/MS) analysis of organophosphorus pesticides present in baby food. Topics discussed include the use of the Quick Easy Cheap Effective Rugged and Safe (QuEChERS) sample preparation method, the use of the relative standard deviation (RSD) of the response factors for precision of the calibration and the use of a Shimadzu GCMS-TQ8030 GC/MS/MS system for pesticide analyses.

The article informs that British Farm minister George Eustice has agreed to meet farmers requesting for an independent inquiry into organophosphate (OP) sheep dip poisoning. Topics discussed include views of Newport East Member of Parliament Jessica Morden, on her constituent Stephen Forward, who has suffered organophosphate poisoning, arguments over people's illnesses due to using sheep dip, and development of flu-like symptoms on Forward.

The article reports that Great Britain (GB) Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has met a group of farmers who claim they were poisoned by organophosphate (OP) sheep dip on December 2, 2014 to discuss health problems caused due to OP exposure.

The article focuses on analysis of organophosphorus (OP)pesticides in baby food using triple quadrupole GC-MS-MS. It informs that in the analysis a Shimadzu GCMS-TQ8030 system manufactured Scientific Instruments Inc. with highly sensitive advanced Scan/MRM scanning capabilities was used to analyze for pesticide residues in baby foods.

The article offers information on the food and beverage application note from OI Analytical.