Application Note: The Benefits Of Incorporating GC/QQQ Into Pesticide Analysis Methods

Pesticide residue analysis is a complex task because the analyst often has to search for hundreds of compounds in a wide variety of matrices. As required detection limits fall to 10 µg/kg (10 ppb) or lower for many pesticides, more sophisticated analytical tools are required. Matrices such as food, soil and even water can be very complex and one risks removing some target analytes if samples undergo too much clean-up. This paper illustrates the ability of Agilent's GC/QQQ to detect traces of pesticeds when other techniques fail.