Pesticide residues Economic effects

The use of aldicarb has a double impact on people, firstly via poisonings, animal kills or water poisoning and then secondly the residue scandal which can cause economic dislocation in the banana industry past experience shows that embargoes, product recalls and declines in consumption caused by pesticide residue problems often have drastic effects on communities. 

QuEChERS, which stands for Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe, is one of those new-generation sample preparation methods for pesticide multiresidue analysis [1]. Although very recently introduced (development between 2000-2002, publication in 2003), the method has been widely embraced by the international pesticide residue analysts community and is already being used in numerous laboratories worldwide [2-6]. Aiming to deliver an economical and... 

For problematic waste waters, secondary biological treatment is insufficient to meet the increasingly strict legislative standards on COD, colour and priority pollutants such as pesticide and herbicide residues. Whilst pollution prevention will always be the environmentally preferable option, this is not always practical, and in such cases tertiary treatment with catalysed hydrogen peroxide can present an economical and effective way to achieve compliance. 

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