A Sampling and Analytical Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Multiple Organonitrogen Pesticides in Air

Feasibility of Sampling Vapors of Compounds with Low Volatility by Permeation

“…The usual procedure for pesticide sampling, as stated by Kennedy et al, (1) employs an active sampler with a filter-sorbent trap to capture both particulates and vapors. These workers also found that the sampling airstream drawn through the trap evaporated widely variable fractions of a group of pesticides from the particles trapped on the filter.…”

Screening method for pesticides in air by gas chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry

“…For example, 20 different pesticides were found at about 50 ng m −3 in the environment of two US cities,11 and organophosphate, organochlorine pesticides and fumigants were detected in the ambient air of California 12,13. Kennedy developed analytical methods for determining organophosphate pesticides in air following NIOSH requirements 14,15. In addition, implications of the effects of environmental conditions on the concentrations of pesticides in air have been addressed by several authors, dealing with important information for designing sampling protocols 16,17…”