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Passive and grab sampling methods to assess pesticide residues in water. A review

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There is actually health concern about the uncontrolled use of pesticides, as some banned pesticides continue to be used in many regions of the world, especially in Latin America. Advanced analytical methods are thus required to detect pesticides in water. Common pesticide analysis is done by grab sampling of water volumes ranging from milliliters to liters. Grab sampling is suitable for moderate to high pesticide concentrations, but fails to detect trace levels and shows only a single-time snapshot of pesticide levels. Alternatively, passive sampling extracts and collects water directly in situ, thus allowing time for pollutants to be accumulated into the sampler. Passive sampling has recently become a major tool for extraction of organic contaminants in surface water, groundwater and wastewater. Diverse pollutants have been studied, such as pesticides, illicit and prescription drugs, metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and cyanobacterial microcystin toxins. This review describes the main devices of passive sampling, used for the extraction of pesticides in waters.

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Abbreviations

C equi :

Equilibrium sampling concentrations

C s :

Concentration of analyte in the sampler

C s(equi) :

Concentration of analyte in equilibrium in the sampler

C w :

Concentration in the water

D b :

Diffusion coefficient in the biofilm

D S :

Diffusion coefficient in the sampler (receiving phase)

D W :

Diffusion coefficient in water

K bw :

Partitioning coefficient between water and the biofilm

K e :

Elimination rate constant

K sw :

Partition coefficient between water and the receiving phase

K u :

Uptake rate constant

Log P or Log Kow :

Octanol/water partition coefficient

AMPA:

Aminomethyl phosphonic acid

ASS:

Atomic absorption spectroscopy

CRK:

Chemical reaction kinetic

DDT:

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

DGT:

Diffusive gradients in thin-film technique

d-SPE:

Dispersive solid-phase extraction

DVD:

Divinylbenzene

FTS:

Flow-through system

GC:

Gas chromatography

HECAM:

Hydrophilic–lipophilic balance sorbent-embedded cellulose acetate membrane

HF-LPME:

Hollow fiber liquid phase microextraction

HLB:

Hydrophilic–lipophilic balance

ICP-MS:

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

LC:

Liquid chromatography

LDPE:

Low-density polyethylene

LOQs and LODs:

Limits of quantification and detection

MCLs:

Maximum contaminant levels

MESCO:

Membrane-enclosed sorptive coating

MIP:

Molecularly imprinted polymeric

MTC:

Mass transfer coefficient

NHL:

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

OCPs:

Organochlorine pesticides

OPFRs:

Organophosphorus flame retardants

OPPs:

Organophosphorus pesticides

PA:

Polyacrylate

PAHs:

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

PCBs:

Polychlorinated biphenyls

PDMS:

Polydimethylsiloxane

PDMDPS:

Polydimethyldiphenylsiloxane

PES:

Polyethersulfone

PISCES:

Passive in situ concentration/extraction sampler

POCIS:

Polar organic chemical integrative sampler

POM:

Polyoxymethylene

POPs:

Persistent organic pollutants

PRCs:

Performance reference compounds

PTFE:

Polytetrafluoroethylene

R s :

Sampling rate

SBE:

Stirred batch experiments

SBSE:

Stir bar sorptive extraction

SPE:

Solid-phase extraction

SPMDs:

Semi-permeable membrane device

SPME:

Solid-phase microextraction

QBE:

Quiescent batch experiments

QuEChERS:

Quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe

TF-SPME:

Thin-film solid-phase microextraction

TSH:

Thyroid-stimulating hormone

TWA:

Time-weighted average

VOCs:

Volatile organic compounds

WBL:

Water boundary layer

WFD:

Water framework directive

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Valenzuela, E.F., Menezes, H.C. & Cardeal, Z.L. Passive and grab sampling methods to assess pesticide residues in water. A review. Environ Chem Lett 18, 1019–1048 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-020-00998-8

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