Pesticides are extensively used worldwide to increase yields in agricultural
production. They are utilized to detroy weeds, kill insects, and prevent the
spread of molds or bacteria. Exposure to low levels of pesticides in foods and
agriculture products in our daily life is unavoidable, and exposure can be a
risk to human health. Thus, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) gave authority to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to
regulate pesticides.1,2 The
analysis of pesticides in fruits and vegetables is very important in the field of food safety. A routine testing for contaminated
pesticides in fruits and vegetables must be performed to ensure toxic
pesticides are below tolerance levels and foods are safe for consumption. The
most time-consuming part of this analysis is the sample preparation. Liquid-liquid extraction has been previously used for sample preparation,
but these methods are too time-consuming and use large quantities of solvents.3-6 Solid-phase extraction (SPE) has essentially
replaced liquid- liquid
extraction due to the minimization of large volumes of organic solvent.7-12 However, the selectivity in conventional SPE
has made it impossible to develop a comprehensive method for pesticide residue
analysis. The chemistries of the various pesticides would require multiple
extraction methods to screen the large number of possible pesticide residues.
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