Elsevier Analysis of Chemical Residues in Agriculture

Analysis of Chemical Residues in Agriculture presents a focused, yet comprehensive guide on how to identify, evaluate and analyze the wide range of chemicals that impact our food production system. The book presents a variety of analytical technologies and methods in order to help professionals, researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students understand chemical residues in agriculture and apply them to applications for the detection and quantification of chemical residues – both organic and inorganic – in several agricultural matrices, including crops, fruits, meat, food, feed, soil and water. Agriculture remains one of the most strategic sectors for the global economy and well-being. However, it is seen as a source of environmental and health concerns mainly due to the high amount of pesticides and fertilizers used in production systems around the world; moreover, a thorough understanding of the topic is necessary when we consider livestock production systems also apply large amounts of veterinary drugs to treat illness and promote increases in productivity. Review Provides a concise introduction to residues in agriculture, including aspects of toxicology and ecotoxicology From the Back Cover Analysis of Chemical Residues in Agriculture presents a focused, yet comprehensive, guide to identifying, evaluating, and analyzing the wide range of chemicals that impact our food production system. Agriculture remains one of the most strategic sectors for the global economy and well-being. However, it is seen as a source of environmental and health concerns due, mainly, the high amount of agrochemicals, as pesticides and fertilizers, used in the production systems around the world; moreover, when we consider the livestock production systems they also applied large amounts of veterinary drugs to treat illness and to promote increase in the productivity. Agrochemicals generates residues, which are presented in crops, fruits, meat and processed products (food and feed) that need permanent monitoring and control. In this way, the measure of chemical residues in agriculture and livestock is paramount, and analytical chemistry can certainly contribute to the generation of wealth and health for the modern society. The use of advanced analytical techniques as chromatography, spectroscopy, spectrometry, electrochemistry, among others, can generate reliable information about the quality of several products and raw materials. As the demand from the modern society for a sustainable production of food has promoted the development of policies considering aspects as reducing of negative impacts on environment and health, friendly materials and molecules, bioactive compounds, etc. Analysis of Chemical Residues in Agriculture presents a variety of analytical technologies and methods in order to help professionals, researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students in the understanding and application of the most adequate analytical approach for the detection and quantification of chemical residues – organic and inorganic – in several agricultural matrices, including crops, fruits, meat, food, feed, soil and water. About the Author Dr. Sílvio Vaz Jr. holds a D.Sc. degree in Analytical Chemistry from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, with equivalence of doctorate degrees from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and from the University of Granada, Spain. Having previously served as director and partner at two private environmental analysis laboratories, he is currently a senior scientist at the National Research Center for Agroenergy of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), where his work focuses on the development of renewable molecules (e.g., eco-friendly agrochemicals), environmental chemistry (e.g., CO2 capture and use), agricultural chemistry, and the application of analytical chemistry to biomass and bioenergy, according green and sustainable chemistry vi