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In 2023-2024, representatives of the Federal State-Financed Institution "Federal Centre for Animal Health" in the Early Career Scientist Council at the Rosselkhoznadzor are in process of developing a measurement technique for the detection of pesticide residues in water and soil using chromatography-mass spectrometry tools.

Various pesticides are used to protect agricultural plants, many of which have a negative impact on the ecosystem and human health.

Since the number of such substances can reach hundreds of items, it is relevant to create a multimethod for simultaneous qualitative and quantitative determination of a large number of pesticides.

In 2024, certification of the methods for determining 430 pesticides by GC MS/MS and 490 pesticides by HPLC MS/MS in water and soil is scheduled. Many of these substances affect human health and non-target animals and plants. The pesticide-containing water from cultivated fields may enter rivers and water supply system, and the pesticide residues in the soil after some crops may have a negative impact on crops of another type sown in this field next year. Moreover, when one type of pesticide is systematically introduced into the soil, it can accumulate and, hence, partially deposit in the edible parts of the cultivated plants.

This technique will be the first in the Russian Federation to simultaneously identify hundreds of active substances of pesticide products in water and soil, and it can be used by veterinary and environmental laboratories to monitor the pesticide content in water and soil.