A Library Report on the Analysis of Pesticides Subject to Investigation for the European Communities Commission

A recent Report from the Commission of the European Communities indicated a list of eleven pesticides (benazolin, bromofenoxim, ethofumesate, fenamiphos, maneb, metham-sodium, oxydemetonmethyl, phenmedipham, trichlorfon, trichloroacetic acid, ziram) to be studied on an analytical point of view because of their widespread use in Europe, but which lack of suitable analytical procedures for water samples at the required limit of detection (0.1 μg/1). The present study presents the results of a library search, and indicates the principal procedures presented in the literature for these pesticides. Useful techniques appeared for some compounds, but for others more studies are still needed.