Separation of pesticides,related compounds,polychlorobiphenyls and other pollutants into four groups by silica-gel microcolumn chromatography (application to surface water analysis)

Multi-residue analyses of pesticides and related compounds generally require clean-up procedures for the elimination of interfering substances. An analytical procedure for use in the recovery and determination of pesticides and other pollutants in water samples is described, in which the purification of the extracts is improved by the separation of pesticides into four groups. The separation of pesticides by silica-gel microcolumn chromatography is explained in detail.