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Advances in gas chromatographic detectors illustrated from applications to pesticide residue evaluations

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Use of the gas chromatograph for determining amounts of pesticide1 residues (fumigants excepted) and for helping support their characterization has come about almost entirely during the past six years, essentially since the development of the sensitive electron-capture detector. During this short period, this instrument has received almost unparallelled acceptance by residue chemists and scientists in other fields who are also concerned with minute amounts of pesticides. The development of detectors responsive to less-than-microgram quantities has led to a revolution in pesticide residue determinations resulting in a wealth of data that would not otherwise have been obtained. Unfortunately, gas chromatography has also created more misinformation and misunderstanding than all other analytical procedures combined (GUNTHER 1966), primarily because operators without the training and experience necessary to evaluate their data intelligently and to recognize the pitfalls inherent in this outwardly simple method seized upon the gas chromatograph as a quick and easy way to analyze for pesticide residues, usually mistaking quantitation for determination. And those who are least qualified are, more often than not, the most certain of their results.

Presented in part at the Symposium on Recent Developments in Research Methods and Instrumentation, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., Oct. 5, 1966.

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Westlake, W.E., Gunther, F.A. (1967). Advances in gas chromatographic detectors illustrated from applications to pesticide residue evaluations. In: Gunther, F.A. (eds) Residue Reviews / Rückstands-Berichte. Residue Reviews / Rückstandsberichte, vol 18. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8422-3_6

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