Pesticides and Mycotoxins

There are hundreds of commercial pesticides in use in the world today. From algaecides to virucides, pesticides are used in large quantities in industrial and private agriculture. The concern over human pesticide exposure over the past few decades has led to increased monitoring and oversight of these chemicals. It is essential that testing labs have accurate standard mixes to measure the pesticide levels in the environment. We help streamline your testing process by creating pre-made standards to suit your needs. Several stock pesticide mixes are readily available, along with a large list of over 4,000 individual compounds. In addition, custom pesticide blends can be manufactured to your specifications.

National and international regulatory and standards organizations are tasked with the monitoring of environmental systems, agricultural products, and consumer goods as they pertain to contamination and human health. Groups such as EPA, USDA, AOAC, ASTM, FDA, and USP offer methods and guidance for the analysis of products like food, beverages, nutraceuticals, and botanicals.

One group of chemicals of high concern are the hundreds of commercial pesticides and herbicides in use in the world today. It is essential that monitoring agencies have accurate standard mixes to measure pesticide residue levels in consumer products and food, like our morning tea, spices, or botanical supplements.

We facilitate ease of monitoring and testing of pesticides by creating pesticide test mixes to suit your monitoring needs. Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry are well established techniques for many pesticide analyses. Spex now offers GC mixes with over 200 compounds that allow the analyst to create references for all the most commonly used GC and GC/MS amenable pesticides in use in agriculture.

Analytical Standards for Pesticide Analysis

There are hundreds of commercial pesticides in use in the world today. From algaecides to virucides, pesticides are used in large quantities in industrial and private agriculture. The concern over human pesticide exposure over the past few decades has led to increased monitoring and oversight of these chemicals. It is essential that testing labs have accurate standard mixes to measure the pesticide levels in the environment. We help streamline your testing process by creating pre-made standards to suit your needs. Several stock pesticide mixes are readily available, along with a large list of over 4,000 individual compounds. In addition, custom pesticide blends can be manufactured to your specifications.

Pesticides are an important tool in agriculture for the protection of crops. However, pesticides can also be a danger to the environment and human health. Detection and quantitation of pesticides is a critical function of both environmental and food monitoring. Spex has been providing pesticide standard mixes for decades to assist laboratories in measuring and controlling pesticides in ground water, drinking water, consumer products and food.

Pesticides are an important tool in agriculture, but pesticides can also be a danger to the human health as residues. Detection and quantitation of pesticides in food, beverages, nutraceuticals, and cannabis are critical functions for protecting human health. Spex is proud to offer mixes of commonly used pesticides in the food and cannabis industries.