OCCURRENCE AND DETERMINATION OF PESTICIDES IN NATURAL AND TREATED WATERS

Pesticides as environmental pollutants are described in derail along w ith their sources and paths of entry into various elements of the envi ronment. Comprehensive literature data on the concentration of these p ollutants in natural and treated waters and wastewaters are discussed. A wide selection of isolation and preconcentration techniques for the se pollutants in water is presented and discussed. An emphasis is put on solid-phase extraction. In the case of the authors' work, a more de tailed description is given.