Research Article

Validating Analytical Protocols to Determine Selected Pesticides and PCBs Using Routine Samples

Table 1

Recovery study for the analysis of six spiked water samples at three levels of concentration in different weeks.

PesticideRecovery (%)
Week 1 (500 ng L−1)Week 2 (1000 ng L−1)Week 3 (250 ng L−1)

Aldrin
Atrazine
o,p′-DDD
p,p′-DDD
o,p′-DDE
p,p′-DDE
o,p′-DDT
p,p′-DDT
Dieldrin
Endrin
Hexachlorobenzene
α-HCH
β-HCH
γ-HCH
Isodrin
Metolachlor
Simazine
Terbuthylazine