LC-MS/MS Multi-residue Method for Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPPCPs) in Water

One declared goal of the EU is that all surface and groundwater bodies achieve good chemical and good ecological status. Pollutants of great concern are regulated within the Water Frame Work Directive 2000/60/EC, amongst them a number of pesticides. The so-called Surface Water Watch Lists help to identify and monitor new substances of concern. On these lists are more and more pharmaceuticals as well as personal care products.

For this reason we developed a multi-residue LC-MS/MS method with the aim to:

• quantify more than 140 pesticides, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in one run and
• reach LOQs of 10 ng/l for all compounds with direct injection of aqueous samples.

In this webinar Hannah Willmer will present:

• What method conditions and instrumentation are needed?
• Which are the most challenging compounds?
• How does the new waters_connect for Quan software support method development?

Presenter: Hannah Willmer (Senior Applications Chemist, Waters Corporation)

Hannah Willmer is an applications chemist in the European demo lab, based in Wilmslow, UK. Her main role focuses on application development work for the food and environmental sector.

With a background in bioanalysis supporting the pharmaceutical sector, Hannah further developed a passion for the food and environmental industry. She cultivated this enthusiasm in a contract organization for 6 years where she managed a team and developed methods for the analysis of food and supplements from nutritional testing to food safety compliance. She specialized within the pesticides and contaminants department with a focus on infant formula which brings its own challenges such as more stringent regulations and high throughput.

As a former research analyst and Waters client Hannah understands the importance of robust and reliable methods to Waters’ customers and strives to enhance the customers’ experience with the quality comprehensive solutions that are essential to meet the demands in modern testing.