Tracking irrigation-related contaminants in water and soils (QTOF-MS)
Join this webinar to hear from Lorena Manzano as she highlights the benefits of ZenoTOF 7600 system for the analysis of pharmaceuticals and pesticides in wastewater, soils and crops.
This webinar will provide an overview of advanced high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) strategies for monitoring pharmaceuticals and pesticides in complex environmental and agricultural matrices. Lorena Manzano will share recent findings on the occurrence, persistence, and potential transfer of these contaminants from reclaimed water to soils and crops, highlighting how innovative analytical solutions can support safer water reuse practices.
Water scarcity and the increasing use of reclaimed water for irrigation create both opportunities and challenges for agriculture. While reuse contributes to sustainability, it also introduces chemical contaminants into the food chain. Conventional monitoring approaches often fail to provide the sensitivity, selectivity, and robustness required to detect low-level residues in highly complex samples such as soils and edible plant tissues.
This webinar will address these challenges by discussing the role of HRMS, with a particular focus on how ZenoTOF 7600 system enhances confidence in compound identification and quantification. Attendees will learn about key trends in environmental risk assessment, the importance of tracking persistent pharmaceuticals such as carbamazepine, and the role of multi-residue analysis in ensuring food safety.
Case studies from greenhouse experiments will be presented, demonstrating real-world examples of pharmaceutical and pesticide transfer from wastewater to soils and edible crops. Finally, the session will provide actionable insights into how cutting-edge HRMS can be integrated into monitoring programs to better protect both agricultural productivity and public health.
Key learning points:
- Understand the occurrence and persistence of pharmaceuticals and pesticides in reclaimed water, irrigated soils, and edible crops.
- Explore how ZenoTOF 7600 system enhances detection, identification, and quantification of contaminants in complex matrices.
- Learn from greenhouse case studies on pharmaceutical and pesticide accumulation under real-world irrigation practices.
- Identify key challenges and opportunities for safe wastewater reuse in agriculture and food safety monitoring
Speaker: Lorena Manzano (PhD in Analytical Chemistry, University Almería, Spain)
Lorena is an expert in advanced chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques. With over six years of experience at the European Union Reference Laboratory for Fruits and Vegetables (EURL-FV), her work has focused on the application of LC- and GC-based high- and low-resolution mass spectrometry for the monitoring of pesticide residues in plant-derived matrices.
