Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 61, Issue 10, Pages 2358-2363Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf304742h
Keywords
banana peel; river waters; treated waters; atrazine; ametryne; water remediation
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- FAPESP (Brazilian funding agency)
- CAPES (Brazilian funding agency)
- CNPq (Brazilian funding agency)
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The feasibility of using banana peel for removal of the pesticides atrazine and ametryne from river and treated waters has been demonstrated, allowing the design of an efficient, fast, and low-cost strategy for remediation of polluted waters. The conditions for removal of these pesticides in a laboratory scale were optimized as sample volume = 50 mL, banana mass = 3.0 g, stirring time = 40 min, and no pH adjustment necessary. K-F(sor) values for atrazine and ametryne were evaluated as 35.8 and 54.1 mu g g(-1) mL(-1)) by using liquid scintillation spectrometry. Adsorption was also evaluated by LC-ESI-MS/MS. As quantification limits were 0.10 and 0.14 mu g L-1 for both pesticides, sample preconcentration was not needed. Linear analytical curves (up to 10 mu g L-1), precise results (RSD < 4.5%), good recoveries (82.9-106.6%), and a > 90% removal efficiency were attained for both pesticides. Water samples collected near an intensively cultivated area were adequately remedied.
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