Pesticides in Food and Environment: Detection and Removal Using Chemical Technologies

Dear Colleagues,

Pesticides are widely used in modern agriculture to ensure crop yield and food security, but their residues in food and the environment pose serious risks to ecosystems and human health. The dccurate detection and effective removal of pesticide residues are, therefore, crucial aspects of efforts to ensure food safety is maintained the environment is protected.

This Special Issue aims to highlight recent advances in the development and application of chemical technologies for pesticide monitoring and remediation. We welcome original research and comprehensive review articles focusing on the following areas:

• Innovative detection strategies based on chromatographic techniques, molecular spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry;
• Advanced chemical and physicochemical processes for pesticide removal, including adsorption, photocatalysis, advanced oxidation/reduction processes (AOPs), ozonation, Fenton-like reactions, and emerging membrane or hybrid systems;
• Application of functionalized materials such as biochars, MOFs, MIPs, and nanomaterials in pesticide remediation;
• Green and sustainable approaches in both detection and removal, including solvent-free extraction techniques, deep eutectic solvents, and bio-based sorbents;
• Studies on the fate of pesticides, including degradation, transformation, and persistence in environmental and food matrices under various physicochemical conditions.

Manuscripts reporting novel materials, mechanisms of interaction, or field-scale applications are particularly welcome. Research dealing with the development of efficient, selective, and environmentally benign chemical methods is of significant interest.

You are kindly invited to submit contributions, whether original research articles or reviews, to this platform, which will share your findings with the broader scientific community.

Dr. Tamara Lazarevic-Pasti
Guest Editor

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