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Application note: Analysis of 27 GC-amenable pesticides in cannabis in North America with the 8890/7010

This application note defines a complete workflow that achieves limits of detection (LOD), limits of quantitation (LOQ), accuracy, and precision

Twenty-seven GC-amenable pesticides and their isomers regulated in the cannabis industry in North America stand out as challenging to analyse using liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (TQ LC/MS) with electrospray ionization (ESI). This list includes pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB, also known as quintozene), kinoprene, captan, methyl parathion, chlorfenapyr, and chlordanes. This application note defines a complete workflow that achieves and exceeds required limits of detection (LOD), limits of quantitation (LOQ), accuracy, and precision defined by the California Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) and Health Canada in dry cannabis flower.