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• The Detection of Nitro Pesticides in Mainstream and Sidestream Cigarette Smoke Using Electron Monochromator-Mass Spectrometry  

Volume 78 Issue 8 (April 15, 2006) Anal. Chem., ASAP Article 10.1021/ac060328w S0003-2700(06)00328-3
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Author: A. John Dane, Crystal D. Havey, and Kent J. Voorhees*

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All cigarette types tested showed the presence of the three pesticides in the tobacco smoke, with flumetralin ranging from trace levels up to 37 (± 9) ng/cig, pendimethalin ranging from trace levels up to 10.4 (± 0.6) ng/cig, and trifluralin ranging from trace levels up to 47 (± 17) ng/cig. Acute toxicity information is presented for the three pesticides.

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