Advanced green analytical chemistry for environmental pesticide detection

Abstract Understanding the adverse effects of pesticide residues on human and aquatic health, 21st century seems aware to adopt advanced agriculture-based on minimum used of pesticide residues. Such advancements advocate development of novel and sensitive analytical methods which can detect ultra-low levels of pesticide residues with minimum complexity and requirement of expensive traditional analytical techniques. The objective of the present work is to bring forth the concept of green analytical chemistry and to assess the recent progress in pesticide detection techniques within the framework of Green Chemistry and sustainability. Herein, the recent advancements are outlined in analytical techniques based on nano-systems for convenient, fast, green, and ultrasensitive detection of pesticide residues in food and environmental samples including deliberations on newer and future cost-effective analytical approaches in the field of pesticide detection.