Emerging contaminants (ECs) have been detected in the soil environment where there is the potential for uptake into crops. Previous plant uptake studies under controlled field conditions were done at unrealistic exposure concentrations [1]. This study was aimed to assess the presence of emerging pollutants in soils and crops irrigated with treated wastewater in Saudi Arabia to evaluate the potential of plant uptake of these compounds under environmental conditions. The use of LC-MS/MS continues being the best tool for detecting emerging contaminants in environmental matrices, the combined use of hybrid high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) and ultrahigh pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) has been proved as a good method to study these contaminants

The financial support from the Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Program (DSFP) from King Saud University, Saudi Arabia is gratefully acknowledged. R. Álvarez also knowledge the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Competitiveness and Innovation for his FPI grant BES-2016-078612.

Trabajo presentado en la XVIII Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Cromatografía y Técnicas Afines (SECyTA 2018), celebrado en Granada del 2 al 4 de octubre del 2018

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