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## The Universitat Jaume I consolidates the IUPA as a reference centre in analytical chemistry for public health and the environment and in water resources The University Institute of Pesticides and Water Resources has a laboratory certified in good practice that works on the establishment of maximum residue limits of pesticides in food in Europe

10/02/2020 |
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The Universitat Jaume I is positioned in the field of research in the areas of Analytical Chemistry and Hydrogeology thanks to the work carried out by the University Institute of Pesticides and Water Resources (IUPA), a reference centre that has advanced technology that allows the detection of very diverse contaminants that may be present in water, food or biological fluids.

The IUPA is a centre specialised in both analytical research and water resources and has a prestigious Laboratory for the Analysis of Pesticide Residues. Thus, its main lines of work are research into contaminants in samples of environmental, food and toxicological interest; research into the consumption of drugs and exposure to contaminants through the analysis of wastewater; hydrogeology applied to groundwater, and the development of omic techniques (metabolomics) applied to nutrition, the food sector or biomedicine.

The rector of the UJI, Eva Alcón, visited the facilities of the IUPA accompanied by the director of the Institute, Félix Hernández; the vice-rector for Research and Transfer, Jesús Lancis, and the professor of Analytical Chemistry and member of the Institute, Francisco López Benet, within the framework of a series of visits that she will make to all the institutes of the University. During the visit, Alcón was able to see first-hand the work being carried out in the Institute's various laboratories and expressed her satisfaction at having a leading centre in this field.

The director of the Institute highlighted during the visit the last generation equipment that the IUPA has, which is capable of detecting, identifying and quantifying contaminants such as pesticides, antibiotics or flame retardants, among other substances, at extremely low levels of concentration. In addition, he highlighted the important transfer task carried out by the Laboratory for the Analysis of Pesticide Residues (LARP), integrated in the Institute, given that its studies have a direct impact on food safety issues both nationally and internationally.

The LARP has the prestigious Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) certification since 2001. It was the first Spanish laboratory to obtain this certification in the field of pesticides. In addition, it was appointed in 2005 as a Reference Laboratory of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to carry out studies under the principles of GLP. This positioning in GLP studies means working with large multinationals in the phytosanitary sector, as well as companies in the agro-food sector, thus increasing the international projection of the Institute.

In this sense, and in line with the internationalisation strategy of the Universitat Jaume I, the University Institute of Pesticides and Water Resources participates in various research projects with European countries such as Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Italy, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal. It also maintains an intense collaboration with Australian research centres. Likewise, in Latin America, the IUPA is developing joint projects with Colombia, Brazil and Costa Rica.

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