OVERVIEW OF THE USE AND CONSUMPTION OF PESTICIDES IN THE NEW AGRICULTURAL FRONTIER IN THE WEST OF PARÁ: TEMPORARY TILLING
Agriculture. Pesticides. GHS. Environment. Human health.
The advance of the agricultural frontier in the State of Pará was established in the Southeast and West Region of the State, and was established in the municipalities of the Paragominas region in the Southeast of Pará and in the municipalities of Belterra, Mojuí do Campos and Santarém in the West of Pará. The predominance of temporary crops in the State of Pará is frankly dominated by soybeans and corn, crops that are recognized as dependent on pesticides. On the other hand, the lack of control over pesticides makes it imperative to produce qualitative and quantitative information on the dynamics and evolution of the consumption of these substances; in order to obtain a systematic overview of the use and consumption of these products and their impacts on public health and environmental health. This study aimed to know the dynamics of use and consumption of pesticides in the region of Western Pará as well as to establish a comparative analysis between the old regulation adopted in Brazil for the classification of pesticides and the current classification. A large number of information was produced from surveys based on secondary data from different government agencies, supervisory bodies, scientific references and through academic-government partnerships.