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Global health risks from pesticide use in Brazil

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Recent changes in pesticide regulations in Brazil may have public health and environmental ramifications for Brazil and its trade partners. Cross-country cooperation is key to upholding food safety.

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Fig. 1: Evaluation system currently used for licensing new pesticides in Brazil.
Fig. 2: Pesticides authorized in Brazil since 2019.

icons for citrus, coffee, corn, fruits and vegetables, rice, soy and sugar cane in b and c from https://www.flaticon.com/; world map in c from https://www.pixabay.com.

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C.A.Y.H. was sponsored by FAPESP (Process no. 2018/08015-0) and Í.B.C. (PQ 302713/2018-2) was a research fellow of Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil

    Anna Rafaela Cavalcante Braga

  2. Department of Bioscience, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Anna Rafaela Cavalcante Braga & Veridiana Vera de Rosso

  3. Institute of Marine Science, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Cyntia Ayumi Yokota Harayashiki, Paula Christine Jimenez & Ítalo Braga Castro

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Braga, A.R.C., de Rosso, V.V., Harayashiki, C.A.Y. et al. Global health risks from pesticide use in Brazil. Nat Food 1, 312–314 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-0100-3

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