Pesticides in different environmental compartments in Brazil: a review

Over the years Brazil has become one of largest agricultural producers and exporters in world. At same time, there was a significant increase use pesticides to productivity at harvest. In this context, is great concern about human health, fauna, flora, since inputs can go through different chemical processes migrate various environmental compartments. paper addresses review studies that have reported presence compartments such as water (surface irrigation), soil, food. The detected concentrations, Maximum Residue Limit (MRL), current legislation, values ​​of Estimated Daily Intake (ADI) or Acceptable are presented. general, it observed DDTs their metabolites were concentrations beyond MRL, followed by atrazine. Regarding intake estimates, greater with children they more vulnerable, due low body weight when compared adults. Finally, consider cumulative effect needed better assess components diet potential adverse effects on health population.