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Anvisa has three open public consultations about the banning of pesticides. The three substances are: Lactofem: Herbicide used on soybeans, and present in products of the companies Bayer (Cobra), UPL (Coral), Nufarm (Drible) and Adama (Naja). Considered carcinogenic, the product is banned in the European Union. Tiram: Fungicide authorized for…

Third report in the series “Pesticides: the story behind the numbers”, held by the Institute of Communication and Scientific and Technological Information in Health (Icict/Fiocruz), brings as featured the lecture  recorded during the Seminar of Human Capabilities, Development and Public Policies, promoted by Nethis. In her study of agrochemicals, the researcher…

The researcher of the Center for the Study of Workers ' Health and Human Ecology (Cesteh) of the National School of Public Health Sergio Arouca (Ensp/Fiocruz) Karen Friedrich explains that there is a requirement of irrefutable proof of the presence of a pesticide in clinical tests on blood or urine.…

The December edition of Crisinforma highlights the International Seminar on Arbovirus (zika, chicungunya, dengue), the DSS symposium sponsored by the National School of Public Health (Ensp) and the meeting with the Director of the TDR/UN. The new edition also deals with International Health Development Workshop, promoted by Paho with Cris…

Image: Reuters After two weeks of intense negotiations, the COP-21 (UN Climate Conference) ended Saturday in Paris with a historic agreement, which first involves nearly every country in the world in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and curb the effects of global warming. The centerpiece…

With the participation of the President of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Paulo Gadelha, and of the professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) Norberto Rech, the table "Science, technology and innovation in SUS" was one of the highlights of this Wednesday (December 2nd), at the 15th National Conference…

Between December 2nd and 4th, the Federal Council of Medicine organized the V Congress of Medical Humanities, in Goiânia, Goiás. With the main theme "Humanities in Medical School", the event approached the "Hidden Curriculum and medical education", "The epistemological components in the construction of humanities in medicine", "Humanities in Medical…

In the International Day of Fight Against the Pesticides, on December 3rd, social movements held a demonstration to denounce the harms to health caused by the intensive use of poisons by Brazilian agribusiness. The demonstration, held in front of the pavilion where it is being held the 15th National Conference…

Image: disclosure. In 2010, more than US$ 7 billion were spent for the acquisition of chemicals in the domestic market. In 2011, over 850 million liters of pesticides were sprayed on Brazilian crops. In 2012, the Brazilian market of the poison had grown 190%. The scenery…

Image: The Greenest Post The Denmark is preparing itself to have a fully sustainable agriculture. This is one of the projects that the current Government intends to put in place to transform the Danish agriculture in 100% organic. The first goal to be reached until 2020…