Levantamento dos agrotóxicos utilizados na horticultura no município de ubajara-ce

Abstract

In order to know the qualities of vegetables, produced, this study aimed to identify the types of pesticides used in plantations of horticultural products in the city of Ubajara. The work was done in a descriptive way, with visits to sites where they had plantations of crops of spinach, eggplant, cucumber and tomato. The result of this study was verified using various types of pesticides such as Astro, watching, Lannate BR, Pirate, Vext, Actara 10 GR, Kumulus DF, Monspilan, Orthocide 500. Each product mentioned belongs to a class of danger according to ANVISA between the pesticides used in plantations in the municipality of Ubajara, classification of toxicity ranged from low toxicity to highly toxic. It was concluded that requires greater scrutiny in horticultural crops of the municipality and if possible try to replace pesticides by products that violate the environment and less to food.