Agrotóxicos no Brasil: comparativo da atual legislação com o Projeto de Lei nº 6.299/2002.

Abstract

Brazilian agriculture underwent several changes over the decades until its modernization, which is based on the increase in the intensive use of pesticides, consolidated in the 1970s. The proposal of this work is to compare the current legislation with the Law Project No. 6,299 / 2002 and to analyze the possible implications arising from the changes in the legislation of pesticides coming from this bill. Regarding the methodology used, the deductive method was used to analyze the Brazilian legislation on the use of pesticides in the country. It still enjoyed the direct documentation research technique, to reach data through bibliographic research, laws, decrees, doctrine, jurisprudence, and scientific works. Therefore, the indiscriminate consumption of pesticides in Brazil is a consequence of the process of modernization of agriculture that is directly linked to the evolution of the chemical industries. It was through various public policies of the government that the agrochemical companies began to grow in the country and, with this, the high consumption index of their products, which had bad consequences for society: environmental impacts and damages to human health. As a result, it was necessary to regulate the use of agrochemicals inherent in agronomic activities. In 1989, the Law of Agrotoxic No. 7.802 was created, valid until the present day. However, in response to requests from the private sector, the main interested party, the Brazilian government is about to modify Brazilian legislation in order to allow the registration of new chemical products and encourage further consumption of pesticides.