Damage to the Environment Arising From Pesticides: An Evaluation From The International Literature

Artur Rech da Rosa, and Nilva Lúcia Rech Stédile

University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil

Abstract: This paper aims to make an integrative review of the literature on scientific papers of an international database on the subject of pesticides, identifying those related to the degradation of the environment, analyzing its main objectives, results, year of publication and place of study. A period of 18 years, periodicals of levels A1 and A2 of free access were used, with Digital Object Identifier System and that they fit in the area of Engineering I of the Commission of Improvement of Personnel of the Superior Level. Afterwards, the abstracts were analyzed and classified by central object of study, producing figures and comparative tables for the interpretation of the data. Only 10 articles were found that fit the inclusion criteria, being 80% of exploratory research, 7 of the 10 papers were published after 2010, showing a growth of production from one decade to another of 234%, the focus is on water, with 50% of the papers and were carried out mainly in developed countries, corresponding to 70% of the publications. The results showed that exposure to the substances was higher than allowed by the countries where the analyzes were performed and that there were several adverse effects from exposure.