Pollution of Water and Food by Hormonally Active Pesticides and Drugs (Human and Veterinary): Focus on Emerging Countries: Emerging Contaminants with Endocrine Disruption Potential in Brazil
Abstract:Significant increases in agricultural production and productivity have been achieved in the last decades and Brazil has become one of the main players in world agribusiness with the largest consumption in absolute values of pesticides in the world. However, the consequences of a predatory model of production and development can cause problems of environmental contamination and human health either via water and food or by direct exposure of workers to different chemicals. Contaminants in Brazil are found in the… Show more
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