Do local ao internacional: o impacto do uso de agrotóxicos nas relações entre o Brasile a União Europeia sob a perspectiva dos conflitos no município de Limoeiro do Norte (CE)

Abstract

The technological evolution of the 20th century, driven by industrial revolutions and the need for research to combat the great world wars, led to an increase in environmental exploitation and the need for new techniques to increase agricultural production, in view of the exponential increase of the world population. In this sense, the creation of chemical poisons to exterminate pests took place, guaranteeing greater agricultural production, being disseminated to a large part of the world. However, its unregulated use can reach the population close to the plantations, bringing consequences for the environment and human health, which has led several countries around the world to strengthen their legislation regarding the use of pesticides in their territory. On the other hand, in the brazilian scenario there is an opposite path, the brazilian environmental policy in recent years encourages the use of such products with the massive release of such pesticides, many of which are prohibited in other parts of the world, bringing reflexes to the local and international relations. Thus, the objective is to reflect on the Law of Pesticides in Brazil, as well as the current policy established by the Federal Government, analyzing the impact on the local sphere of brazilian society and the impacts on international relations. In the local scenario, we chose to analyze the case of the municipality of Limoeiro do Norte, in the interior of Ceará, marked by diversified agricultural conflicts and by the large number of diseases in the population associated with the use of pesticides in Chapada do Apodi. In addition, on the international scene, the use of pesticides in the European Union, one of Brazil's main trading partners, will be analyzed and how the Brazilian pesticide release policy can impact relations with this important trading partner. In order to reach such results, the technique of indirect investigation research will be used, through an exploratory way, with document analysis and bibliographic and legislative research, concluding that the federal policy directly affects the local scope in the country and that the possibility of affecting commercial relations between Brazil and the European Union will depend on several factors and changes in positions in European legislation, identifying a controversy in its pesticide policy.