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RURAL 21, 2021
The official number of environmental contaminations by pesticides between 2007-2014 is shown as 25,000. But according to Juliana Dias Bernardes Gil, one of the authors of the study, the estimated number of unreported cases is significantly greater. The pesticides are used incorrectly and applied in excessive amounts. Effective controls are found primarily in large farms; the smaller farms – if they use pesticides – are dependent on dealers who offer undefined mixtures and do not state clearly when and on which crops they should be used. This is why pesticides for grains are now also found in wood products and vegetables.