Diagnóstico de depósitos de agrotóxicos em propriedades rurais na fronteira oeste do Rio Grande do Sul conforme a ABNT-NBR 9843/2004

Abstract

The west border region of Rio Grande do Sul, is characterized in agriultural terms, by the extensive rice monoculture, requiring large amounts of pesticides to ensure the crops health, which, if bad stored may bring several risks to the environment and human health. The goal of this study was to evaluate the conditions of the pesticides storage in the Rio Grande do Sul west border, according to the rules that regulates the pesticides storage in Brazil, ABNT NBR 9843/2004. The study was based on assessments carried out the field, in the season 2015/2016 evaluating 80 rural warehouses in cities located in Rio Grande do Sul West Border. On this way, it was created an attribute table according to the technical norm (ABNT-NBR) 9843/2004. The table was filled according to the evaluation reports conducted by the Rio Grande do Sul Department of Agricultural Protection. The data were grouped according to the cities in frequency distribuition tables. There was difference between the cities, being São Borja the city that had the largest number of warehouses considered legal, being in full agreement with the law. The item that had the highest number of warehouses in agreement with the law, with 94,5% of compliance, is about the construction site, that is, when constructed in a flood-free location. Itens that had the lowest percentage of warehouses in agreement with the law, were the itens relate to the use of signposts "Restricted Access" and "Caution Poison", respectively, which could easily be suitable due it low cost of deployment. The number of regular warehouses, it means, meet the legislation in its fullness can be consiered low, being less than 50% in all the evaluated cities. In conclusion in the Rio Grande do Sul West Border there are a low number of warehouses in agreement with the ABNT-NBR 9843/2004 norms.