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QUIMICA NOVA
Volume 34, Issue 7, Pages 1129-1135Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA QUIMICA
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-40422011000700005
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contamination; pesticides; risk analysis
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RISK ANALYSIS OF WATER CONTAMINATION BY PESTICIDES IN ALTO PARANAIBA, MG, BRAZIL. A preliminary analyses of the possible contamination of surface and groundwater by the active ingredients of the pesticide products used in the areas with intensive agricultural activities of Alto Paranaiba region, MG, Brazil, was carried out. The active ingredients and formulated products most used in the region were identified and their characteristics of environmental importance were presented. The EPA screening criteria, the groundwater ubiquity score (GUS) and the criteria proposed by Goss were used to evaluate which pesticides might contaminate the local waters. Among the active ingredients studied, several present risks to the local aquatic environment.
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