THE RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AT RISK: USE OF PESTICIDES IN BRAZILIAN CROPS, HIGH PRODUCTIVITY AND BEE EXTERMINATION

Abstract

The research developed here aims to analyze the legal and environmental effects resulting from the extermination of bees, the main natural pollinators, and the consequences within the scope of the fundamental right to a healthy environment. The study will focus on the main cause of this environmental imbalance in the context of the excessive or inappropriate use of pesticides in crops in several regions of the country, resulting from the excessive use of pesticides in Brazilian crops, putting at risk the right to a healthy environment. In this sense, the discussion about maintaining high productivity to meet the demand of the consumer market and the need to use various pesticides, even to the detriment of environmental balance, challenges the health authorities and the legal and scientific community, as it demands the formulation of measures that can minimize the effects and thus promote a balance between the two scenarios. The legal analysis will permeate, therefore, the problem of the challenges of maintaining a balanced environment and the frank Brazilian agricultural production, whose contribution follows world indices in the same activity and procedures. To conduct this research, the deductive method was used, qualitative research through bibliography composed of national doctrine, scientific articles on the subject and national legislation.