Bolsonaro administration authorizes 56 new pesticides, totalling 935 in two years

The Ministry of Agriculture published in the Official Federal Gazette the release of 56 new pesticide products - 51 generic and 5 new substances, according to a survey made by the G1 news channel. Of these, 37 are chemical pesticides and only 19 are biological, which can be used in commercial crops and in organic food production, for example.

Since the beginning of its mandate, the Bolsonaro administration has broken records in the number of agrochemicals allowed for agriculture. In 2020, there were 461 new registers, just behind the historic 474 mark, reached in 2019, according to the report.