Brazil - “PL of Poison”
Approved legislation modernizes and streamlines registration of new products
The Chamber of Deputies approved this Wednesday (9), by 301 votes to 150, the basic text of the bill that sets a deadline for obtaining registration of pesticides in Brazil. The matter goes to the Senate for a vote. Check out how the parliamentarians voted .
The analysis of the proposal was not foreseen in the voting agenda for this Wednesday. The deputies approved the urgency of the text, by 327 votes to 71, and soon after the proposal went to a vote. The text centralizes in the Ministry of Agriculture the attributions of inspection and analysis of these products for agricultural use. In addition, it allows obtaining temporary registration.
The project has been going through the Chamber for 20 years. The text establishes the maximum period for registration varies from 30 days to two years, depending on the type of analysis to be carried out. Currently, due to the complexity of risk analysis and the lack of human testing, requests can take around seven years to have a definitive opinion.
According to the proposal's rapporteur, deputy Luiz Nishimori (PL-PR), currently the release of a registration takes from three to eight years, which "prevents more model products from reaching the market".
With the bill, if the application for registration does not have a conclusive opinion issued within two years, it will be possible to grant a temporary registration for a new pesticide or a temporary authorization for the application of an existing product in another crop for which there is no was initially indicated.
For this, it is enough that the product in question is used in at least three member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an entity that brings together 37 nations with different levels of requirements on the subject and that was worth Brazil's entry into the permanent frame .
CONTROVERSY
Dubbed the “Poison PL” by opposition deputies, the proposal changes the nomenclature from “pesticides” to “pesticides”. According to Luiz Nishimori (PL/PR), this nomenclature change will standardize the term adopted by Brazil and OECD member countries.
“No wonder, here in Parliament it is being called the 'Poison PL'. But not only here: there are more than 300 civil society organizations, including Fiocruz, among them the Federal Public Ministry itself, who are signing documents, calling it the 'Poison Bill' and showing the meaning of its delay ”, said deputy Marcelo Freixo (PSB/RJ).
For the opposition leader, deputy Alessandro Molon (PSB-RJ), the consequences of the accelerated release of records will be “irreversible” for the health of Brazilians. According to the parliamentarian, among the 50 most used pesticides in Brazil, 30 are already banned in other countries.
“Products that cause ulcers, skin corrosion, cancer, blindness, will no longer be considered extremely toxic. This is unbelievable, but this is the truth,” he argued.
For the majority leader, deputy Diego Andrade (PSD/MG), the measure will modernize Brazilian agriculture. “We have to stop talking badly about the nation that feeds the world with sustainability, and we do need pesticides, as we need a vaccine, which is also a medicine and cures in the right dose. We cannot play against what is sustaining Brazil,” he said.
“Of course, we do need pesticides, as we need the vaccine, which is also a medicine that cures in the right dose. There are pesticides made from cloves, for example, to export lemons, to disinfect”, he added.
According to the deputy leader of the government, deputy Evair Vieira de Melo (PP/ES), Brazilian production is safe and inspected by judicious international agencies.
"The statement that this project will put more poison on the table of Brazilians is a lie. Whoever says that is unfounded. This is merely an ideological and political speech. To say that this project attacks environmental legislation is a lie. Whoever says that doesn't hold up either," he said.
Posted on 02/09/2022 - 21:44 By Heloisa Cristaldo - Reporter from Agência Brasil - Brasília
Editing: Pedro Ivo de Oliveira
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