Brazilian Pesticide Use and Health Correlations by Municipality, 2015

A study by Wanderlei Antônio Pignati analyzes the spatial distribution of pesticide use across Brazilian municipalities and its correlation with health problems. The data covers the planted area of 21 predominant crops, including soybean, corn, and sugar cane, which accounted for 76% of the area planted in Brazil in 2015. It includes indicators of pesticide consumption per hectare and the incidence of acute, sub-acute, and chronic poisoning.

Use Cases

• Mapping pesticide application hotspots based on municipal-level consumption data
• Correlating agricultural crop areas with reported health incidents
• Identifying priority municipalities for health surveillance actions based on integrated crop and poisoning data

Strengths

• Covers 21 predominant agricultural crops, providing a broad view of the sector
• Integrates three distinct data types: planted area, pesticide consumption per hectare, and health problem indicators
• Includes a specific reference year (2015) for temporal context
• Quantifies total pesticide use at 899 million liters for the studied crops

Limitations

• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Wanderlei Antônio Pignati

Collection Method

Data obtained from planted area statistics, pesticide consumption indicators, and health problem records, as described in the study abstract.

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Data is from 2015; recency is not confirmed.

Geography

Brazil, at the municipal level