The approval of the 'Poison Package' and the time frame proposal expose traditional communities and society at large to harmful chemicals. 

The current administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has demonstrated a willingness and interest in taking a leading role in environmental and climate issues. However, a series of measures adopted by Brazil's Federal Legislative and Executive branches in recent years have moved in the opposite direction—away from environmental preservation, public health protection, and the safeguarding of traditional territories, and toward favoring the country's pesticide market.

We outline measures taken by the Executive and Legislative branches that have intensified pesticide poisoning among the Brazilian population, along with reactions from civil society, including Terra de Direitos.

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