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There has been a lot of discussions on environmental issues in cemeteries during the last decades. Older cemeteries, prior to 1820, were planned with no specific norms for place and establishment. Environmental aspects and impacts were not taken into account and, consequently, they became potential sources for environmental contamination. Current paper identifies the environmental impacts in a cemetery in a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data are important for the town since the study provides the current environmental situation of the only municipal cemetery. They may be of great help for decision taking on the environmental risks involved and may be used for fitting within the environmental norms. Methodology comprised bibliographic research on the issue and research-activity comprising four stages: historical analysis of documents on the municipal cemetery, mapping of the area, analysis on legislation and on environmental impacts. One of the issues consists in the impossibility of enlargement of the fixed area within the town's perimeter hailing from the 20s. It has also been verified that out of the 19 items in legal criteria, only one is wholly complied with, 5 items are partially complied with and 13 are contrary to current legislation. Attendance to environmental issues and the management of residues generated should be undertaken for a decrease in environmental, social and economical impacts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents data and maps about pesticides use in the 27 municipalities that compose the Eighth Regional Health of Paraná state, Brazil, which is located in the Southwest of Paraná. For that, data from the Pesticide Trade and Use Monitoring System in Paraná (SIAGRO) was used, which is managed by the Agricultural Defense Agency of Paraná (ADAPAR). SIAGRO was established in 2011, so that the article discusses the information obtained between the years 2011 and 2016. Data on the volume of pesticides marketed in each municipality were mapped and analyzed, as well as the presentation of graphs on the main active ingredients commercialized, classification of use and volume destined for culture. From this, it was observed that the production of commodities such as soybean, corn and wheat has been responsible for the exorbitant consumption of pesticides in the 27 municipalities in question, so that the main active ingredients used trigger high risk of environmental contamination and also for the human health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]