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The last two Brazilian governments were responsible for the general dismantling of public policies in favor of family farming, such actions reflected directly in the Food and Nutrition Security and Insecurity indices since 2016, progressively increased and worsened in 2020 with the pandemic of COVID-19 . Thus, this article aims to interpret the historical and political threshold between the years 2002 to 2020 and the phenomenon of hunger in this period. The conduct of the research was guided by the Literature Review on national and international sites, with a qualitative and quantitative bias of a descriptive character. The study showed that there was an increase in the levels of Food and Nutritional Insecurity at its various levels: mild, moderate and severe, highlighting the North and Northeast regions of the country as most vulnerable to hunger and essentially the populations residing in rural areas. We are facing a health and food crisis in Brazil and in the world and we therefore have an opportunity to seriously reflect on the way we produce process and distribute food.
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In recent years the quality of water and sewage treatment in Brazil is in evidence and widely discussed, due to the various cases of contamination by cyanobacteria and pathogens, giving prominence in this study: Geosmina, ZikaVirus and COVID-19, that impact water bodies. The purpose of this is to debate the current legislation and regulatory agencies that classify water quality, interpreting criteria for the preservation of aquatic life, the conservation of the areas that surround the rivers and their possible consequences for human health. The methodology was based on the literary review on national and international sites, in public bodies and institutions, the IVA – Aquatic Life Preservation Index (CETESB, 2017a/b) was defined as strategic for the preservation of the aquatic ecosystem and providing drinking water for human consumption. It was found as results: The diversity of 60 controlling agencies across the country discourage a centrality of data and control. ANA (2021) is only responsible for analyzing: pH, dissolved oxygen, conductivity and temperature, without control devices to avoid contamination, and highlighted: CEDAE in repeated episodes of geosmina contamination in the Guandu River, which prove eutrophication of this body of water and the poor quality of the water supplied to the consumer, unpleasant odor and taste. © 2021, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. All rights reserved.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic significantly affected people’s lifestyles around the world. This qualitative study discusses the influence of urban restorative environments on mental health in times of pandemic. Data was collected by means of bibliographic research, to describe the phenomena related to the need to improve biophilic tendencies. Results showed strong correlations between the natural environment, mental health and quality of life of the urban population. The pandemic also questions how we live in cities and the way we treat environmental issues. Given this scenario, the natural environmental contributes greatly to the mental health of the urban population, minimizing the onset of mental illnesses and the damage to quality of life, accentuated by COVID-19. © 2022, Psicologia USP. All Rights Reserved.