Eficiência Energética em Edificações

A construção e restauração de edifícios comerciais e residenciais no Brasil ganhou um aliado ambiental em 26 de novembro de 2014, o Selo Procel Edificações, desenvolvido pela empresa estatal de capital aberto Eletrobras com o mesmo conceito do Selo Procel para Equipamentos e Eletrodomésticos.
Em memória do Professor Doutor João Salvador Furtado
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Toxicologia no Teatro? Veja-se, por exemplo, o Hamlet
“Dia 6 de janeiro de 1948, terça-feira. Às 21 horas, estreava no teatro Fênix, no Centro do Rio de Janeiro, Hamlet, de William Shakespeare.”
É o que se lê no início do primeiro parágrafo do texto Hamlet, um acontecimento do teatro brasileiro, no Portal das Artes, da Fundação Nacional de Artes. Hoje, 6 de janeiro de 2016, completamos, portanto, 66 anos da provável primeira encenação em palcos brasileiros da que alguns consideram a obra magna de William Shakespeare.
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Active Environmental Responsibility
We need to build a humanized society for the perspective of Environmental Education
The tragedy occurred last November 5 in the city of Mariana, Central Region of Minas Gerais, has been considered by some experts as the most serious environmental accident in the history of our country. The disruption of Samarco mining tailings dam, of property Vale and Anglo-Australian company BHP, invites us to reflect on the company”s responsibility in the protection of our natural resources. We need to build a humanized society for the perspective of Environmental Education.
The traditional model of environmental management (very weak at the moment in Brazilian politics) is focused on punishing the company with fines and other administrative and legal instruments, rather than creating education policies and environmental incentives and citizen humanization process for this perspective, allowing create in Brazilian society a “feeling ” that all of us, I said all of us, are responsible for preserving and ensuring environmental resourses.
Regulatory Affairs: BIOCIDES IN BRAZIL: REGULATORY ASPECTS
Biocidal products are known worldwide for its function and efficiency characteristic to inactivate microorganisms in several areas. However, Brazil does not have a relevant and specific legislation for this product, not even a definition provided by the law, which leaves us at a disadvantage in relation to other countries that dominate it and carry out a strict regulatory control as the production, distribution and marketing of biocidal products.
Biocides compounds are present in the production of various products, from pesticides to agronomist application, through the cosmetics area as preservatives, even in the composition of sanitizing products for mold appearance prevention. This information shows in the urgency of drawing up a specific regulatory environment for biocides, taking into account also the risks that this compound may entail for human health and the environment, since their action is strong enough to prevent microbial growth.
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