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Os principais pesticidas detetados em produtos ap\u00edcolas foram pesticidas organoclorados e organofosforados, neonicotin\u00f3ides, piretr\u00f3ides e fungicidas sist\u00e9micos modernos. Contudo, as concentra\u00e7\u00f5es destas subst\u00e2ncias foram baixas e consistentemente abaixo dos limites m\u00e1ximos de res\u00edduos estabelecidos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Estas constata\u00e7\u00f5es indicam um risco alimentar muito baixo para os humanos. N\u00e3o obstante, os res\u00edduos de pesticidas podem representar um problema mais significativo para a sa\u00fade das abelhas e para a qualidade dos produtos ap\u00edcolas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ir para o artigo cient\u00edfico <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/23311932.2026.2666940#abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">aqui<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Um estudo bibliogr\u00e1fico publicado na Cogent Food &amp; Agriculture analisou 39 artigos cient\u00edficos sobre o tema. Os principais pesticidas detetados em produtos ap\u00edcolas foram pesticidas organoclorados e organofosforados, neonicotin\u00f3ides, piretr\u00f3ides e fungicidas sist\u00e9micos modernos. Contudo, as concentra\u00e7\u00f5es destas subst\u00e2ncias foram baixas e consistentemente abaixo dos limites m\u00e1ximos de res\u00edduos estabelecidos.<br \/>\nEstas constata\u00e7\u00f5es indicam um risco alimentar muito baixo para os humanos. N\u00e3o obstante, os res\u00edduos de pesticidas podem representar um problema mais significativo para a sa\u00fade das abelhas e para a qualidade dos produtos ap\u00edcolas.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A bibliographic study published in Cogent Food &amp; Agriculture analyzed 39 scientific papers on this topic. The main pesticides detected in bee products were organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides, neonicotinoids, pyrethroids, and modern systemic fungicides. 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Nevertheless, pesticide residues may represent a more significant concern for honey bee health and for the quality of bee products.","twitter:creator":"@apimondia","twitter:image":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/apimondia-logo-small-1.webp"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"3351","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"featured","og_image_url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/honey-spoon-by-matankic-wikipedia.jpg","og_image_width":"1600","og_image_height":"836","og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"BlogPosting","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"schemas":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":[],"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2026-06-18 23:18:09","updated":"2026-06-19 06:39:25","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null,"focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/category\/uncategorized\/\" title=\"Highlights\">Highlights<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tPesticides in Honey and Bee Pollen and Human Health\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt"},{"label":"Highlights","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/category\/uncategorized\/"},{"label":"Pesticides in Honey and Bee Pollen and Human Health","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/pesticides-in-honey-and-bee-pollen-and-human-health\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3353,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions\/3353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}