{"id":2967,"date":"2022-03-29T17:02:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T17:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/sem-categoria\/repelentes-de-insetos-com-deet\/"},"modified":"2023-04-11T20:04:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T20:04:05","slug":"repelentes-de-insetos-com-deet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/produtos-de-consumo\/repelentes-de-insetos-com-deet\/","title":{"rendered":"Repelentes de insetos com DEET"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container claim-key-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0 0 1px 0;border-color:#002b5f;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1456px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: 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pesquisa<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:20% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 9.6%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 9.6%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:20% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 9.6%;margin-left : 9.6%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#e2e2e2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1456px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2 id=\"enter-claim-here\">Os repelentes de insetos provocam cancro<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 factfinder-entry-text\"><h3 id=\"o-que-pode-ter-ouvido\">O que pode ter ouvido<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O uso de repelentes de insetos com DEET pode provocar cancro. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"what-science-tells-us\">O que nos diz a ci\u00eancia<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grande parte da preocupa\u00e7\u00e3o com os repelentes de insetos \u00e9 com um dos seus ingredientes mais comuns: N,N-dietil-meta-toluamida, conhecido comummente como DEET. O DEET confere ao repelente de insetos o seu forte cheiro qu\u00edmico, que \u00e9 usado para repelir insetos que picam, como mosquitos, carra\u00e7as e pulgas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"evid\u00eancias-epidemiol\u00f3gicas\">Evid\u00eancias epidemiol\u00f3gicas<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Ag\u00eancia de Prote\u00e7\u00e3o Ambiental (EPA) concluiu que o DEET n\u00e3o \u00e9 um agente cancer\u00edgeno para o ser humano. Com elevados n\u00edveis de exposi\u00e7\u00e3o, como num derramamento de produtos qu\u00edmicos, podem ocorrer danos no sistema nervoso central. As evid\u00eancias adicionais sobre o risco de cancro n\u00e3o s\u00e3o claras.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"evid\u00eancias-laboratoriais\/elem\">Evid\u00eancias laboratoriais\/elementos comprovativos<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alguns estudos em animais relataram um aumento do risco de cancro quando expostos ao DEET (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/npic.orst.edu\/factsheets\/DEETgen.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NPIC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). No entanto, foram realizados <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">v\u00e1rios estudos mais abrangentes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0com acompanhamento a longo prazo em animais que n\u00e3o mostraram um aumento de tumores quando expostos a repelentes de insetos com DEET (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atsdr.cdc.gov\/toxfaqs\/tfacts185.pdf\">ATSDR<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"classifica\u00e7\u00e3o-carcinog\u00e9nica\"><strong><i>Classifica\u00e7\u00e3o carcinog\u00e9nica do CIIC:<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> N\u00e3o classificado.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-reduce-your-risk\">Como reduzir o risco<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use sempre os repelentes de insetos conforme indicado. Aplique repelentes de insetos apenas na pele e\/ou roupas expostas e n\u00e3o aplique perto dos olhos ou da boca. Ao usar sprays, n\u00e3o pulverize diretamente no rosto \u2013 pulverize primeiro nas m\u00e3os e depois aplique no rosto. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A EPA aprovou o uso de repelentes de insetos que n\u00e3o cont\u00eam DEET. Por exemplo, outro ingrediente em repelentes de insetos e pesticidas industriais \u00e9 a permetrina. A Ag\u00eancia de Prote\u00e7\u00e3o Ambiental (EPA) concluiu que a permetrina (e os produtos qu\u00edmicos associados resmetrina e d-fenotrina) podem ser usados para o controlo de mosquitos em termos de sa\u00fade p\u00fablica sem apresentar riscos irracionais para a sa\u00fade humana (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/mosquitocontrol\/permethrin-resmethrin-d-phenothrin-sumithrinr-synthetic-pyrethroids-mosquito-control\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EPA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Estas alternativas podem dar-lhe tranquilidade se preferir evitar o DEET. A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/silentspring.org\/detox-me-app-tips-healthier-living\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aplica\u00e7\u00e3o para smartphone Detox Me<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tamb\u00e9m tem muitas sugest\u00f5es para ajudar a escolher produtos mais seguros.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"bottom-line\">Conclus\u00e3o<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Os repelentes de insetos com DEET n\u00e3o t\u00eam efeito cancer\u00edgeno no ser humano, mas existem alternativas dispon\u00edveis que n\u00e3o cont\u00eam DEET.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"sources-and-links-for-more-inf\">Saiba mais nestas fontes fidedignas<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/npic.orst.edu\/factsheets\/DEETgen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Pesticide Information Center: Ficha de dados geral do DEET (em ingl\u00eas)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roswellpark.org\/cancertalk\/201807\/does-bug-spray-cause-cancer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center: O repelente de insetos e o cancro (em ingl\u00eas)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/insect-repellents\/deet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ag\u00eancia de Prote\u00e7\u00e3o Ambiental (EPA): DEET (em ingl\u00eas) <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www3.epa.gov\/pesticides\/chem_search\/reg_actions\/reregistration\/fs_PC-109701_1-Jun-06.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPA: Permetrina (em ingl\u00eas)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/mosquitocontrol\/permethrin-resmethrin-d-phenothrin-sumithrinr-synthetic-pyrethroids-mosquito-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPA: Controlo de mosquitos (em ingl\u00eas)<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atsdr.cdc.gov\/toxfaqs\/tfacts185.pdf\">ATSDR<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atsdr.cdc.gov\/toxfaqs\/tfacts185.pdf\">: DEET (em ingl\u00eas)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"date\">Data<\/h3>\n<p>Publica\u00e7\u00e3o: 7 de julho de 2021<br \/>\nVerifica\u00e7\u00e3o\/atualiza\u00e7\u00e3o: 22 de agosto de 2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-2{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[131],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4005,"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967\/revisions\/4005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}