Submitted by Rosangela Silva (rosangela.silva3@unioeste.br) on 2018-05-24T12:24:37Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Angélica Reolon.pdf: 1414182 bytes, checksum: 24ef86620ffa2bfc3e82176b316ebf86 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-24T12:24:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Angélica Reolon.pdf: 1414182 bytes, checksum: 24ef86620ffa2bfc3e82176b316ebf86 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-09 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / A deltamethrin is an insecticide belonging to the type II pyrethroid group, widely used without as a pest control in agriculture, industry, public health and in homes, but its indiscriminate and unprotected use has become a problem for population, since several pyrethroids had their action associated with disruption. Therefore, this work aimed to evaluate the possible disrupting actions of deltamethrin on the male and female reproductive systems of rats. Four female rats and two adult, nonbreeding male Wistar albino rats were used. The animals were placed for mating and the pregnant rats (F0 generation) were divided into 2 groups: treatment and control. From the 8th to the 14th day of pregnancy the treatment group received intraperitoneal injections of deltamethrin (0.01 mg / kg) and the control group received canola oil. Pregnant rats (F0 generation) were monitored daily and at 21 days postpartum weaning was performed (F1 generation), at 70 and 76 days of age, this generation was placed for procreation, and, as in the F0 generation, weaning was performed after 21 days of delivery (F2 generation). All the generations had the time of pregnancy, the number of pups and the sexual proportion between females and males evaluated. After euthanasia, the organs weight of the female and male reproductive systems and the integrity of the sperm plasma membrane were analyzed. Exposure to deltamethrin resulted in increased right-sided seminal vesicle weight in both generations and influenced uterine volume increase and right ovary decrease in subsequent generations, and decreased left ovary in F1 generation. The relative weight of the testes, vas deferens, left epididymis, left seminal vesicle and prostate, and the integrity parameter of the sperm plasma membrane did not change. Pregnancy time and number of pups in F1 generation were not affected and the proportion between females and males in both generations was similar. We can conclude that the exposure to deltamethrin altered anatomical aspects of weight of the right seminal vesicle, uterus and ovaries in subsequent generations. However, fertility patterns (number and sex ratio) remained unchanged. / A deltametrina é um inseticida pertencente ao grupo dos piretroides do tipo II, muito utilizada no controle de pragas na agricultura, indústria, saúde pública e nas residências, porém, seu uso indiscriminado e sem a devida proteção tem se tornado um problema para a saúde da população, já que vários piretroides tiveram suas ações associadas com alterações disruptoras. Diante disso, este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar as possíveis ações disruptoras da deltametrina sobre o sistema reprodutor masculino e feminino de ratos. Utilizou-se 4 ratas fêmeas e 2 ratos machos adultos, não consanguíneos, albinos da linhagem Wistar. Os animais foram colocados para acasalamento e as ratas prenhes (geração F0) foram divididas em 2 grupos: tratamento e controle. A partir do 8° ao 14° dia de prenhez, o grupo tratamento recebeu injeções por via intraperitoneal de deltametrina (0,01 mg.kg-1) e o grupo controle recebeu óleo de canola. As ratas prenhes (geração F0) foram acompanhados diariamente e, aos 21 dias após o parto, foi realizado o desmame da ninhada (geração F1), aos 70 e 76 dias de vida esta geração foi colocada para procriação, e, assim como na geração F0, após 21 dias do parto foi realizado o desmame da ninhada (geração F2). Todas as gerações tiveram o tempo de prenhez, o número de filhotes e a proporção sexual entre fêmeas e machos avaliados. Após a eutanásia, foi analisado o peso dos órgãos do sistema reprodutor feminino e masculino e a integridade da membrana plasmática dos espermatozoides. A exposição à deltametrina resultou no aumento do peso da vesícula seminal direita em ambas as gerações e influenciou o aumento de volume uterino e a diminuição do ovário direito nas gerações subsequentes, e a diminuição do ovário esquerdo na geração F1. O peso relativo dos testículos, ductos deferentes, epidídimo esquerdo, vesícula seminal esquerda e próstata e o parâmetro integridade da membrana plasmática dos espermatozoides não tiveram alterações. O tempo de prenhez e o número de filhotes na geração F1 não foram afetados e a proporção entre fêmeas e machos em ambas as gerações foram semelhantes. Podemos concluir que a exposição à deltametrina alterou aspectos anatômicos de peso de vesícula seminal direita, útero e ovários nas gerações subsequentes. Entretanto, os padrões de fertilidade (número e proporção sexual) mantiveram-se inalterados.

La gestion de la résistance aux insecticides et plus particulièrement aux pyréthrinoïdes chez les vecteurs du paludisme est un enjeu majeur pour conserver les acquis de la lutte antivectorielle contre le paludisme. Parmi les mécanismes de résistance, de nombreux travaux ont porté sur les mutations de la cible insecticides (kdr) ou encore les enzymes qui métabolisent les molécules insecticides. La résistance cuticulaire chez Anopheles gambiae a jusqu'à ce jour au mieux été suspectée mais pas démontrée. Dans ce cadre, le but de ce travail était donc de déterminer i) s’il y a une implication de la cuticule dans le phénotype résistant d’Anopheles gambiae aux pyréthrinoïdes ; ii) de déterminer les principaux acteurs de cette résistance. Nous avons construit une souche d’Anopheles gambiae présentant un phénotype résistant (MRS) mais ne portant pas la mutation kdr. Notre approche a été d’étudier l’expression des gènes, mais aussi celle des protéines de la cuticule et celles intervenant dans la détoxication. L’ultrastructure de la cuticule, sa composition en chaines hydrocarbonées ainsi que sa perméabilité à la deltaméthrine ont aussi été testés. Nous avons montré que la cuticule est impliquée dans le phénotype résistant plus particulièrement en réduisant significativement la pénétration de la deltaméthrine dans le corps de l’insecte. La structure même de la cuticule est profondément modifiée chez MRS. Nos résultats indiquent l’implication des membres de la famille CPAP3 dans la résistance cuticulaire et probablement des chaines hydrocarbonées. Des enzymes métaboliques sont également impliqués. Au cours de ce travail, nous avons démontré l’existence de la résistance cuticulaire chez An.gambiae, ce mécanisme agit de concert avec les mécanismes de détoxication. La caractérisation des différents acteurs nous permettra surement de trouver de nouvelles cibles pour la lutte anti-vectorielle.Mots clés : Résistance, cuticule, An.gambiae, deltaméthrine, ultrastructure, perméabilité, protéines / The management of Anopheles insecticide resistance, especially to pyrethroids, is a key challenge to preserve success of vector control against malaria. Among resistance mechanisms target site mutation (kdr) and metabolic resistance are well known. Cuticular resistance in malaria vectors has been overlooked, just suggested but not established so far. The aim of this PhD work was to demonstrate i) the involvement of cuticle in pyrethroid resistance in An. gambiae; ii) to determine which components act on this mechanism. To achieve this, we built An.gambiae strain resistant to pyrethroids and free of kdr mutation (MRS). We studied both cuticular and metabolic genes and proteins expressions by transcriptomic and proteomic approaches. Cuticle ultrastructure and biochemical composition were also investigated. At least, cuticle permeability to deltamethrin was also assessed. Our results showed that cuticle is involved in resistant phenotype in An.gambiae. MRS cuticle reduces insecticide uptake in the mosquito’s body linked to an increasing cuticle thickness in MRS. Expression and chemical studies revealed that CPAP3 family and epicuticular hydrocarbons takes part in this process. This work also suggested that metabolic enzymes act together with cuticular mechanism to resistant phenotype. How the different components interacts could improve our knowledge of resistance and bring new target for vector control.Keywords: Resistance, cuticle, An.gambiae, deltamethrin, ultrastructure, permeability, proteins

A new synthetic route to natural and novel pyrethroid acids was developed utilizing ketene cycloaddition which is a significant improvement over existing syntheses. The newly synthesized pyrethroid acids were converted to pyrethroid esters and used to study structure-activity relationships. The cycloaddition of dichloroketene with 2,5-dimethyl-2,4-hexadiene yields (2+2) cycloaddition products, 2,2-dichlorocyclobutanones. The reductive removal of one chlorine atom from these cycloaddition products gave monochlorocyclobutanones which underwent a Favorskii-type ring contraction to yield cis- and trans-chrysanthemic acids. 4-Methyl-1,3-pentadiene was also used as a precursor in this synthetic scheme to yield an analogue of the chrysanthemic acid. These results are consistent with a concerted cycloaddition process involving a dipolar transition state. The zinc reduction is not a regiospecific reaction which accounts for the two regioisomers of the monochlorocyclobutanones. The Favorskii-type ring contraction is a regiospecific reaction. A variety of different bicyclo(3.1.0)alkenecarboxylates and bicyclo(4.1.0)heptenecarboxylates were synthesized from alkylcyclopentadiene and fulvene derivatives. These new bicyclo pyrethroid acids are structurally similar to the natural chrysanthemic acid but are rigid and locked in a single conformation which is likely the least stable conformer of the natural acid. The acids were converted to pyrethroid esters and tested against the housefly and cockroach. The test results indicate that the bicyclo pyrethroids synthesized are not as active as the natural pyrethroid. Apparently, these bicyclo pyrethroids with structures similar to the less stable conformer of the natural pyrethroids are of little consequence as it binds to the target site in the insect. In an effort to learn more about the conformational requirements of the pyrethroid acid, a new bicyclo-spiro pyrethroid system with a structure similar to the most stable conformation of the natural pyrethroid was designed and synthesized. These bicyclo-spiro pyrethroids were derived from a new isopropylidenecyclobutane derivatives as a starting compound instead of a conjugated diene. The test results of these bicyclo-spiro pyrethroid esters revealed a much greater activity against the housefly and cockroach. This study establishes that the more stable conformer of the natural pyrethroid acid provides a much higher toxicity against the insects tested.

Concurrent outdoor aquatic 1950 L microcosm and 0.04 ha mesocosm experiments with bluegill sunfish evaluated the ecological impact of cyfluthrin. Cyfluthrin effects were not observed on mesocosm bluegill; a slight decrease in growth was observed in the microcosm bluegill. Otolith weight to length relationships between bluegill size-classes from microcosms, local streams, and a fish hatchery revealed no differences. Our results indicated bluegill predation impacts were slight on benthic invertebrates. Extensive predation on emerging insects was observed. Microcosm bluegill impacts on zooplankton populations followed expected predation effects, resulting in larger populations of smaller taxa. Bluegill functioned as "keystone" predators for microcosm taxa and improved taxa richness for benthic colonizing invertebrates and zooplankton.

Global climate change promotes warming temperatures and altered salinities that pose threats to aquatic ecosystems and species, such as Hyalella azteca. Moreover, these threats to aquatic ecosystems are exacerbated by agricultural, urban, and industrial pesticide runoff. In the state of California in 2012, pyrethroid insecticides were the seventh most applied group by licensed professional applicators for pest control and landscape maintenance. Some species, specifically H. azteca have developed non-target resistance to pyrethroids in California. It is imperative to understand whether the bioenergetic cost of resistance makes H. azteca more susceptible to warming and salinity effects in the presence of contaminants. This research presents an assessment on how multiple stressors can affect the toxicity of permethrin (pyrethroid insecticide) on one Wild-type and two pyrethroid- resistant species of H. azteca, belonging to different clades. A series of 96-h acute toxicity tests exposing animals to a concentration range of permethrin were performed with compounding stress from temperatures (18, 23 and 28 °C) and salinities (0.2, 1.0, and 6.0 practical salinity units [PSU]). Findings indicate resistant H. azteca cultured in pyrethroid-free settings have maintained resistance to permethrin over time, whereas the wild-type population did not develop any resistance over the course of experimentation. For resistant H. azteca, changes in salinity and temperature both increased and decreased survival of H. azteca exposed to permethrin. Between the two resistant clades, not only was survival affected, but the average slope of the dose-response curve was significantly different (p < 0.05); clade D was more susceptible to pyrethroids when coping with warming and higher salinity than clade C., Differential susceptibility potentially indicates that distinct resistance mutations confer a difference in the potency and mode of toxic action. The results provide insight to how changes posed by climate change, coupled with pyrethroid pesticides could be detrimental to this species, and conversely, how in some scenarios, changes to temperature and salinity might actually benefit the survival of H. azteca. These findings further indicate the importance of considering global climate change effects into risk assessments of emerging and legacy use contaminants.

Small stock farming and production accounted for approximately 8.4% of total animal product based agricultural output in the 2011 / 2012 season in South Africa. Large scale commercial farming aside, small stock farming also takes on an important role in poorer and developing rural areas of South Africa, where small stock are kept for a combination of economic and non-economic reasons including financial investment or security, food and resource production, as well as religious or traditional reasons. Blowflies are Dipterids with complex life cycles and complete metamorphoses, causing damage to hides and frequent death in their ovine hosts, as a result of cutaneous myiasis caused by the larval stages. All economically important blowfly species causing veterinary myiasis belong to the superfamily Oestroidea, which contains the three major families Oestridae, Calliphoridae and Sarcophidae. The two most significant blowfly genera in South Africa, Lucillia and Chrysomya, both belong to the family Calliphoridae. Chemical means of preventing and treating blowfly strike by topical application remains the most widely used method and appears to be indispensable at this stage. New molecules or formulations effective against blowfly strike are constantly being sought and form part of an active field of research. Bayer currently manufactures and markets Drastic Deadline Extreme ®, a pour-on formulation containing flumethrin and fluazuron for the control of blue ticks (Rhipicephalus decoloratus) in cattle; its possible action against blowflies in sheep was investigated in an in-vitro model, subsequent to a pilot pharmacokinetic study evaluating the kinetics of fluazuron when applied topically to sheep in this particular combination. The first objective of the project was to determine whether fluazuron has any effect at all on the development of blowfly larvae. An active ingredient from the same family of compounds, namely triflumeron, has been successfully used for several years to control blowfly strike in sheep in South Africa (Zapp ® Pour on - Bayer), but it was uncertain whether or not fluazuron would be effective. Raw fluazuron was applied to six pieces of beef according to a dose calculation based on the registered dose of the test product in cattle, while another six pieces were treated with saline in a similar fashion (n=6). Each piece of beef was placed in its own container along with six late instar larvae and placed in the incubator at 35°C for a further nine days. In this instance, the treated group demonstrated significant development defects with regard to pupation (uneclosed pupae) when analysed using the Mann-Whitney non-parametric t-test (p = 0.002). / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2016. / Paraclinical Sciences / MSc / Unrestricted

Les différentes techniques d'extraction et d'analyse existant pour étudier les insecticides contenus dans le miel ne permettent pas toujours d'atteindre de faibles limites de détection. Or, pour évaluer la toxicité des pesticides, des valeurs de limites de détection de l'ordre du ng/g doivent être obtenues. L'objectif de ce travail a été de développer des méthodes d'extraction et d'analyse compatibles avec différents types de miels (miels de nectars et de miellats, monofloraux et multifloraux) et permettant de rechercher 25 insecticides d'intérêt appartenant à 3 familles (nicotinoïdes, pyréthrinoïdes et pyrazoles,), avec des limites de détection les plus faibles possibles et en éliminant au maximum les interférences liées à la matrice. Après comparaison de différentes méthodes d'extraction, la technique retenue est basée sur la méthode QuEChERS EN 15662, qui consiste en une extraction et une purification à l'aide de sels adaptés à la matrice et aux composés à extraire. Les analyses ont ensuite été effectuées en chromatographie en phase gazeuse couplée à la spectrométrie de masse en tandem (GC-MS²), pour les pyrazoles et les pyréthrinoïdes, et en chromatographie liquide haute performance couplée à la spectrométrie de masse en tandem (LC-MS²) pour les nicotinoïdes et un pyrazole, les réglages des appareils devant être optimisés pour permettre d'obtenir une limite de détection très basse. Les rendements d'extraction obtenus sont majoritairement compris entre 60 et 140%. Les méthodes développées sont spécifiques pour les miels testés. / Several extraction and analytical techniques existing to study insecticides in honey do not always allow reaching low limits of detection. However, to evaluate the toxicity of pesticides, values of limits of detection have to be close to 1 ng/g. The aim of this work was to develop extraction and analytical methods compatible with various types of honey (nectars and honeydews, monofloral and multifloral) and allowing to look for 25 insecticides belonging to 3 families (nicotinoids, pyrethroids and pyrazoles), with the lowest possible limits of detection and eliminating the maximum interference due to the matrix. After comparison of different extraction methods, the reserved technique is based on the QuEChERS EN 15662 method, which consists of an extraction and a purification with mixtures of salts adapted to the matrix and to the compounds to be extracted. Analysis were then performed using gas chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS²) for the pyrazoles and the pyrethroids, and using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS²) for the nicotinoids and one pyrazole. Device settings have to be optimized to obtain a very low limit of detection. The mean extraction yields were typically between 60 and 140%. The methods are specific for tested honeys. These methods are applicable to analyze commercial honeys and allow reaching limits of detection between 0.2 and 0.7 ng/g. In practice, the dosage of these 3 families in different types of honeys, at low concentrations can be made in routine in an analysis laboratory.

The focus of this thesis was to investigate developmental neurotoxic effects of different persistent and non-persistent environmental pollutants, alone or in binary mixtures, when exposure occurs during a critical period of brain development, in mice. The compounds investigated included a perfluorinated compound, perfluorohexane sulphonate (PFHxS), and four different pesticides, endosulfan, cypermethrin, chlorpyrifos and carbaryl. Both persistent and non-persistent pollutants are detected in the environment and in humans, which shows that exposure to these compounds is occurring in real life. Humans can therefore be exposed to various pollutants during their whole lifetime, starting from the gestational period to adulthood. Furthermore, exposure to environmental pollutants is rarely exclusive to a single compound, but rather occurs through combinations of various pollutants present in the environment. Exposure to environmental pollutants during human brain development have been suggested to be a possible cause for neuropsychiatric disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Previous studies have shown that chemicals can induce irreversible disorders in brain function when exposure to these chemicals occurs during a critical defined period of the brain development known as the brain growth spurt (BGS). The BGS is characterized by a rapid growth and development of the immature brain. In humans, and mice, this period also overlaps the lactation period indicating that newborns and toddlers can be exposed via mothers’ milk as well. This thesis has shown that a single oral exposure to PFHxS, endosulfan, cypermethrin, chlorpyrifos or carbaryl can induce developmental neurotoxic effects in mice, when exposure occurs during a critical period of brain development. These effects are manifested as persistent altered adult spontaneous behavior in a novel home environment, modified habituation, altered susceptibility of the cholinergic system and changed levels of neuroproteins in the mouse brain. Furthermore, a single neonatal co-exposure to a binary mixture of carbaryl/chlorpyrifos or PFHxS/endosulfan can interact and exacerbate the adult behavioral effects. These effects were seen at dosages were the single compound did not elicit a response or induced a much weaker behavioral effect. This indicates that risk assessments conducted on single compounds might underestimate interaction effects of mixtures when co-exposed.

O tratamento de efluentes industriais tem sido objeto de estudos no sentido da busca de soluções que minimizem impactos ambientais e promovam a conservação do bem natural que é a água. Nesta linha de pensamento, o presente trabalho propôs-se avaliar a viabilidade de recuperação de efluentes industriais contaminados com pesticidas do tipo piretróides em específico: a deltametrina e beta-ciflutrina. A justificativa na escolha deste tipo de componente está fundamentada na alta demanda alimentícia por parte da população mundial e o consequente acréscimo no uso dos agrotóxicos a fim de garantir a eficiência e o elevado volume de produção de alimentos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar a remoção da deltametrina e da beta-ciflutrina de efluentes sintéticos aquosos por meio dos processos de osmose inversa e nanofiltração, com a utilização de membranas de poliamida. O presente estudo se justifica pelo atendimento aos padrões ambientais de concentração de piretróides no meio ambiente e reafirma o uso do sistema com membranas no tratamento de efluentes e remoção destes contaminantes. Para caracterização das membranas, foi realizado o teste de permeabilidade hidráulica, constatando diferentes linearidades de fluxo entre os dois processos, com a variação de pressão de trabalho. O desempenho dos processos foi verificado pela variação de parâmetros de meio reacional, variando a concentração dos piretróides em solução, analisando os princípios ativos isolados e também em mistura de ambos piretróides. Primeiramente se estudou a remoção da deltametrina e da beta-ciflutrina isoladamente em solução, nas concentrações de 5, 25, 50 e 100 mg L-1, sob a pressão de 5 bar. Posteriormente, avaliou-se o desempenho das membranas na remoção dos piretróides em mistura nas soluções sintéticas, com ambos os princípios ativos na concentração de 50 mg L-1, na pressão de 5 bar. Foi estudada a remoção da deltametrina e da beta-ciflutrina nos dois processos: osmose inversa e nanofiltração. Os resultados foram tratados estatisticamente por análise de variância (ANOVA) e pela análise por comparação de amostras independentes a fim de verificar a significância dos valores obtidos e a influência da variação dos parâmetros analisados. Para a faixa de concentração estudada (5, 25, 50 e 100 mg L-1) os valores encontrados de concentração de permeado foram todos consideravelmente baixos. O maior valor encontrado foi de 0,026 mg L-1 no ensaio de nanofiltração com concentração inicial de 5 mg L-1 de beta-ciflutrina em água. Os resultados apresentaram excelentes rejeições em todos os testes, seja com princípio ativo isolado ou em mistura, com rejeições maiores que 99,5% para ambos os piretróides nas concentrações testadas, sob a pressão de 5 bar. O processo de nanofiltração apresentou maiores e melhores fluxos de permeado do que a osmose inversa. Contudo, no que diz respeito à eficácia da separação, ambos processos indicaram ótimo desempenho na remoção dos piretróides, viabilizando assim, a escolha destes métodos para tratamento de efluentes contaminados com este pesticida / Treatment of industrial effluents has been the subject of numerous studies aimed at finding solutions that minimize environmental impacts and promote the recovery and / or reuse of the natural benefit which is the water. With this in mind, this study aims to evaluate the feasibility of recovery of industrial effluents contaminated with pyrethroid pesticide - in particular: the beta-cyfluthrin and deltamethrin. The justification for choosing this type of component is based on the high demand for food for the world population and consequent increase in the use of pesticides to ensure efficiency and high volume food production. The aim of this work was to study the removal of deltamethrin and beta-cyfluthrin from synthetic effluents through process of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration, with the use of polyamide membranes. This study is justified by attendance to environmental standards for pyrethroids concentration in the environment and it reaffirms the use of membranes system in wastewater treatment and in the removal of contaminants. For membranes characterization an hydraulic permeability test was performed, noting different flow linearities between the two processes, under variation of pressure. The process performance was verified by variation of parameters of reaction environment, by varying the concentration of pyrethroids in solution, examining the active ingredients alone and in mixture of both pyrethroids. First of all, we have studied the removal of deltamethrin and beta-cyfluthrin alone in solution, on concentrations of 5, 25, 50 and 100 mg L-1, under the pressure of 5 bar. Subsequently, we assessed the performance of the membranes in the removal of pyrethroid in mixture in the synthetic solutions, with both active ingredients at a concentration of 50 mg L-1, at a pressure of 5 bar. We studied the removal of deltamethrin and beta-cyfluthrin in two processes: reverse osmosis and nanofiltration. The results were statistically analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA) and analysis by comparison of independent samples in order to verify the significance of the values obtained and the influence of variation of parameters. For the concentration range studied (5, 25, 50 and 100 mg L-1) the values found in the permeate concentration were all pretty low. The highest value obtained was 0.026 mg L-1 in nanofiltration test with initial concentration of 5 mg L-1 of beta-cyfluthrin in water. The results showed excellent rejections in all tests, either with isolated active ingredient or in coexistence of them, attesting rejections greater than 99,5% for both pyrethroids, under the pressure of 5 bar. The nanofiltration process had higher and better permeate fluxes than the reverse osmosis. However, regarding the effectiveness of separation, both processes showed excellent performance in the removal of pyrethroids, thus enabling the choice of these methods for treatment of wastewater which are contaminated with this kind of pesticide

O tratamento de efluentes industriais tem sido objeto de estudos no sentido da busca de soluções que minimizem impactos ambientais e promovam a conservação do bem natural que é a água. Nesta linha de pensamento, o presente trabalho propôs-se avaliar a viabilidade de recuperação de efluentes industriais contaminados com pesticidas do tipo piretróides em específico: a deltametrina e beta-ciflutrina. A justificativa na escolha deste tipo de componente está fundamentada na alta demanda alimentícia por parte da população mundial e o consequente acréscimo no uso dos agrotóxicos a fim de garantir a eficiência e o elevado volume de produção de alimentos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar a remoção da deltametrina e da beta-ciflutrina de efluentes sintéticos aquosos por meio dos processos de osmose inversa e nanofiltração, com a utilização de membranas de poliamida. O presente estudo se justifica pelo atendimento aos padrões ambientais de concentração de piretróides no meio ambiente e reafirma o uso do sistema com membranas no tratamento de efluentes e remoção destes contaminantes. Para caracterização das membranas, foi realizado o teste de permeabilidade hidráulica, constatando diferentes linearidades de fluxo entre os dois processos, com a variação de pressão de trabalho. O desempenho dos processos foi verificado pela variação de parâmetros de meio reacional, variando a concentração dos piretróides em solução, analisando os princípios ativos isolados e também em mistura de ambos piretróides. Primeiramente se estudou a remoção da deltametrina e da beta-ciflutrina isoladamente em solução, nas concentrações de 5, 25, 50 e 100 mg L-1, sob a pressão de 5 bar. Posteriormente, avaliou-se o desempenho das membranas na remoção dos piretróides em mistura nas soluções sintéticas, com ambos os princípios ativos na concentração de 50 mg L-1, na pressão de 5 bar. Foi estudada a remoção da deltametrina e da beta-ciflutrina nos dois processos: osmose inversa e nanofiltração. Os resultados foram tratados estatisticamente por análise de variância (ANOVA) e pela análise por comparação de amostras independentes a fim de verificar a significância dos valores obtidos e a influência da variação dos parâmetros analisados. Para a faixa de concentração estudada (5, 25, 50 e 100 mg L-1) os valores encontrados de concentração de permeado foram todos consideravelmente baixos. O maior valor encontrado foi de 0,026 mg L-1 no ensaio de nanofiltração com concentração inicial de 5 mg L-1 de beta-ciflutrina em água. Os resultados apresentaram excelentes rejeições em todos os testes, seja com princípio ativo isolado ou em mistura, com rejeições maiores que 99,5% para ambos os piretróides nas concentrações testadas, sob a pressão de 5 bar. O processo de nanofiltração apresentou maiores e melhores fluxos de permeado do que a osmose inversa. Contudo, no que diz respeito à eficácia da separação, ambos processos indicaram ótimo desempenho na remoção dos piretróides, viabilizando assim, a escolha destes métodos para tratamento de efluentes contaminados com este pesticida / Treatment of industrial effluents has been the subject of numerous studies aimed at finding solutions that minimize environmental impacts and promote the recovery and / or reuse of the natural benefit which is the water. With this in mind, this study aims to evaluate the feasibility of recovery of industrial effluents contaminated with pyrethroid pesticide - in particular: the beta-cyfluthrin and deltamethrin. The justification for choosing this type of component is based on the high demand for food for the world population and consequent increase in the use of pesticides to ensure efficiency and high volume food production. The aim of this work was to study the removal of deltamethrin and beta-cyfluthrin from synthetic effluents through process of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration, with the use of polyamide membranes. This study is justified by attendance to environmental standards for pyrethroids concentration in the environment and it reaffirms the use of membranes system in wastewater treatment and in the removal of contaminants. For membranes characterization an hydraulic permeability test was performed, noting different flow linearities between the two processes, under variation of pressure. The process performance was verified by variation of parameters of reaction environment, by varying the concentration of pyrethroids in solution, examining the active ingredients alone and in mixture of both pyrethroids. First of all, we have studied the removal of deltamethrin and beta-cyfluthrin alone in solution, on concentrations of 5, 25, 50 and 100 mg L-1, under the pressure of 5 bar. Subsequently, we assessed the performance of the membranes in the removal of pyrethroid in mixture in the synthetic solutions, with both active ingredients at a concentration of 50 mg L-1, at a pressure of 5 bar. We studied the removal of deltamethrin and beta-cyfluthrin in two processes: reverse osmosis and nanofiltration. The results were statistically analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA) and analysis by comparison of independent samples in order to verify the significance of the values obtained and the influence of variation of parameters. For the concentration range studied (5, 25, 50 and 100 mg L-1) the values found in the permeate concentration were all pretty low. The highest value obtained was 0.026 mg L-1 in nanofiltration test with initial concentration of 5 mg L-1 of beta-cyfluthrin in water. The results showed excellent rejections in all tests, either with isolated active ingredient or in coexistence of them, attesting rejections greater than 99,5% for both pyrethroids, under the pressure of 5 bar. The nanofiltration process had higher and better permeate fluxes than the reverse osmosis. However, regarding the effectiveness of separation, both processes showed excellent performance in the removal of pyrethroids, thus enabling the choice of these methods for treatment of wastewater which are contaminated with this kind of pesticide