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Augusto Goncalves

Nortox S.A.

Augusto Gonçalves is a R&D Scientist at Nortox. He is a chemistry professional with experience in organic synthesis, analytical chemistry, formulation and higher education teaching. Currently, at the industry, Augusto is working as R&D scientist towards agrochemical formulations and synthesis of active compounds.

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Augusto Goncalves 2018-02-21 Brazil: A real and big challenge we are dealing in the development of agrochemical formulation in Brazil, concerns the toxicity essays that are required during the registration process to be submitted to the regulatory agencies. I`m not criticizing, it is not the point, but I would like to discuss about the new necessities of formulation ingredients (surfactants, etc.) to attend these legislation requirements. Another point to introduce, would be related to the challenges in formulation technology due to the growing demand of mixtures of active ingredients (and many times incompatibility). This confrontation implies in a more accurate planning and investigation by the researcher at the development of a really robust final I believe that my colleagues would like to read something involving this because they all fall into the same problems. What is the main change and challenge in agchemical formulation development in your country/area?

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