Divulgação cientifica nas ciências ambientais: como informar sobre poluentes emergentes

Abstract

Scientific dissemination has the function of popularizing and democratizing scientific information for a broad audience, through accessible language. Therefore, it materializes in different ways, among which scientific journalism, extension courses, special radio and television programs and, especially, documentaries stand out. Documentaries, especially scientific dissemination ones, were one of the first teaching resources to enter the classroom, precisely because they have an educational character and their realistic effects. Emerging pollutants or micropollutants are a group of potentially toxic substances whose effects on the environment are still little known. In Brazil, one of the largest consumers of medicines in the world, the National Medicines Policy (1998) was established with the aim of guaranteeing the population's access to essential, quality medicines, promoting their rational use. With the theme of emerging pollutants, we see that at the national level, documentaries are increasingly used as a resource and analysis document, however in the field of Environmental Sciences, especially in higher education, this resource is still little disseminated. Given the above, can the documentary technique help in scientific dissemination on the topic of emerging pollutants, specifically on the correct and incorrect disposal of medicines? For this research question, we hypothesize that scientific dissemination and dissemination of knowledge through documentaries can bring more accessible knowledge about the correct disposal of medicines. The work aims to inform how documentary productions can act in the dissemination of knowledge about environmental sciences to contribute to the environmental education of students in the areas of environmental sciences, specifically those in Biosciences, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), having greater adherence to objectives 3, 4, 6, 11, 14, 15 and 17.