{"id":3044,"date":"2026-01-14T15:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/?page_id=3044"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:25:05","slug":"informe-cafe-cientifico-espina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/en\/informe-cafe-cientifico-espina\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPINA SCIENTIFIC CAF\u00c9 REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3044\" class=\"elementor elementor-3044\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-0902530 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-eae-slider=\"93543\" data-id=\"0902530\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-5fb5c6d e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"49433\" data-id=\"5fb5c6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fdca6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fdca6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ESPINA SCIENTIFIC CAF\u00c9<br>REPORT<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-8f6fffa e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-eae-slider=\"69466\" data-id=\"8f6fffa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-161cd27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"161cd27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-bc90faa e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-eae-slider=\"22242\" data-id=\"bc90faa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-d4dd758 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"60045\" data-id=\"d4dd758\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-682a320 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"682a320\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fundaci\u00f3n CIMAS del Ecuador, in coordination with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), organized on Thursday, July 6, 2023, the discussion \u201cScientific Caf\u00e9: Pesticides, Health, and Agroecological Alternatives\u201d\u2014an interinstitutional dialogue aimed at connecting scientific evidence with the development of public policies in health, environment, and agricultural production.<br \/>The event featured participation from representatives of the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion (MIES), Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Education, Pichincha Prefecture, parish-level Decentralized Autonomous Governments (GADs), and international institutions. All emphasized the significance of the ESPINA study (Secondary Pesticide Exposure in Infants, Children, and Adolescents) as one of the most important longitudinal environmental health research projects in the country.<br \/>During the discussion, researchers and members of the ESPINA team presented scientific evidence demonstrating the association between chronic exposure to agrochemicals and alterations in physiology, growth, and neurodevelopment in children and adolescents, both in the short and long term. The study\u2019s findings have identified significant pesticide residues in food, water, and human biological samples, highlighting a structural problem of environmental exposure in regions with intensive agricultural activity.<br \/>Researchers Jos\u00e9 Ricardo Su\u00e1rez and Jos\u00e9 Su\u00e1rez Torres, specialists in public health and environmental epidemiology, analyzed the impacts of pesticides on human health, highlighting the differentiated risks faced by the most vulnerable groups, particularly children, pregnant women, and rural communities involved in floriculture and intensive agriculture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-4f259fe e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"80772\" data-id=\"4f259fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-116f5e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"116f5e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Informe-Cafe-Cientifico-2023-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-855\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Informe-Cafe-Cientifico-2023-2.png 602w, https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Informe-Cafe-Cientifico-2023-2-600x448.png 600w, https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Informe-Cafe-Cientifico-2023-2-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-3564f0b e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-eae-slider=\"92584\" data-id=\"3564f0b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-6571a45 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"13825\" data-id=\"6571a45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-087b52b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"087b52b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Institutional Commitments and Sustainable Alternatives<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8feb87c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8feb87c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From an institutional perspective, representatives from MIES, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education, and the Pichincha Prefecture emphasized the need to strengthen regulatory frameworks, prevention strategies, and educational processes that reduce exposure to agrochemicals, while promoting a culture of responsible production and consumption from an early age.<\/p><p>In this contextthe representative from the Ministry of Education\u00a0<strong>Ana Bel\u00e9n Tapia<\/strong>, highlighted the absence of specific regulations ensuring adequate protection for pregnant women working in the floriculture sector, revealing a critical gap between labor legislation, public health, and reproductive rights.<\/p><p>Meanwhile,\u00a0<strong>Dolores L\u00f3pez<\/strong>the president of Fundaci\u00f3n CIMAS emphasized\u00a0<strong>agroecological alternatives<\/strong>as a strategic focus for Pedro Moncayo Canton, noting that the transition to sustainable agricultural systems not only reduces dependence on pesticides but also contributes to the protection of human health, biodiversity, soils, and water resources.<\/p><p>The\u00a0<strong>Scientific Caf\u00e9 on Pesticides, Health, and Agroecological Alternatives<\/strong>\u00a0thus established itself as a platform for collaboration between science, government, and civil society, reaffirming the value of the ESPINA study as a key source of evidence for decision-making and the development of public policies aimed at protecting the environment and collective health.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-957ee82 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"44331\" data-id=\"957ee82\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa60e56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa60e56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Informe-Cafe-Cientifico-2023-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-854\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Informe-Cafe-Cientifico-2023-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Informe-Cafe-Cientifico-2023-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Informe-Cafe-Cientifico-2023-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Informe-Cafe-Cientifico-2023-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87b08f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"87b08f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1591\" height=\"1422\" src=\"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/00.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1024\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/00.png 1591w, https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/00-600x536.png 600w, https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/00-300x268.png 300w, https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/00-1024x915.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1591px) 100vw, 1591px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INFORME CAF\u00c9 CIENT\u00cdFICOESPINA Fundaci\u00f3n CIMAS del Ecuador, en coordinaci\u00f3n con la Universidad de California, San Diego (UCSD), organiz\u00f3 el jueves 6 de julio de 2023, el conversatorio \u201cCaf\u00e9 Cient\u00edfico: Pesticidas, Salud y Alternativas Agroecol\u00f3gicas\u201d, un espacio de di\u00e1logo interinstitucional orientado a vincular la evidencia cient\u00edfica con la formulaci\u00f3n de pol\u00edticas p\u00fablicas en salud, ambiente y producci\u00f3n agr\u00edcola.El evento cont\u00f3 con la participaci\u00f3n de representantes del Ministerio de Inclusi\u00f3n Econ\u00f3mica y Social (MIES), Ministerio de Salud P\u00fablica, Ministerio de Educaci\u00f3n, Prefectura de Pichincha, GADs parroquiales e instituciones internacionales, quienes coincidieron en destacar la relevancia del estudio ESPINA (Exposici\u00f3n Secundaria a Plaguicidas en Infantes, Ni\u00f1os y Adolescentes) como una de las investigaciones longitudinales m\u00e1s importantes del pa\u00eds en materia de salud ambiental.Durante el conversatorio, investigadores y miembros del equipo ESPINA expusieron evidencia cient\u00edfica que demuestra la asociaci\u00f3n entre la exposici\u00f3n cr\u00f3nica a agroqu\u00edmicos y alteraciones en la fisiolog\u00eda, el crecimiento y el neurodesarrollo de ni\u00f1os y adolescentes, tanto a corto como a largo plazo. Los resultados del estudio han identificado la presencia significativa de residuos de pesticidas en alimentos, agua y muestras biol\u00f3gicas humanas, lo que evidencia una problem\u00e1tica estructural de exposici\u00f3n ambiental en territorios con alta actividad agr\u00edcola.Los investigadores Jos\u00e9 Ricardo Su\u00e1rez y Jos\u00e9 Su\u00e1rez Torres, especialistas en salud p\u00fablica y epidemiolog\u00eda ambiental, analizaron los impactos de los pesticidas sobre la salud humana, subrayando los riesgos diferenciados que enfrentan los grupos m\u00e1s vulnerables, particularmente ni\u00f1os, mujeres embarazadas y comunidades rurales vinculadas a la floricultura y la agricultura intensiva. Compromisos institucionales y alternativas sostenibles Desde el \u00e1mbito institucional, representantes del MIES, del Ministerio de Salud, del Ministerio de Educaci\u00f3n y de la Prefectura de Pichincha enfatizaron la necesidad de fortalecer marcos normativos, estrategias de prevenci\u00f3n y procesos educativos que permitan reducir la exposici\u00f3n a agroqu\u00edmicos, as\u00ed como promover una cultura de producci\u00f3n y consumo responsable desde edades tempranas. En este contexto, la representante del Ministerio de Educaci\u00f3n,\u00a0Ana Bel\u00e9n Tapia, se\u00f1al\u00f3 la ausencia de normativas espec\u00edficas que garanticen condiciones adecuadas de protecci\u00f3n para mujeres embarazadas que laboran en el sector flor\u00edcola, evidenciando una brecha cr\u00edtica entre la legislaci\u00f3n laboral, la salud p\u00fablica y los derechos reproductivos. Por su parte,\u00a0Dolores L\u00f3pez, presidenta de Fundaci\u00f3n CIMAS, destac\u00f3 las\u00a0alternativas agroecol\u00f3gicascomo un eje estrat\u00e9gico para el cant\u00f3n Pedro Moncayo, resaltando que la transici\u00f3n hacia sistemas agr\u00edcolas sostenibles no solo reduce la dependencia de pesticidas, sino que contribuye a la protecci\u00f3n de la salud humana, la biodiversidad, los suelos y los recursos h\u00eddricos. El\u00a0Caf\u00e9 Cient\u00edfico sobre Pesticidas, Salud y Alternativas Agroecol\u00f3gicas\u00a0se consolid\u00f3 as\u00ed como un espacio de articulaci\u00f3n entre ciencia, Estado y sociedad civil, reafirmando el valor del estudio ESPINA como una fuente clave de evidencia para la toma de decisiones y el dise\u00f1o de pol\u00edticas p\u00fablicas orientadas a la protecci\u00f3n del ambiente y la salud colectiva.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3044","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3044"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3061,"href":"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3044\/revisions\/3061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimas.edu.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}