Latin America is the region where the use of pesticides is not expected to decrease, on the contrary, a growth of 4.1% is estimated, which could in turn increase the rates of poisoning presented so far in these countries. Objective: to carry out a scoping review of the literature on the panorama of exposure to pesticides in Latin America in the period 2010-2020. Materials and methods: a scoping review of the literature was carried out in Cochrane, NEJM, PubMed and Scielo scientific databases for the years 2010-2020. The MESH terms used were: Intoxications AND Pesticides AND Latin America; Pesticides AND Latin America; Poisoning AND “country name” AND Pesticides OR Agrochemicals OR Hazardous Substances and was delimited to the countries that make up the Latin American region. The variables that were taken into account were: use and sale of pesticides in the countries, number of acute poisonings by pesticides, population age, population sex, and type of exposure. Results: For the study, 35 sources divided into the characterization, the market and the prevalence of pesticide poisoning were taken. Higher exposure was found in adults between 30 and 60 years of age, male, with a low level of education and training on the use of pesticides. The origin of the poisonings was intentional in the first place, followed by accidental and occupational. The distribution and sales of pesticides vary in each country, finding limitations due to their unregulated trade. Conclusions Most of the pesticides were of medium to high persistence, are classified as medium to extremely toxic to health and some of them are restricted and/or prohibited in some countries. The results of this review can help in the planning of risk studies such as biomonitoring of pesticides in human populations, as well as in the design of occupational epidemiological surveillance programs
