The California ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi) is widely distributed throughout California. It causes serious damage to agricultural crops. Tests were conducted to evaluate the fumigant aluminum phosphide (Phostoxin®) and to compare it to the commonly used gas cartridge. Treatments consisted of applying either a single-dose (two 3-gm tablets) or double-dose (four 3-gm tablets) of alumin...

Projecting risks posed to aviation safety by wildlife populations is often overlooked in airport land-use planning. However, the growing dependency on civil aviation for global commerce can require increases in capacity at airports which affect land use, wildlife populations, and perspectives on aviation safety. Our objectives were to (1) review legislation that affects airports and surrounding...

The impact of an occupational illness or injury on an injured worker can be severe. This study assessed several dimensions of the impact on a group of 50 injured workers, all patients at an Occupational Health Center. The dimensions assessed included aspects of access to health care, support from treating physicians in obtaining Workers' Compensation benefits, financial impacts, the role of att...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the role of Anganwadi Workers (AWW) for detection and prevention of disability in children below 6 years of age. DESIGN Cross sectional and longitudinal follow up. SETTING Ten Anganwadi Centers in ICDS Urban Project. METHODS Trained AWWs identified disabilities and instituted preventive measures like immunization and supplementary nutrition. Simultaneous independent...

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to describe the pattern of certain direct impacts of non-fatal injuries among workers insured by the General Organization of Social Insurance, admitted to hospitals in Al-Khobar City, and to determine factors influencing these direct impacts. METHODS This cohort study consisted of 65, 915 insured male workers in various industries, followed to deter...

Helicopters first flew in the minds of men, and then as toys, in ancient China and medieval Europe. But the first man-carrying, rotary wing flight occurred in 1907, when Paul Cornu-yet another Frenchman-flew at a height of a few feet for a few seconds, and it was not until 1938 that the first fully controlled helicopter flights were carried out. Since that time there has been, and still is, an ...

Exposure to pesticides poses great risk to agricultural workers and their families. Of the approximately 174,000 agricultural workers in Oregon, studies estimate that up to 40% of the workers in Oregon are indigenous and may be particularly vulnerable to the health risks of working in pesticide treated areas. Surveys conducted with Oregon farmworkers suggest that Latino and indigenous farmworke...

With more than 350 million economically active children between the ages of 5 and 17 years old, child labor exploitation is a worldwide problem, and almost half of these children are engaged in hazardous work. In India, especially in West Bengal, children are mainly associated with agricultural work (potato cultivation) in rural areas due to poor socioeconomic conditions. Children have to perfo...

iran has experienced significant changes in the distribution of employed population of ruralareas in major professional categories in the years 1956 to 2006. accordingly, it is important to studythe changes in occupational structure, factors influencing these changes, and their implications. themethodology of this study is documentary and secondary analysis. moreover, in order to explain whythe...

Agricultural workers have higher rates of long-term sick leave associated with respiratory disease than any other worker groups. There is currently no published data on the extent to which Irish agricultural workers are exposed to occupational respiratory hazards. This investigation focused on Irish swine farm workers in concentrated animal feeding operations and measured their occupational exp...