Birds have historically served as sentinels for human toxicity in the environment. Birds were used as sentinels for coal miners in the U.S. and England until the middle of the last century. Dangerous levels of carbon monoxide, methane and other poisonous gasses would affect sentinel canaries before they affected the miners, thus warning them of a dangerous environment. As our knowledge of avian...

Although distracted drivers are claiming more and more lives each year, drivers continue to perform dangerous behaviors behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. Of all driving distractions, texting and driving has proven to be one of the most dangerous. This research investigated the effect of text messaging on driver reaction, and whether the effect varied as a function of gender. Thirty-five Wic...

During this period, four successive regimes in Bangladesh have felt reluctantly compelled to set up structures for local participation in government. Each found it had to reach out beyond the support of urban and rural elites and the military if it was to move beyond mere stability to real development of the country. Despite many problems. most notably local elite takeover at local level and mi...

We developed a game-theoretic approach concerning the option pricing validity and tractability of which is ascertained by deriving the Black-Scholes formula. We also applied this approach to the welfare implications of the bailout policy. It is found that such a policy always worsens the economic welfare. This is because of the moral hazardous behavior of the buyer owing to the limited liabilit...

In some instances, it is inevitable that large amounts of potentially hazardous chemicals like chlorine gas are stored and used in facilities in densely populated areas. In such cases, all safety issues must be carefully considered. To reach this goal, it is important to have accurate information concerning chlorine gas behaviors and how it is dispersed in dense urban areas. Furthermore, mainta...

Background: The expansion of herbicide used in aquatic ecosystems as well as in terrestrial if is not properly controlled may produce harmful effects on freshwater fisheries. Residue limits of these agricultural chemicals in tropical fishery waters should be established. The aim of this study was to determine the acute toxicity of butachlor and pertilachlor as potential dangerous herbicides to ...

2 About the Scientific Committees Three independent non-food Scientific Committees provide the Commission with the scientific advice it needs when preparing policy and proposals relating to consumer safety, public health and the environment. The Committees also draw the Commission's attention to the new or emerging problems which may pose an actual or potential threat. SCHER Questions relating ...

Model and quantification of the eutrophication risk 2 About the Scientific Committees Three independent non-food Scientific Committees provide the Commission with the scientific advice it needs when preparing policy and proposals relating to consumer safety, public health and the environment. The Committees also draw the Commission's attention to the new or emerging problems which may pose an a...