ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FOR AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ORGANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH DRIFT FROM PESTICIDES USED IN SOYBEAN CROPS

Environmental risk for aquatic and terrestrial organisms associated with drift from pesticides used in soybean crops

Abstract Several countries included the assessment of environmental drift contamination risk for the registration of pesticides.This practice is not yet totality effective in Brazil; however, due to the large number of pesticides in use, it is important to identify the real contamination risk during pesticide spraying.Therefore, this study determin

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Mental workload and occupational burnout among the faculty members and administrative staff of Yazd Public Health School

BACKGROUND: Administrative staff may be exposed to a great deal of the mental workload (MWL) due to the long working hours and the responsibility of responding to large numbers of clients.Occupational burnout (OB) is one of the issues that can be affected by MWL.The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between mental MWL and

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Protecting Indigenous Peoples through Right to Natural Resources: Lesson from the Existence of Navajo Tribe in the United States

From the perspective of international law, indigenous peoples have the rights to own, use, and control their natural resources within their territories.In the United States, the Navajo Tribe has enjoyed those rights.In terms of law making process, this tribe can enact some acts to preserve a control over their natural resources.Specifically, the Ai

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