Anxieties in adolescents about unemployment and war.

Abstract

Lead hazard in British stained glass workers Few studies have been undertaken into lead exposure among stained glass workers. In a recent survey of a studio in the United States Landrigan and his colleagues concluded that the blood lead concentrations were within acceptable limits for occupational exposure.' We have surveyed four stained glass workshops, the largest in Britain, and found that the potential for lead exposure is greater than previously recognised. All the workshops manufactured stained glass and restored windows in churches and other historical buildings; two were attached to cathedrals. Materials, methods, and results A questionnaire was administered to each worker to ascertain job details (including use of protective clothing and masks), personal habits (smoking and nail biting), and symptoms of lead poisoning. Venous blood samples were analysed for lead at the Health and Safety Executive's occupational medicine and hygiene laboratories, which participate in a national quality control scheme. At the largest workshop five background and five personal air samples were obtained during one day while glazing work was performed, and personal samplers were worn by two men on a day when they removed a stained glass window from a historic building. Altogether 47 exposed workers (39 men and eight women) took part and there was only one refusal. The table shows the distribution of blood lead

Tracks and Transitions—A Comparison of Adolescent Future‐oriented Goals, Explorations, and Commitments in Australia, Israel, and Finland

“…2. However, based on earlier research, we expected to find gender differences: Girls have been found to be more interested in future family and marriage compared to boys (Gillies, Elmwood. & Hawtin, 1985;Solantaus, 1987).…”

Chapter 1. Snowflake Children

“…When one compares the findings of risk and resiliency-related research carried out in Ireland with that of commentators in the United States (US Department of Education, 1997) and in the UK (Donaldson, 1978;Gilles, Elwood, & Hawtin, 1985;Rutter;, one realises that Irish children are better off by a thousand fold in comparison to some of their international peers. Irish children are not shot dead on the streets by police or army hit squads as is reputed to be the case in Rio de Janeiro or experimented on by unscrupulous scientists, as was the case in other countries such as under the Nazi regime in the 1930s.…”

Weapons of public health

“…1 ' To these I would add economic diversification and conversion away from unhealthy production towards healthier products, and consumer pressure to achieve these.…”

“…15 A number of alternative product development agencies have been formed by ex-members of the Combine and a National Network of Product Development Agencies has been formed. 1 ' Some of the products under development or in commercial production arising from this initiative are shown in Table 2. The Bristol study is the largest and most recent, and enjoys the widest support from academics, trade unionists and workers.…”