Crippled by tending his flock

Article Abstract:

The National Farmers Union surveyed 200 sheep farmers in 1991 and found that over 1/3 had health problems possibly connected with using sheep dips containing organophosphorous (OP) pesticides. Inhalation or skin contact may cause joint pains, depression and neuro-psychological damage. These effects of OP were described in 1961.The West Midlands Poisons Unit in Birmingham is conducting a surveillance scheme funded by the Health and Safety Executive and the Department of Health.

Health aspects, Care and treatment, Sheep, Farmers, Organophosphorus compounds, Organic phosphorus compounds

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Getting credit for being white: porn theory and queer scholarship were last year's college news. The latest academic trend: whiteness studies

Article Abstract:

The new fad in college courses, whiteness studies is a reflection of the times including class identification and the kind of people occupying the White House. The diversity in white studies philosophy, the characteristics of its scholars, and the notion of what it is, is discussed.

Universities and colleges, Curricula, College curriculum, Study and teaching, Excerpt, Whites, White men, White women, White Trash (Book)

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Men in masks: south of the border, the superhero is alive and well

Article Abstract:

Actress Leelee Sobiesski's visits with various wrestlers in Mexico and comments on their traditional masks. Mexican wrestling features a combat between good and evil, as portrayed by the masks.

Mexico, Behavior, Recreation, Clothing, Actors, Actresses, Wrestlers, LeeleeSobieski

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