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. Sociologists in the Unite

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in over 50 countries ing ifgs, The es ¥ be PUAN, :
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dilion poonle in the world in 1980 who ave in the 12 bo 25 year age group,
9 These are figtues whieh we cannot isnore. More than supplying stopgap
. menstres to. piicale youth, we mush work Seriously, inch: ding youth at

our council tables, on methods and measures which will alleviate the Socia al
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: ills and inequities which hroughout the world. At the top of the
‘ iist would be the climin a oof war, the extinctio: tof hunger, aud the
. provision for causal OD: porani ites to all poopie to achieve. livels “due

hities and i ince
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ts tench the young, aud that we do
, Sand for che same prit neiples as But how ona we taneh je the
~ . classrooms are close d by angry peo ch young Mow. enn
@ share with younz people ov od INDY povionce, if
we are shouted down in bursts of verbal, of rx to-
Sether for common goals if emotions lead to angry confronsat ous and
; violence? :
PE : The energy of youth and the wisdom of elders ean bo }
; mos proper blond of muta respect, com NON sense, and hu c
Bust bea style to our discus s10n35 whien ts sad:
aad the unplication of phy
live which is the highest ns BOn OF Man—which will wleimately decive ms
the fate of Earth and its inhabitants. 7
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‘S406 Ken 60,080 yer “phe T ACC BLMTAL POISOHING IN UD ALONE,
- ; RGANIC PHOS PORT
oe Joun Sitvexto, M.D., FAAS ro PASIA#

Accidental poisoning has increased aarnungly anc
1 most important cause of mordidin,
4 (i)! Esch year, from 500,000
about 500 of those under 3 years of a
emergency treatment, and those whe. ingest corrosive
caustics or irritants usuaily equiv ve hospitalization.
, Insecticides S are responsible for 15,000 to 6d 290 of
: Cents (Tatie Ty. Those containing the orsauie phos:
perhaps of greatest interest to the pedia atrician, These oxty cine
cornpounds are’ absorbed through the skin and mucous TN branes,
incapacitate or kill without ha wing to be swallowed,
Vietiras are sehoc!- “age childron,. espcelally youngo:
. flandie’ “erapiy” conti
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. “Associate Discaton of x inical Investizetion,- Medical Division, Wyeth Lab.
» Radnor, Pa., aad Associate ia Pedistrics, University of Voansylvania School
of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa.