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How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace Paul D. Blanc, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Because the machine keyboard used in letter-sorting technology is engineered to require much force and is poorly positioned for the hands, my colleagues and I have treated a large cohort of postal workers beleaguered with carpal tunnel syndrome related to mail sorting. Carpal tunnel syndrome, however, is not exclusively the result of the ergonomic design limitations of keypunching and other keyboard devices. The grocery store price-scanning apparatus that requires repeated wrist torque (grasping cans and jars in particular) is also an effective agent of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Health and Nutrition Secrets Russell L. Blaylock, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

The connection between lead exposure and parkinsonism was strengthened by the observation of a high incidence of the disorder in postal workers exposed to lead-sulfate batteries for up to thirty years.""1 One of the most powerful effects of lead, which is of major concern during brain development, is its effect on the glutamate neurotransmitter system. Lead has been shown to powerfully inhibit part of the glutamate system (called the NMDA receptor). So why is this so important? As we have seen, glutamate is one of the most important stimulating molecules for normal brain development.

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

The Postal Service is operated like a private corporation, although postal workers receive the benefits of federal employees. power elite Term used by the American sociologist (see sociology) C. Wright Mills to describe a relatively small, loosely knit group of people who tend to dominate American policy making. This group includes bureaucratic, corporate, intellectual, military, and government elites, who control the principal institutions in the United States, and whose opinions and actions influence the decisions of the policy makers.

Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1 Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts

Pioneering observational studies by Morris et al,18 Paffenbarger et al,19 and Taylor et al20 of London bus drivers and postal workers, longshoremen, and US railroad workers, respectively, were among the first to report an inverse correlation between CHD risk and physical activity. Another landmark investigation, the Framingham study, also indicated that moderate exercise was associated with decreased CHD risk.21 Table 38.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

The Postal Service is operated like a private corporation, although postal workers receive the benefits of federal employees. power elite Term used by the American sociologist (see sociology) C. Wright Mills to describe a relatively small, loosely knit group of people who tend to dominate American policymaking. This group includes bureaucratic, corporate, intellectual, military, and government elites, who control the principal institutions in the United States, and whose opinions and actions influence the decisions of the policymakers.

Staying Healthy in a Risky Environment: The New York University Medical Center Family Guide Arthur C. Upton, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Aircraft and automobile assemblers, fruit packers and hay makers, writers, telephone operators, reporters, textile workers, housekeepers, waiters, musicians, postal workers, typists, computer operators, meat processors—even the check-out person at the supermarket—are all vulnerable to these ailments. Cumulative trauma ailments are as common on the tennis court or jogging track as in the meat-packing plant or assembly line.

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