White males

Elevated blood pressure (white males, aged 40-59)... 

A 50-year-old white male died after intentional methyl parathion ingestion (Wofatox liquid) (Fazekas and Rengei 1964). The estimated dose of methyl parathion was 1,840 mg. Gross necropsy findings consisted... 

One cohort mortality study (Fanning 1988) has reported an increased mortality rate due to circulatory disease, but three others found no such correlation (Cooper 1988 Gerhardsson et al. 1986b, 1995a) as discussed in Section 2.2.1.1 (Table 2-1). An increased risk of death due to cerebrovascular disease was observed in a cohort of 1,261 white male newspaper printers (typesetters) (Michaels et al. 1991) (see Section 2.2.1.1). 

Additional analyses of the same data set by Pirkle et al. (1985) focused on white males (40-59 years of age) revealed significant correlations between PbB level and blood pressure. No threshold was found... 

A cohort mortality study was conducted to compare the mortality rates due to chronic renal disease in 4,519 battery plant workers and 2,300 lead production or smelter workers from 1947 to 1980 (Cooper 1988 Cooper et al. 1985). The mortality data for these workers were compared with national mortality rates for white males. Environmental lead levels and PbB levels were available for only about 30% of all workers for varying time periods from 1947 to 1972. Statistically significant increases in mortality from "other hypertensive disease" and "chronic nephritis" were seen in both lead cohorts. Limitations of this study include the fact that various confounding factors, such as smoking, were not accounted for, and the workers were probably exposed to other toxic chemicals. 

Note PCa, prostate cancer WM, white male DES, diethylstilbestrol AR, androgen receptor PSA, prostate specific antigen and PAP, prostatic acid phosphatase. 

Polednak and Hollis (1985) reported a follow-up of the study discussed above. The study update reported the mortality experience of individuals through the end of 1978 and included 694 routinely exposed white male chemical workers, 97 acutely exposed chemical workers, and 9,280 controls. 

In the past, methamphetamine use and abuse in the United States was most prevalent in individuals who needed to remain awake and alert due to the nature of their occupations— long-haul truckers, for example—and in some fringe members of society. Today, however, it is predominantly used by white males in their 20s and 30s and is becoming more popular with teenagers at dance clubs and raves. For these reasons, methamphetamine can be considered a club drug. Methamphetamine use is also increasing among homeless people, prostitutes, and runaway youths. 

Schoenberg JB, Stemhagen A, Mason TJ, et al. 1987. Occupation and lung-cancer risk among New Jersey white males. J Natl Cancer Inst 79 13-21. 

Mr. Z is a 50-year-old white male who has just been diagnosed with leukemia. Mr. Z also lives in a community in which several industrial chemicals have migrated from a nearby industrial site, and are present in the community s ground water. Mr. Z has a well in his yard and has been consuming the well water from the contaminated aquifer... 

According to Rossiter (1982), young white male scientists were seen as the salvation of the scientific enterprise in the 1920s and 1930s. She asserts that white women, African Americans, and Jewish scientists seeking industrial jobs were the victims of highly discriminatory employment practices. Rossiter contends that even when the advertisement did not include the phrase male Christians only it was common knowledge that only they need apply. 

At a high school reunion, I saw my favorite high school teacher (a white male). When I told him that he motivated me to go to college, he broke down and started crying. He said that I was the only one of his students who expressed an interest in science who got a Ph.D. in science. He was so proud. That made me feel good because my sister and I were two of only three African Americans in the graduating class at that reunion. 

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