Many of the Romanians and other eastern Europeans the outreach workers encounter are working but not earning enough to afford a deposit or to pay rent.
"The Foreign Assignment: An Incubator, or Exile?" (Personal Business, Oct. 22), looked at the increasing demand for corporate globetrotters, and at the possible problems these workers encounter.
Industries in which workers encounter lead-containing solids, dusts, or fumes include the petroleum industry, mining and smelting, printing, cutlery and storage-battery manufacture, plumbing and gas fitting, paint and pigment manufacture, and manufacture of ceramics, glass, and ammunition.
The four key areas mentioned above, while not yet a professional tool or guideline, highlight a broader framework that social workers encounter in their work between family, community and group members.
Among the concerns are the delays that workers encounter before receiving benefits in bitterly contested cases, and the tendency of some doctors to tilt their diagnoses in workers' cases to please those who hire them.
Mr. Cooper said department workers encounter the same problem every campaign season, when political signs sprout all over the landscape, and when churches and other nonprofit organizations sponsor car washes and tag sales and plant big signs in the grass to attract customers.
