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Glass Web & Service-Users, Experts & Volunteers, By Country; Countries With Leaded Petrol For Road Use & Worst Pollution
215 COUNTRIES CHARACTERISED POLITICALLY & INTO 3 DEVELOPMENT LEVELS
KEY 
LLS = 74 Least Developed Countries / Landlocked Developing Countries / Small Island Developing States (UNCTAD, 2005) (excludes 10 Transition countries)
Other = 86 countries being neither LLS nor T&OECD (UN, 2006; CIA, 2007; TLG 2004-7)  
T&OECD = 55 Transition Countries (G24, 2005) (includes 10 * Landlocked countries) & Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD, 2006) Countries
G77 = Group of Seventy-Seven at the United Nations, originally 77 developing countries in 1964, now a political force of 130 countries including China (G77, 2007)
TLG Web = 201 Countries that have used the website where information and referrals developed by GLASS (Global Lead Advice & Support Service) are web-published - www.lead.org.au © The LEAD Group (TLG) (GLASS, 2004-8)
GLASS Service = 88 Countries that have used the direct info & referral service - GLASS - to make individual enquiries. Clients of the service include parents, industry, government, lawyers, landlords, tenants, painters, ceiling dust removalists, miners, shooters and other lead-workers and hobbyists, doctors, vets, etc. (GLASS 1995-2007)
GLASS Experts = 27 Countries that have a lead expert who is listed in the GLASS database. (GLASS, 1995-2007) An expert is a professional or organisation who works with lead or deals with lead problems in their profession or hobby, and who can offer useful information or services pertaining to lead management, or who is responsible for lead policy or education programs. Lead poisoned adults or the parents of lead poisoned children can be considered an expert if they are willing to share their experiences with others in similar situations.
GLASS Volunteers = Countries from which GLASS volunteers have come (GLASS, 1995-2007). Volunteer roles at GLASS include manager, system analyst, webmaster, interns/researchers, accountants, systems administrators, data-entry officers, film-maker. Some obtain several days training or work 1-2 days a week for months and then obtain paid work elsewhere, others leave when their project or internship finishes, a few provide dedicated service over many years, most remain in Australia but some return home and spread their knowledge about lead. Most of the GLASS volunteers also speak and write a language or languages other than English.
Leaded Petrol = Countries where leaded petrol may be sold for road use (TLG, 2005; 2007)
            Leaded =   Possibly Leaded =   (excluded from analysis)
Worst Polluted = Countries listed under Pollutant “LEAD” with Blacksmith Institute projects in Worst Polluted places in developing countries (Blacksmith Institute, 2006).
Country                                               G77 countries are marked in yellow G77 LLS Other T&OECD TLG Web GLASS Service GLASS Experts GLASS Volunteers Leaded Petrol Worst Polluted
LLS                    
Afghanistan               1 1     1       1  
Angola 1 1     1          
Antigua and Barbuda 1 1     1          
Bahamas 1 1     1          
Bangladesh 1 1     1     1    
Barbados 1 1     1          
Benin 1 1     1 1        
Bhutan 1 1     1          
Bolivia 1 1     1          
Botswana 1 1     1 1        
Burkina Faso 1 1     1          
Burundi 1 1     1          
Cambodia 1 1     1          
Cape Verde 1 1                
Central African Republic 1 1                
Chad 1 1                
Comoros 1 1                
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the (Leopoldville) 1 1     1          
Djibouti 1 1                
Dominica 1 1     1          
Equatorial Guinea 1 1                
Eritrea 1 1     1          
Ethiopia 1 1     1 1        
Fiji 1 1     1 1   1    
Gambia 1 1     1 1        
Grenada 1 1     1          
Guinea (French Guinea) 1 1     1         1
Guinea-Bissau 1 1     1          
Haiti 1 1     1          
Jamaica 1 1     1          
Kiribati   1                
Lao People’s Democratic Rep (Laos) 1 1                
Lesotho 1 1                
Liberia 1 1     1          
Madagascar 1 1     1          
Malawi 1 1     1          
Maldives 1 1     1          
Mali 1 1     1          
Marshall Islands 1 1                
Mauritania 1 1     1          
Mauritius 1 1     1          
Micronesia (Federated States of) 1 1     1          
Mozambique 1 1     1         1
Myanmar (Burma) 1 1     1 1 1      
Nauru   1     1          
Nepal 1 1     1     1    
Niger 1 1                
Palau   1     1          
Papua New Guinea 1 1     1 1 1      
Paraguay 1 1     1          
Rwanda 1 1     1          
Samoa 1 1     1          
Sao Tome and Principe 1 1                
Senegal 1 1     1          
Seychelles 1 1     1          
Sierra Leone 1 1     1          
Solomon Islands 1 1     1          
Somalia 1 1     1          
St. Kitts and Nevis 1 1     1          
St. Lucia 1 1     1          
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1 1     1          
Sudan 1 1     1          
Swaziland 1 1     1          
Tanzania, United Republic of 1 1     1 1       1
Timor-Leste 1 1                
Togo 1 1     1          
Tonga 1 1     1 1   1    
Trinidad and Tobago 1 1     1          
Tuvalu   1                
Uganda 1