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Full-Text Articles in Public Health
Workplace Pollution: Nuclear Safety, Ethics, And The Exploitation--Avoidance Argument, Kristin Shrader-Frechette
Workplace Pollution: Nuclear Safety, Ethics, And The Exploitation--Avoidance Argument, Kristin Shrader-Frechette
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author reviews evidence of poor worker health and safety practices in United States Department of Energy nuclear facilities in contending that less protective standards for workplace hazards constitute an environmental injustice not rectified by a hazard pay premium.
Genetic Monitoring In The Workplace: A Tool Not A Solution, Lillian Trettin, Catherine Musham, Richard Jablonski
Genetic Monitoring In The Workplace: A Tool Not A Solution, Lillian Trettin, Catherine Musham, Richard Jablonski
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The authors differentiate between genetic monitoring and screening, and discuss the potential risks and benefits of predictive testing technologies.
Causation In Occupational Disease: Balancing Epidemiology, Law And Manufacturer Conduct, Richard M. Lynch, Mary S. Henifin
Causation In Occupational Disease: Balancing Epidemiology, Law And Manufacturer Conduct, Richard M. Lynch, Mary S. Henifin
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Drs. Lynch & Henefin examine evolution of disease causation theory and its impact on public health, as well as how these relate to the courtroom admissibility of expert opinion evidence.
Book Review, Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette
Book Review, Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the following: ELAINE DRAPER, Risky BUSINESS: GENETIC TESTING AND EXCLUSIONARY PRACTICES IN THE HAZARDOUS WORKPLACE. (Cambridge University Press 1991) [315 pp.] Index of names and subjects, glossary, notes, references. LC 90-28112; ISBN 0-521-37027-2 (cloth $49.50); ISBN 0-42248-5 (paper $15.95). [40 W. 20th St., New York NY 10011.]
Predictive Probabilities In Employee Drug-Testing, John M. Gleason, Darold T. Barnum
Predictive Probabilities In Employee Drug-Testing, John M. Gleason, Darold T. Barnum
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Substance abuse in the U.S. has been estimated to cost $99 billion annually through lower productivity. Yet the authors urge caution in attempting to reduce these costs and health and safety Risks. In doing so, they cite commonly high frequencies of false negatives and false positives in employee drug tests - the latter having the potential to do great injustice to many drug-free employees.
Review Of John V. Schappi, Improving Job Attendance (Bna Books), W. J. Hankins
Review Of John V. Schappi, Improving Job Attendance (Bna Books), W. J. Hankins
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of JOHN V. SCHAPPI, IMPROVING JOB ATTENDANCE. (BNA Books 1988.) [187 pp.] Appendices, bibliography, index. LC 87-27638; ISBN 0-87179-535-3