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Risky Business: Genetic Testing and Exclusionary Practices in the Hazardous Workplace

Risky Business: Genetic Testing and Exclusionary Practices in the Hazardous Workplace

Draper, Elaine
MacLean, Douglas

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy

PhilosophyTechnology & EngineeringGeneral Science

ISBN10: 0521422485
ISBN13: 9780521422482
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Aug 30 1991
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.99 Depth: 8.96
Language: English
At a time when more corporate employers are using genetic information as a cornerstone of their hiring practices, when workers find their chromosomes considered alongside their resumes, the ramifications of genetic testing demand further examination. Risky Business analyzes health screening in the workplace - three major types of testing are examined: genetic screening in which job applicants and employees are tested for inherited traits that may predispose them to the disease: genetic monitoring that aims to detect genetic damage among current employees that could indicate exposure to dangerous chemicals; and teratogenic risk in which laboratory cultures and animals are used to provide evidence of the effects of chemical exposure on humans.

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