Risky Business: Genetic Testing and Exclusionary Practices in the Hazardous Workplace (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy)
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ISBN: 0521422485 / Publisher: Cambridge University Press, August 1991
Professor Draper shows that a major shift has been taking place in the prevailing conception of risk in the workplace.
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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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