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

By Elaine Draper

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521422485
• ISBN13: 9780521422482
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"