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

Author/Contributor(s):	Draper, Elaine
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	08/30/1991
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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