Industrial screening programs for workers

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Environment; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.1982.9932495· OSTI ID:5893174

Lavine, M P

Industrial screening efforts to identify classes of workers who are more susceptible to workplace hazards, by virtue of their fertility, genetic, or lifestyle characteristics, represent a relatively new approach to reducing workplace risks. Screening has already raised some important economic, legal, social, medical, and moral questions. Employers, employees, administrative agencies, and the courts are offering different, often conflicting answers. Ultimately the acceptability of various screening schemes rests upon judgments about how a society justifies the distribution of risk. The questions that industrial screening programs raise are only partially answered by empirical evidence; the rest is a matter of values.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, PA
• OSTI ID: 5893174
• Journal Information: Environment; (United States), Journal Name: Environment; (United States) Vol. 24:5; ISSN ENVTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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