Title: Risky business
Description: 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.
Subjects: Diagnosis, Social aspects, Medical screening, Occupational diseases, Human chromosome abnormalities, Social aspects of Medical screening, Human chromosome abnormalities, diagnosis, Chromosome Aberrations, Genetics, Occupational Medicine, Risk, Occupational Exposure, Prevention & control, Employment, Genetic Testing, Public Policy