Workers at risk: voices from the workplace
Nelkin, Dorothy ; Brown, Michael S.
University of Chicago Press - Chicago
1984
220 p.
biological effects ; chemical industry ; chemicals ; dangerous substances ; exposure ; fire services ; food industry ; harmful substances ; health impact assessment ; hospital ; laboratory work ; legislation ; maintenance ; pharmaceutical industry ; survey ; workers information
Chemicals
English
Bibliogr.
0-8039-2467-4
08.12.4-22807
"This documentary account of workers routinely exposed to chemicals on the job is based on 75 interviews with chemical operatives, maintenance workers, technicians in chemical, pharmaceutical, food processing and industrial plants, laboratory technicians, fire fighters, and railroad and health care workers. Topics covered include: the jobs and the risks involved with chemicals; illnesses, fears and responsibility; protection, adaptation and action; recourse in the case of hazards; controlling risks on the job."
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