Notifying workers at risk
The politics of the right-to-know
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11024252 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald Bayer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1352-1356 |
| Publication date | 1986-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.76.11.1352 |
| PMID | 3766840 |
| OpenAlex | W2100322828 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Holding that workers exposed to toxic substances in the workplace\nhave a right to know about the extent to which they may have been put at risk,\nBayer describes the history of the political controversy over whether the\nNational Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ought to provide\nindividual notification to workers found through its retrospective cohort\nmortality studies to be at increased risk for disease. He comments that both\nadvocates and opponents of notification have focused their arguments on the\npotential clinical consequences, even though the issue actually entails\nquestions about the distribution of the burdens of uncertainty among powerful\ninterests. (KIE abstract)
Association (psychology) · Environmental health · Political science · Politics · Right to know · Human Rights and Development · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1987 - 1992 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |