Response to Occupational Health Hazards: A Historical Perspective

What are the effects of industry upon the health of employees? This enormously complex question involves historical, social, political, and scientific issues—and has a major impact on national policy decisions and regulatory activities. This unique book explores the history of occupational disease in the American workplace. Beginning with the centuries–old belief of disease as an acceptable and unavoidable by–product of industrial expansion, it moves to current methods of diagnosis, control and prevention. You will find in–depth coverage of:the growth of federal responsibility for occupational risksthe evolution of mandatory health standardsrisk assessment and federal policy 1970–1990case studies of lead, asbestos, vinyl chloride, silicosis and byssinosis and steps taken to control or eliminate these conditionsAlthough the exact numbers are disputed, the Office of Technology Assessment today estimates about 6,000 deaths annually due to workplace injuries and about 100,000 deaths due to occupational illness. This book is vital for all physicians, industrial hygienists, safety professionals, nurses, lawyers, government policy makers, and others who are continually working to reduce these figures. It points the way to better methods of detection and control…innovative diagnostic techniques…improved epidemiological methodology…and a full understanding of government, labor and management’s responsibilities to the health of their workers.

Spis treści:
Historical Perspective on Government Responsibility for Occupational Health.
Evolution of Mandatory Standards.
Risk Assessment and Federal Policy, 1970–1990.
Lead.
Asbestos.
Free Silica (SiO2).
Vinyl Chloride.
Cotton Dust.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
About the Author Jacqueline Karnell Corn is Associate Professor, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimo re, Maryland, and a leading researcher in industrial and environmental health and safety history. In addition to authoring Environment and Health in Nineteenth Century America: Two Case Studies and Protecting People at Work: ACGIH 1938–1988. she has also edited Industrial Hygiene––The Future and Training and Education in Occupational Hygiene: An International Perspective Dr. Corn received her Masters degree from Radcliffe College and her Doctor of Arts in History from Carnegie–Mellon University.

Okładka tylna:
What are the effects of industry upon the health of employees? This enormously complex question involves historical, social, political, and scientific issues—and has a major impact on national policy decisions and regulatory activities. This unique book explores the history of occupational disease in the American workplace. Beginning with the centuries–old belief of disease as an acceptable and unavoidable by–product of industrial expansion, it moves to current methods of diagnosis, control and prevention. You will find in–depth coverage of:the growth of federal responsibility for occupational risksthe evolution of mandatory health standardsrisk assessment and federal policy 1970–1990case studies of lead, asbestos, vinyl chloride, silicosis and byssinosis and steps taken to control or eliminate these conditionsAlthough the exact numbers are disputed, the Office of Technology Assessment today estimates about 6,000 deaths annually due to workplace injuries and about 100,000 deaths due to occupational illness. This book is vital for all physicians, industrial hygienists, safety professionals, nurses, lawyers, government policy makers, and others who are continually working to reduce these figures. It points the way to better methods of detection and control…innovative diagnostic techniques…improved epidemiological methodology…and a full understanding of government, labor and management’s responsibilities to the health of their workers.