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245 10 a| Reproductive hazards in the workplace :b| mending jobs, managing pregnancies /c| Regina Kenen.;

300 a| xvii, 306 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Haworth's women's studies;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-286) and index.;

505 0 a| Pregnancy and the working woman -- Working women: then and now -- Our ancestors: the good and the bad -- Toll of reproductive harm -- Protective legislation -- Lingering influence of the war years -- Giving with one hand and taking away with the other: fetal protection policies (FPPs) -- What it's like now -- Slow pace of change -- Next steps -- What can go wrong: reproductive hazards for man, woman and child -- Learning about our reproductive selves -- What can go wrong -- Bringing the male back in -- Men and their perceived reproductive vulnerability -- Link between cancer and reproductive health? -- Prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy hazard counseling -- Toxic exposure after birth -- WHO standards for chemicals in food -- What can you do? -- Where we stand now -- Workplace: how safe is safe? -- Comfortable workplace: what it's all about -- Your body changes in pregnancy -- Work equipment, work space -- Stress: the woman caught in the middle -- Social stress -- Women in health care, industry, the service sector and agriculture.;

505 0 a| (cont) Health care fields -- Industry -- Service sector -- Agricultural workers -- Women in the office, in schools and at home -- Hazards in the office -- Hazards in the schools -- No longer a haven: hazards in the home -- Need to know how to evaluate risks and hazards -- Strategies for the future -- Information gap: learning to judge risks and hazards -- At risk or not at risk, that is the question -- Media messages -- How do scientists decide what is dangerous? -- Animal studies: rats and mice in the laboratory -- Bacterial studies: millions of microbes under the microscope -- Human studies: the final proof? -- Agent orange study -- What makes something a hazard and how do you measure it? -- Consumer versus scientific, business and governmental views of risks and hazards -- What risk should you take? -- What we have and what we want: self-power, women power -- What can we do? -- Model for the United States -- Paths to progress -- Barriers to progress -- Organizing steps -- Future -- Protective legislation and governmental regulatory agencies.;

505 0 a| (cont) Alphabetical list of resource organizations -- Glossary of occupational health terms -- Bibliography of useful occupational health references.;

650 0 a| Reproductive toxicology.;

650 0 a| Industrial toxicology.;

650 2 a| Congenital Abnormalitiesx| etiology.;

650 2 a| Environmental Pollutantsx| adverse effects.;

650 2 a| Occupational Diseases.;

650 2 a| Reproduction.;

830 0 a| Haworth's women's studies.;

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Reproductive hazards in the workplace : mending jobs, managing pregnancies / Regina Kenen.

Author/creator	Kenen, Regina
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Haworth Press, ©1993.
Description	xvii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Reproductive toxicology. Industrial toxicology. Congenital Abnormalities--etiology. Environmental Pollutants--adverse effects. Occupational Diseases. Reproduction.

Series	Haworth's women's studies Haworth's women's studies.
Contents	Pregnancy and the working woman -- Working women: then and now -- Our ancestors: the good and the bad -- Toll of reproductive harm -- Protective legislation -- Lingering influence of the war years -- Giving with one hand and taking away with the other: fetal protection policies (FPPs) -- What it's like now -- Slow pace of change -- Next steps -- What can go wrong: reproductive hazards for man, woman and child -- Learning about our reproductive selves -- What can go wrong -- Bringing the male back in -- Men and their perceived reproductive vulnerability -- Link between cancer and reproductive health? -- Prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy hazard counseling -- Toxic exposure after birth -- WHO standards for chemicals in food -- What can you do? -- Where we stand now -- Workplace: how safe is safe? -- Comfortable workplace: what it's all about -- Your body changes in pregnancy -- Work equipment, work space -- Stress: the woman caught in the middle -- Social stress -- Women in health care, industry, the service sector and agriculture.
Contents	(cont) Health care fields -- Industry -- Service sector -- Agricultural workers -- Women in the office, in schools and at home -- Hazards in the office -- Hazards in the schools -- No longer a haven: hazards in the home -- Need to know how to evaluate risks and hazards -- Strategies for the future -- Information gap: learning to judge risks and hazards -- At risk or not at risk, that is the question -- Media messages -- How do scientists decide what is dangerous? -- Animal studies: rats and mice in the laboratory -- Bacterial studies: millions of microbes under the microscope -- Human studies: the final proof? -- Agent orange study -- What makes something a hazard and how do you measure it? -- Consumer versus scientific, business and governmental views of risks and hazards -- What risk should you take? -- What we have and what we want: self-power, women power -- What can we do? -- Model for the United States -- Paths to progress -- Barriers to progress -- Organizing steps -- Future -- Protective legislation and governmental regulatory agencies.
Contents	(cont) Alphabetical list of resource organizations -- Glossary of occupational health terms -- Bibliography of useful occupational health references.
Local note	Little-285801--3051300476590
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-286) and index.
LCCN	91034582
ISBN	1560241543 (acid free paper)

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