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Fighting toxic ignorance : origins of the right to know about workplace health hazards / Alan Derickson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Derickson, Alan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial hygiene--United States--History--20th century.
- Industrial hygiene.
- Disclosure of information--United States--History--20th century.
- Disclosure of information.
- Work environment--United States--History--20th century.
- Work environment.
- Occupational diseases--Risk factors--United States--History.
- Occupational diseases.
- Health risk communication--United States--History--20th century.
- Health risk communication.
- Communication in industrial safety--United States--History--20th century.
- Communication in industrial safety.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 207 pages)
- Other Title:
- Origins of the right to know about workplace health hazards
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, New York : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2025.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Somebody Had to Fight
- A Very General Ignorance
- Wider Use of Existing Knowledge
- The Path of Self-Correction
- A Matter of Increasingly Public Record
- No Need to Alarm Employees
- New Worker-Oriented Counter-Institutions
- Epilogue : Turning the Tide on Toxic Chemical Ignorance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 18, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Derickson, Alan Fighting toxic ignorance
- ISBN:
- 9781501780219
- 1501780212
- 9781501780202
- 1501780204
- Publisher Number:
- 90101705509
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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