Description: At a time when more corporate employers are using genetic information as a cornerstone of their hiring practices, when workers find their chromosomes considered alongside their resumes, the ramifications of genetic testing demand further examination. Risky Business analyzes health screening in the workplace - three major types of testing are examined: genetic screening in which job applicants and employees are tested for inherited traits that may predispose them to the disease: genetic monitoring that aims to detect genetic damage among current employees that could indicate exposure to dangerous chemicals; and teratogenic risk in which laboratory cultures and animals are used to provide evidence of the effects of chemical exposure on humans.
Review Quotes: 'After reading this book, one is left in awe at the thought that, given the many sources of risk involving every aspect of the interaction (from matching to production to transportation), people in the Renaissance were able to overcome these risks and produce as many masterpieces as they did. This is the monograph's key achievement: To convince readers that that of Renaissance art was no easy business.' Ennio E. Piano, Journal of Cultural Economics