{"product_id":"fighting-toxic-ignorance-origins-of-the-right-to-know-about-workplace-health-hazards-paperback","title":"Fighting Toxic Ignorance: Origins of the Right to Know about Workplace Health Hazards - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Derickson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFighting Toxic Ignorance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores conflict over access to information regarding health hazards encountered in the US workplace during the first three-quarters of the twentieth century. \u003c\/b\u003eAlan Derickson considers risks posed by toxic chemicals and physical and biological agents of disease. By the 1970s, occupational disease was estimated to kill up to 100,000 Americans a year. Derickson unravels the social and political forces and the conflictual process that gave rise to a sustained social movement for a workers' right to know about often-insidious threats. He argues that the decades prior to the emergence of this movement were not a dark age of victimization brought about by enforced ignorance but a time of recurrent battles over the disclosure of needed facts. Workplace warnings--informative signs, labels, and instructions--often saved lives. \u003ci\u003eFighting Toxic Ignorance\u003c\/i\u003e covers a broad range of dangerous substances, deals with a large share of the national workforce, and illuminates the many ways that activists endeavored to see that warnings reached workers, especially immigrants and workers of color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Derickson is Professor Emeritus of Labor Studies and History, Pennsylvania State University. He specializes in problems of public health and labor in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48045996540163,"sku":"9781501780196","price":64.53,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/9310\/7359\/files\/ev4XMGmCbo9781501780196.webp?v=1777658432","url":"https:\/\/annizon.com\/en-at\/products\/fighting-toxic-ignorance-origins-of-the-right-to-know-about-workplace-health-hazards-paperback","provider":"annizon.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}