{"product_id":"fighting-toxic-ignorance-origins-of-the-right-to-know-about-workplace-health-hazards-hardback-9781501780189","title":"Fighting Toxic Ignorance; Origins of the Right to Know About Workplace Health Hazards (Hardback) 9781501780189","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFighting Toxic Ignorance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOrigins of the Right to Know About Workplace Health Hazards\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlan Derickson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501780189\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 April 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e222 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"ILR Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52610535948568,"sku":"9781501780189","price":86.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fighting-toxic-ignorance-origins-of-the-right-to-know-about-workplace-health-hazards-hardback-9781501780189","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}