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Workplace reproductive and developmental health and safety programs

The impact of overturn of Roe v Wade on workplaces

July 13, 2022

The court ruled in Roe that, “A person may choose to have an abortion until a fetus becomes viable, based on the right to privacy contained in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Don’t gamble with reproductive health

Outdated thinking: Naive women will remain silent

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

December 3, 2018

Class action lawsuits regarding reproductive health rights were recently filed against Walmart, the U.S.’s largest private employer, in Illinois, New York and Wisconsin. Many other employers such as Amazon, Merck and Novartis face similar lawsuits, too, relating to pregnancy discrimination, failure to provide reasonable accommodations and violations of EEOC rules.

Best Practices

Does ISO 45001 address sexism?

Global management system standard is due in March

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

February 20, 2018

With #womensmarch and #metoo bookending 2017, many U.S. employers are likely to establish new policies and procedures in 2018 to better manage workplace sexism. How does this practice impact occupational health and safety?

Public health experts angry over federal cutbacks

"This is not how you invest in a healthy America"

July 28, 2016

The Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS) appropriations bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee earlier this month falls far short of expectations, said the American Public Health Association (APHA).

A NIOSH Science Blog post

Can workplace exposures increase risks of birth defects?

Epidemiology in action

January 21, 2015

Pregnant and breastfeeding women get a lot of advice from just about everyone on just about everything– what to eat, medications to avoid, how much exercise they should do. When it comes to their jobs, though, the advice seems to dry up.

A NIOSH Science Blog post:

Workplace Exposures and the National Action Plan for Infertility

July 24, 2014

Infertility is a significant health issue in the U.S. as well as globally. In addition to the large health and fiscal impacts of infertility, the inability to conceive can be devastating to individuals or couples.

Public health

Mercury levels in U.S. women of childbearing age way down

Fewer in danger zone than in the past

November 25, 2013

Blood mercury levels in women of childbearing age have dropped 34 percent in the past 14 years, according to a survey by the EPA. Additionally, the percentage of women of childbearing age with blood mercury levels above the level of concern decreased 65 percent from the 1999-2000 survey and follow-up surveys from 2001-2010.