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  • Title: Reproductive hazards in the workplace: a case study of women firefighters.
    Author: Evanoff BA, Rosenstock L.
    Journal: Am J Ind Med; 1986; 9(6):503-15. PubMed ID: 3740071.
    Abstract:
    Recent attention has focused on the difficulties of providing equal employment opportunities for women while ensuring reproductive health in the workplace. This paper examines the potential hazards faced by pregnant firefighters and recommends a policy that seeks a reasonable accommodation between employment and fetal and maternal health. The potential hazards faced by firefighters include physical exertion, hyperthermia, and exposure to carbon monoxide and other toxic gases. The ideal policy option for improving reproductive health is to make the workplace safe for all employees. Where this cannot be accomplished and a unique reproductive hazard exists to women during pregnancy, temporary positions should be found that remove the pregnant woman from the hazard while allowing her to continue work.
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