Labor Conference on the Workplace and the Human Genome

This conference will bring together experts in science, ethics, and law, with experts in knowing and representing the needs of American Workers. The conference will build a base of knowledge among labor representatives about the Human Genome Project. It will contribute to further development of Workplace Health Fund initiatives to stimulate an ethically conducted and socially accepted search for effective medical interventions among workers who are at high risk of disease due to occupational exposures. And, it will meet at least two stated objectives of the NCHGR:
- to increase public understanding among workers and their representatives, and
- to develop options and recommendations on policy issues that are raised by the Human Genome Project.