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:: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 ::
Employees run into unwritten rule of the workplace: urinate on demand By Adam Geller, AP
Employers conduct about 45 million drug tests each year, the vast majority by collecting a urine sample. Some workers object, but inability to fill a specimen cup is rarely the issue.
Then there are people like Smith, who says he was fired from his job at a Caterpillar Inc. generator plant in Griffin, Ga., last fall because his failure to provide a urine specimen was labeled a refusal to take the test.
Workers laced with pesticides By ALEX PULASKI
Nine out of 10 Northwest orchard workers -- and nearly as many of their children -- carry measurable levels of pesticides in their bodies, new research shows.------------------------------------------- posted 6:49 AM :: reference link ::
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