“Office Work Is Dangerous to Our Health”

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Office Work Is Dangerous to Our Health

by Carl Feuer, UUP and
Robin Whittlesey
Office work is dangerous to our health.

Did your know that:

* Female office workers experience
coronary heart disease about twice as often
as other working women.

* In a study of 22,000 workers in 130
occupations, the government found that
secretaries suffered the second highest
rate of stress-related disease of all 130
occupations.

* Female office workers who spend at least
20 hours a week working at computers
have double the normal rate of
miscarriages in the first trimester.

* Carpal tunnel syndrome and eyestrain
are increasingly common occupational
diseases among office workers.

* Recent health surveys have documented
that office workers suffer a variety of
ailments due to poor office air quality
ranging from drowsiness and decreased
alertness to allergic attacks.

Health problems caused by work are a

. MImajor issue for office workers. For this

reason, the Laber Coalition held its Fall

-Health and Safety Conference on October 28,

on this topic. It was also the reason that 28

office workers from twelve workplaces in

Tompkins and Cortland counties attended

the Conference, and why over forty others

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* Female office workers
who spend at least 20
hours a week working at
computers have double
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miscarriages in the first
trimester.

asked to receive Conference materials.
The conference focused on three main
areas. First, we discussed how the stresses of

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