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...Cambridge drafted a policy for all city employees who have been diagnosed with AIDS or have tested positive on the antibody screening test. Though city policy-makers have taken into account the interests of AIDS-afflicted employees and have calmed public fears, their policy singles out those employees to undergo unwarranted special procedures...
...list of corporations that ask all job applicants to undergo urinalysis is like a roll call of the largest and most prestigious firms in the U.S. Among them: Exxon, IBM, Lockheed, Shearson Lehman, Federal Express, United Airlines, TWA, Hoffmann-La Roche, the New York Times. On March 1, Du Pont became the newest name on the list. And this spring, AT&T, which already tests applicants at plants where volatile chemicals are handled, will start screening all potential employees at its manufacturing facilities for drug use. About one-fourth of the FORTUNE 500 companies now screen applicants for drugs...
...demand that employees take drug tests if their supervisors think they may be impaired. All the major U.S. oil companies have instituted such a policy for workers on drilling rigs. Since last month, a Federal Railroad Administration regulation has required some 100,000 employees who operate U.S. railroads to undergo urinalysis whenever their supervisors think they may be high. This week a new regulation takes effect requiring workers to take a test when they have been involved in a serious accident...
WASHINGTON--In a recommendation that could affect millions, the Public Health Service recommended yesterday that all people in high-risk groups undergo periodic blood tests to check for infection by the AIDS virus...
Lest you leap for the phone, there is one caveat. Not just anyone can be accepted into the program. All applicants must undergo a rigorous series of screenings, including a psychological test, a physical exam, and several interviews. The researchers say they are looking for potential subjects who are "competent in handling drugs," says Orzack. "We're not condoning drug use, just requiring people with experience...