"It is the policy of
Stanford University to maintain a safe and healthy work environment.
Managers and supervisors are responsible for the establishment and
maintenance of good health and safety practices." (Administrative
Guide Memo 25.5)
As a major research and medical university, Some Stanford facilities
contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause birth
defects or other reproductive harm. The objective of the Reproductive
& Developmental Health Protection Program is to protect the
health of employees, students, and visitors from occupational exposures
to substances (chemical, biological, radiological, or physical)
known or suspected of being reproductive or developmental hazards.
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICY · The University does not discriminate
by sex, race, disability, age or any other protected characteristic
in the hiring,assignment or promotion of employees because of actual
or perceived differences in susceptibility to reproductive effects
caused by toxic substances. However, the transfer of a particular
employee or employees may be necessary in some cases in order to
remove an employee or employees from exposure to toxic substances
at levels above those allowed by applicable regulations. Such transfers
will only be considered where materials substitution, additional
engineering controls, and safer work practices are technologically
unfeasible or ineffective in reducing exposure to levels prescribed
by applicable regulations. If an employee or employees must be removed
from exposure, the group of employees affected will be defined as
narrowly as possible, taking into account the risks of the particular
substance, while providing for the greatest possible element of
employee choice consistent with adequate protection of their reproductive
health and health of their offspring. No employee removed from exposure
will suffer any loss of earnings.
Stanford University's Reproductive &
Developmental Health Protection Program
Reproductive Health Hazard Questionnaire
(PDF form version)
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