cor'."'rrrE !&II!'! BENEX'ITS OF ENVTRONMENTAL, HEALTH, AND ...

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Drducer compliancs with dosage guirlelines for antibiotic u.se and tn
i;i,;;i;-p;;d;-; operations bv-ali-owing resources to h.' shifted from
suivcillarice io test irig of susperl carcrstr'i ( F-SQS. I 07tlb ).' Sincn the re
is considerab e scientific unc€r1&inty regrrctrng tht - r'rsli to.human
it""iifr r"a Lo animal productivity oi antibioticId'litions lo-tlrr']tr''rt
l'.i"irG. it ** r"i posiiul" to estiinalo tho rluanlilativc I'enefit. 'rf lhis
aciibn".'Thev are, hb*,'r.r. PotlntiallJ vorv greri.-rtrc||rrItng 1tto5p11ation
of the 'elTcctivene-ss
o{ lntibiotics in freotlng lrtnrriln (tr'€ase'
tm- iiOS-i"rrd irt,, fnel an' clrrtged wilh etrsrtrirrg thaL the
ttlio"'" ioi.t suppiv '"main sife nn.l l''inlthy Doilg :o lrrs I'ecome
;;;;';"; imno\ionr in view of rho ,:orrrp)ixi(y &rrrl scoP,' of lhe
i'ioanr" a itt Jtii,t ion-oriented footl inrlrrstry. The tnajor bon-efiL of the
f""a-r"+iv pi:"gtuttti of botlr agtncies is that consttm"t'nnd.prcdtrccr
""tda"n"""iti i}? g,'neral food iuppl. ls tnrinJrirod. I conrliliorr ilrrt
.,i'oJ,i--rr"-t-lii."r t:,,t ';;"'tti1 in tlii ,il,s,'l.t of r igo.ous regul'rtion of
tho products and practices of the industries involved.
4.? BENEFITS OF OCCUPAT{ONAL SAtrTTY AND IIEALTI{ RI]GIII-\'TIONS
One of the most controversial arr,a's in a.ss ssing the benefits of
""cttl;i.t has been the study of the effeci of ocertpaliona.l safcty and
health rrceulations on the rate"s of injnty itnd drseos(' Incl'ltnd) ln
iioiiiins ;"r',,l"lions. I\[rrclr of ilris conir,ir'.'rsy rrose rs a losttlt of I
stutlv it'it,o efiect o[ OStIA inspcctions :rnd onforcotnonl olr tlle
nrtir'rtl lrLto of occrtltatiotrtll iniru ic'. n hit'lr found no detect:rblc cflcct
"t O.Snq. regrlation on inittr:v rntes (Z,eckhausc.r' and Nichols. 19??) '
A ntrmber of studies of the cffc