Occupational Health Costs Surpass $250 Billion

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Occupational Health Costs Surpass $250 Billion
By Richard Scott
February 1, 2012

Tallying higher costs than cancer, diabetes, stroke and other highly prevalent conditions, job-related illness and injury taxes the nation an estimated $250 billion per year, according to new research that suggests greater emphasis...

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