How will biomonitoring affect businesses?
The information gleaned from the biomonitoring program can potentially save millions of dollars in health care costs and workers’ compensation. The costs of environmental-associated disease are staggering for businesses: from disability payments to lower productivity to missed work days. Beyond this, society bears unfair costs for environmental cleanups and the provision of healthcare. Green business is good business, and there is a growing demand for non-toxic products, not to mention a moral obligation to distribute safe alternatives to the public.