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Mark Worth is an American investigative journalist, whistleblower advocate, public interest activist, publisher and author. Worth frequently appears as a speaker and expert on whistleblower protection at international and regional forums, including the UN, European Parliament, (Council of Europe ),〔http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/cdcj/Whistleblowers/Consultation%20meeting%20on%20Whistleblowers%20-%20Report%20of%20the%20Rapporteur_E.pdf〕 OECD〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Keeping Pace: Whistleblowing and the Response of Government, Mark Wor… )〕〔http://www.oecd.org/cleangovbiz/2014SymposiumEthicsGovernanceAgenda.pdf〕 and the International Anti-Corruption Conference.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Whistling Around the World: Growing an International Movement to Connect Whistleblowers with Investigative Journalists - The 15th International Anti-Corruption Conference, Brazil, 7-10 November 2012 )〕 Worth is a member of the UNODC Expert Group on whistleblowing and the founding coordinator of the (international whistleblower program ) at Transparency International (TI). Currently he is the manager of the International Whistleblower Project for (Blueprint for Free Speech ).〔http://www.slideshare.net/OECD-GOV/whistleblowing-and-the-response-of-government-mark-worth〕 Worth has worked for many international and national advocacy organizations including (Public Citizen ), (Transparency International ), and (Food & Water Europe ), and many media companies including the New York Times and McClatchy. He is the co-founder of two independent newsmagazines, and has been an editor, staff writer and columnist at many publications. He is the co-recipient of the 1994 (Investigative Reporters and Editors ) award for magazine writing for an investigation of chemically injured workers at Boeing factories published in the ''(Washington Free Press )'', which he co-founded.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Investigative Reporters and Editors - 1994 IRE Award winners )〕 Worth is the author of (''Zapped: Irradiation and the Death of Food'' ), the first general-interest book on the controversial technology of food irradiation. While at Public Citizen in the early 2000s, Worth co-founded a successful campaign to block the approval of irradiated foods by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The campaign also led to the pulling of irradiated foods from stores throughout the U.S.〔http://www.soc.iastate.edu/sapp/DG-PoorSales.html〕 and the bankruptcy of the leading irradiation company, (SureBeam ).〔http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Processing/Lights-out-for-SureBeam〕 He initiated the international campaign to pressure the Karl May Museum in Radebeul, Germany, to repatriate Native American scalps to the (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians ) and other Tribes. The controversy has been reported in many international and German media outlets. == Washington Free Press == Worth's 1994 investigation of Boeing, co-authored by Eric Nelson with additional research by Andrea Helm, was published in the ''(Washington Free Press )''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Washington Free Press Issue 8 Directory - #8 Feb/Mar 94 )〕 (Worth co-founded the ''Free Press'' in Seattle in 1992 with Alex Mayer and (Amy Tullis ).) The package of articles, entitled "It's All In Your Head," describes how "Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Boeing workers say they've been sickened by the chemicals used at Boeing plants throughout Puget Sound. But instead of giving these workers the medical and financial help they need, Boeing -- with the help of its connections within state government and the medical establishment -- is saying many workers just have psychological problems."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Washington Free Press Issue 8 Directory - #8 Feb/Mar 94 )〕 Worth and Nelson received the 1994 Investigative Reporters and Editors award for magazine writing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Investigative Reporters and Editors - 1994 IRE Award winners )〕 The ''Free Press'' found that Boeing told workers—mostly women—to use chemicals and materials that that company knew was toxic and caused health problems, did not provide workers adequate safety equipment, denied workers' compensation benefits, and hired doctors who contended that the workers' health problems were actually psychologically based. The investigation also found evidence of collusion between Boeing and the Washington state government agency that oversees the workers' compensation program. One sickened Boeing worker, Claudia "Dea" Sartain, committed suicide after her worker's compensation benefits were terminated by the state of Washington upon Boeing's urging. In her suicide note, obtained by the ''Free Press'', Sartain described the working conditions at Boeing's parts fabrication plant in Auburn, Washington: working while hanging upside-down (''"We would stay in these positions sometimes for days ..."''), working with carcinogenic adhesives (''"Women were having miscarriages all the time ..."''), and arguing with her boss about handling toxic chemicals (''"All you're worried about is this material. How much is my life worth?"''). Shortly after New Year's Day of 1990, Sartain stole her brother's gun, drove to a friend's house, and shot herself in the front yard. Sartain was 32.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="It's All In Your Head" - #8 Feb/Mar 94 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Worth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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