HIV/AIDS Prevention

California investigators urged to inspect porn industry

Published in AIDS Weekly, May 10th, 2004

An HIV outbreak in the pornography industry has prompted a request for the state to regulate movie sets and perhaps require condoms, a move that some say would force the multibillion-dollar business underground or out of state.

A week after two actors tested positive for the AIDS virus, county health officials said April 20, 2004, that they have declared a health emergency and will ask the state's Division of Occupational Health and Safety to investigate workplace conditions.

"This is an industry that's been largely ignored. We don't really know how many people have been exposed and infected in the course of their employment," said Peter Kerndt,...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2004-05-10)

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