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By Anslem Samuel | Published July 8, 2011 | Full size is 426 × 480 pixels

A health risk is evident: A hostile work environment not only poses a disruptive force that negatively impacts your emotional and mental state, but it can also affect your physical health. When workplace issues can’t be resolved, Price recommends that you quit to protect yourself from illness. “This can affect you physically if too much cortisol, a stress hormone, is secreted into your bloodstream," he warns. "It can lead to higher blood pressure and weight gain. So there are very real reasons for not staying in a hostile environment.”

A health risk is evident: A hostile work environment not only poses…

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