Killer commodities : public health and the corporate production of harm /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Singer, Merrill, Baer, Hans A., 1944-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham : AltaMira Press, [2009]
Subjects:	Health risk assessment. Consumer goods > Health aspects. Consumer goods > Safety measures. Consumer goods > Social aspects. Consumer protection. Consumer Product Safety. Community Participation. Economic Competition. Public Policy.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : Hidden harm : the complex world of killer commodities
Stealthy killers and governing mentalities : chemicals in consumer products
Nothing to play around with : dangerous toys for girls and boys
The environmental and health consequences of motor vehicles : a case study in capitalist technological hegemony and grassroots responses to it
Lay me down to sleep : SIDS, suffocation, and the selling of risk
Melanoma whitewash : millions at risk of injury or death because of sunscreen deceptions
Building with poison : toxicity and CCA-treated lumber
U.S. health care : commodification kills
Silicone seduction : are cosmetic breast implants killer commodities?
Selling sickness/creating demand : direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs
Deadly embrace : psychoactive medication, psychiatry, and the pharmaceutical industry
A guinea pig's wage : risk and commoditization in pharmaceutical research in America
Corrosion in the system : the community health by-products of pharmaceutical production in northern Puerto Rico
Inverting the killer commodity model : withholding medicines from the poor
Conclusion : Killer commodities and society : fighting for change