Killer commodities: Public Health and the Corporate Production of Harm

by Merrill Singer

Killer Commodities enters the increasingly heated debate regarding consumer culture with a critical examination of the relationship between corporate production of goods for profit and for public health. This collection analyzes the nature and public health impact of a wide range of dangerous commercial products from around the world, and it addresses the question of how policies should be changed to better protect the public, workers, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759109788
• ISBN13: 9780759109780
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"