Killer Commodities
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 the environment.
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Killer Commodities addresses the impact of harmful products on consumers throughout the world. These case studies highlight the processes of production and marketing of these products, as well as the nature of relevant public health policies.
Introduction Hidden Harm: The Complex World of Killer Commodities Merrill Singer Singer, Merrill Hans Baer Baer, Hans 1Pt. 1 Home CommoditiesCh. 1 Stealthy Killers and Governing Mentalities: Chemicals in Consumer Products Edward J. Woodhouse Woodhouse, Edward J. Jeff Howard Howard, Jeff 35Ch. 2 Nothing to Play Around With: Dangerous Toys for Girls and Boys Merrill Singer Singer, Merrill Pamela I. Erickson Erickson, Pamela I. 67Ch. 3 The Environmental and Health Consequences of Motor Vehicles: A Case Study in Capitalist Technological Hegemony and Grassroots Responses to It Hans Baer Baer, Hans 95Ch. 4 Lay Me Down to Sleep: SIDS, Suffocation, and the Selling of Risk Reduction Martine Hackett Hackett, Martine 119Ch. 5 Melanoma Whitewash: Millions at Risk of Injury or Death Because of Sunscreen Deceptions Brian McKenna McKenna, Brian 145Ch. 6 Building with Poison: Toxicity and CCA-Treated Lumber Terence Love Love, Terence 175Pt. 2 Medical and Pharmaceutical CommoditiesCh. 7 U.S. Health Care: Commodification Kills Martha Livingston Livingston, Martha 205Ch. 8 Silicone Seduction: Are Cosmetic Breast Implants Killer Commodities? Pamela I. Erickson Erickson, Pamela I. Ann M. Cheney Cheney, Ann M. 225Ch. 9 Selling Sickness/Creating Demand: Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs Joan E. Paluzzi Paluzzi, Joan E. 255Ch. 10 Deadly Embrace: Psychoactive Medication, Psychiatry, and the Pharmaceutical Industry Michael Oldani Oldani, Michael 283Ch. 11 A Guinea Pig's Wage: Risk and Commoditization in Pharmaceutical Research in America Roberto Abadie Abadie, Roberto 311Ch. 12 Corrosion in the System:The Community Health By-Products of Pharmaceutical Production in Northern Puerto Rico Alexa S. Dietrich Dietrich, Alexa S. 335Ch. 13 Inverting the Killer Commodity Model: Withholding Medicines from the Poor Michael Westerhaus Westerhaus, Michael Arachu Castro Castro, Arachu 367Conclusion: Killer Commodities and Society: Fighting for Change Hans Baer Baer, Hans Merrill Singer Singer, Merrill 399Index 417
