Killer Commodities: Public Health and the Corporate Production of Harm

ISBN: 0759109788

Author: Singer University of Connecticut, Merrill

Condition: New

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.