Killer Commodities: Public Health and the Corporate Production of Harm - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0759109788 ISBN 13: 9780759109780

Publisher: AltaMira Press, 2008

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Merrill Singer is a senior researcher at the Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention (CHIP) and a professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, as well as a research affiliate of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University.

Hans Baer is lecturer in the School of Anthropology, Geography, and Environmental Studies and the Centre for Health and Society at the University of Melbourne

Review:

Singer and call for more consumer advocacy and less deregulation of industry, as well as a balance between regulatory agencies and industries. They point out that some industries may have too much oversight, that is, monitored by several agencies, which obscures jurisdiction. (Somatosphere, December, 2009)

The case studies provide forays into particular cultures of production, consumption, and regulation. These forays, with their implicit and explicit policy suggestions, give the volume its strength. Highly recommended. (CHOICE, July 2009)

About this edition

• Publisher: AltaMira Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0759109788
• ISBN 13: 9780759109780
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 438
• Editor: Singer University Of Connecticut Merrill, Baer Hans A.