Killer Commodities: Public Health and the Corporate Production of Harm

by Merrill Singer (Editor)

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.

438 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2008