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245 00 a| Killer commodities :b| public health and the corporate production of harm /c| edited by Merrill Singer and Hans Baer.;

300 a| x, 428 pages ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: Hidden harm: the complex world of killer commodities / Merrill Singer and Hans Baer -- Stealthy killers and governing mentalities: chemicals in consumer products / Edward J. Woodhouse and Jeff Howard -- Nothing to play around with: dangerous toys for girls and boys / Merrill Singer and Pamela I. Erickson -- The environmental and health consequences of motor vehicles: a case study in capitalist technological hegemony and grassroots responses to it / Hans Baer -- Lay me down to sleep: SIDS, suffocation, and the selling of risk / Martine Hackett -- Melanoma whitewash: millions at risk of injury or death because of sunscreen deceptions / Brian McKenna -- Building with poison: toxicity and CCA-treated lumber / Terence Love -- U.S. health care: commodification kills / Martha Livingston --;

505 0 a| Silicone seduction: are cosmetic breast implants killer commodities? / Pamela I. Erickson and Ann M. Cheney -- Selling sickness/creating demand: direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs / Joan E. Paluzzi -- Deadly embrace: psychoactive medication, psychiatry, and the pharmaceutical industry / Michael Oldani -- A guinea pig's wage: risk and commoditization in pharmaceutical research in America / Roberto Abadie -- Corrosion in the system: the community health by-products of pharmaceutical production in northern Puerto Rico / Alexa S. Dietrich -- Inverting the killer commodity model: withholding medicines from the poor / Michael Westerhaus and Arachu Castro -- Conclusion: Killer commodities and society: fighting for change / Hans Baer and Merrill Singer.;

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650 0 a| Consumer goodsx| Safety measures.=| ^A651059;

650 0 a| Consumer goodsx| Social aspects.=| ^A651059;

650 0 a| Consumer protection.=| ^A61343;

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650 0 a| Political planning.=| ^A25970;

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Killer commodities : public health and the corporate production of harm / edited by Merrill Singer and Hans Baer.

Other author	Singer, Merrill.
Other author	Baer, Hans A., 1944-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Lanham : AltaMira Press, ©2009.
Description	x, 428 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Health risk assessment. Consumer goods--Health aspects. Consumer goods--Safety measures. Consumer goods--Social aspects. Consumer protection. Consumer Product Safety. Community Participation Competition. Political planning.

Contents	Introduction: Hidden harm: the complex world of killer commodities / Merrill Singer and Hans Baer -- Stealthy killers and governing mentalities: chemicals in consumer products / Edward J. Woodhouse and Jeff Howard -- Nothing to play around with: dangerous toys for girls and boys / Merrill Singer and Pamela I. Erickson -- The environmental and health consequences of motor vehicles: a case study in capitalist technological hegemony and grassroots responses to it / Hans Baer -- Lay me down to sleep: SIDS, suffocation, and the selling of risk / Martine Hackett -- Melanoma whitewash: millions at risk of injury or death because of sunscreen deceptions / Brian McKenna -- Building with poison: toxicity and CCA-treated lumber / Terence Love -- U.S. health care: commodification kills / Martha Livingston --
Contents	Silicone seduction: are cosmetic breast implants killer commodities? / Pamela I. Erickson and Ann M. Cheney -- Selling sickness/creating demand: direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs / Joan E. Paluzzi -- Deadly embrace: psychoactive medication, psychiatry, and the pharmaceutical industry / Michael Oldani -- A guinea pig's wage: risk and commoditization in pharmaceutical research in America / Roberto Abadie -- Corrosion in the system: the community health by-products of pharmaceutical production in northern Puerto Rico / Alexa S. Dietrich -- Inverting the killer commodity model: withholding medicines from the poor / Michael Westerhaus and Arachu Castro -- Conclusion: Killer commodities and society: fighting for change / Hans Baer and Merrill Singer.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2008009561
ISBN	9780759109780 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0759109788 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780759109797 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0759109796 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780759112407 (electronic)
ISBN	0759112401 (electronic)

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