Lethal But Legal Corporations, Consumption, and Protecting Public Health
Lethal But Legal Corporations, Consumption, and Protecting Public Health
- ISBN 13:
9780199937196
- ISBN 10:
0199937192
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 02/18/2014
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary
Lethal but Legal examines how corporations have impacted -- and plagued -- public health over the last century, first in industrialized countries and now in developing regions. It is both a current history of corporations' antagonism towards health and an analysis of the emerging movements that are challenging these industries' dangerous practices. The reforms outlined here aim to strike a healthier balance between large companies' right to make a profit and governments' responsibility to protect their populations.
While other books have addressed parts of this story, Lethal but Legal is the first to connect the dots between unhealthy products, business-dominated politics, and the growing burdens of disease and health care costs. By identifying the common causes of all these problems, then situating them in the context of other health challenges that societies have overcome in the past, this book provides readers with the insights they need to take practical and effective action to restore consumers' right to health.