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100 1  Freudenberg, Nicholas,|eauthor. 
245 10 Lethal but legal :|bcorporations, consumption, and 
       protecting public health /|cNicholas Freudenberg. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bOxford University Press,|c[2014] 
300    xvi, 324 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-309) and 
       index. 
505 0  Manufacturing disease : unhealthy products become 
       ubiquitous -- The public health evidence : how corporate 
       practices contribute to global epidemics of chronic 
       disease and injuries -- Corporations take control : a new 
       political and economic order emerges -- The corporate 
       consumption complex -- The corporate ideology of 
       consumption -- The health impact of corporate managed 
       globalization -- Optimism past, present, and future : the 
       building blocks for a movement -- Wanted : a movement for 
       a healthier, more sustainable future. 
520    Decisions made by the food, tobacco, alcohol, 
       pharmaceutical, gun, and automobile industries have a 
       greater impact on today's health than the decisions of 
       scientists and policymakers. As the collective influence 
       of corporations has grown, governments around the world 
       have stepped back from their responsibility to protect 
       public health by privatizing key services, weakening 
       regulations, and cutting funding for consumer and 
       environmental protection. Today's corporations are 
       increasingly free to make decisions that benefit their 
       bottom line at the expense of public health. 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. 
650  0 Public health. 
650  0 World health. 
650  0 Corporations|xMoral and ethical aspects. 
650 12 Public Health. 
650 12 Global Health. 
650 22 Chronic Disease|xepidemiology. 
650 22 Industry. 
650 22 Internationality. 
650 22 Socioeconomic Factors. 
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