Sick Planet: Corporate Food and Medicine
ISBN-13:
9780745327419
ISBN-10:
0745327419
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Stan Cox
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
Pluto Press
Format:
Hardcover
232 pages
Category:
Environmental Economics
,
Economics
,
Industries
,
Pharmacology
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Book details
ISBN-13:
9780745327419
ISBN-10:
0745327419
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Stan Cox
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
Pluto Press
Format:
Hardcover
232 pages
Category:
Environmental Economics
,
Economics
,
Industries
,
Pharmacology
Summary
Sick Planet: Corporate Food and Medicine (ISBN-13: 9780745327419 and ISBN-10: 0745327419), written by authors
Stan Cox, was published by Pluto Press in 2008.
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Description
Neoliberals often point to improvements in public health and nutrition as examples of globalization's success, but this book argues that the corporate food and medicine industries are destroying environments and ruining living conditions across the world.Scientist Stan Cox expertly draws out the strong link between Western big business and environmental destruction. This is a shocking account of the huge damage that drug manufacturers and large food corporations are inflicting on the health of people and crops worldwide. Companies discussed include Wal-Mart, GlaxoSmithKline, Tyson Foods and Monsanto. On issues ranging from the poisoning of water supplies in South Asia to natural gas depletion and how it threatens global food supplies, Cox shows how the demand for profits is always put above the public interest. While individual efforts to "shop for a better world" and conserve energy are laudable, Cox explains that they need to be accompanied by an economic system that is grounded in ecological sustainability if we are to find a cure for our Sick Planet.
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