Sick planet : corporate food and medicine / Stan Cox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, Stan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food industry and trade--Environmental aspects.

Food industry and trade.

Food industry and trade--Economic aspects.

Medical care--Environmental aspects.

Medical care.

Medical economics.

Corporations--Environmental aspects.

Corporations.

Industrialization--Environmental aspects.

Industrialization.

Pharmaceutical industry--Environmental aspects.

Pharmaceutical industry.

Pharmaceutical industry--Economic aspects.

Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Neoliberals often point to improvements in public health and nutrition as examples of globalisation'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.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PREFACE

1 HEALTH CARE'S MALIGNANT GROWTH

2 FEELING OK? ARE YOU SURE?

3 SIDE EFFECTS MAY BE SEVERE

4 SWALLOWING THE EARTH WHOLE

5 " AGROTERRORISTS" CAN TAKE A VACATION

6 HUNGER FOR NATURAL GAS

7 DOWN- TO- A- TRICKLE ECONOMICS

8 SUPERNATURAL FOOD

9 THE WORLD IS YOUR KITCHEN

10 POLITICAL IMPOSSIBILITY vs. BIOLOGICAL IMPOSSIBILITY

NOTES

SUGGESTED READING

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references, "Suggested Reading" list (p. 209-212), and index.

ISBN:

9786611878801

9781849643849

1849643849

9781281878809

1281878804

9781435690868

1435690869

OCLC:

298519241