04135nam 2200793 a 450 991080782260332120240417021758.01-84964-384-91-281-87880-497866118788011-4356-9086-9(CKB)1000000000705307(StDuBDS)AH22933672(SSID)ssj0000245731(PQKBManifestationID)11200093(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245731(PQKBWorkID)10176989(PQKB)10867103(MiAaPQ)EBC3386441(Au-PeEL)EBL3386441(CaPaEBR)ebr10480033(CaONFJC)MIL187880(OCoLC)298519241(EXLCZ)99100000000070530720080520d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrSick planet corporate food and medicine /Stan Cox1st ed.London ;Ann Arbor, Mich. Pluto Press20081 online resource (224 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-2740-0 0-7453-2741-9 Includes bibliographical references, "Suggested Reading" list (p. 209-212), and index.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.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.Food industry and tradeEnvironmental aspectsFood industry and tradeEconomic aspectsMedical careEnvironmental aspectsMedical economicsCorporationsEnvironmental aspectsIndustrializationEnvironmental aspectsPharmaceutical industryEnvironmental aspectsPharmaceutical industryEconomic aspectsGreenhouse effect, AtmosphericNatureEffect of human beings onFood industry and tradeEnvironmental aspects.Food industry and tradeEconomic aspects.Medical careEnvironmental aspects.Medical economics.CorporationsEnvironmental aspects.IndustrializationEnvironmental aspects.Pharmaceutical industryEnvironmental aspects.Pharmaceutical industryEconomic aspects.Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.NatureEffect of human beings on.333.7Cox Stan1639983MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807822603321Sick planet4050115UNINA