02441nam 2200577Ia 450 991081072250332120200520144314.00-8166-5370-4(CKB)1000000000486564(EBL)335402(OCoLC)437204658(SSID)ssj0000245555(PQKBManifestationID)11235734(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245555(PQKBWorkID)10176895(PQKB)11514008(MiAaPQ)EBC335402(OCoLC)226379302(MdBmJHUP)muse33410(Au-PeEL)EBL335402(CaPaEBR)ebr10217877(CaONFJC)MIL523006(EXLCZ)99100000000048656420070628d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrShopping our way to safety how we changed from protecting the environment to protecting ourselves /Andrew Szasz1st ed.Minneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20071 online resource (338 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-3508-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-317) and index.Two historical case studies -- Assembling a personal commodity bubble for one's body -- Consequences of inverted quarantine. "Not long ago, people did not worry about the food they ate. They did not worry about the water they drank or the air they breathed. It never occurred to them that eating, drinking water, satisfying basic, mundane bodily needs might be a dangerous thing to do. Parents thought it was good for their kids to go outside, get some sun. "That's all changed now." -from the Introduction Many Americans today rightly fear that they are constantly exposed to dangerous toxins in their immediate environment: tap water is contaminated with chemicals; foods contain pEnvironmental economicsUnited StatesConsumption (Economics)United StatesEnvironmental economicsConsumption (Economics)339.4/70973Szasz Andrew1947-740899MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810722503321Shopping our way to safety3939104UNINA