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200 10$aSick planet$b[electronic resource] $ecorporate food and medicine /$fStan Cox
210   $aLondon ;$aAnn Arbor, Mich. $cPluto Press$d2008
215   $a1 online resource (224 p.)
300   $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
311   $a0-7453-2740-0 
311   $a0-7453-2741-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references, "Suggested Reading" list (p. 209-212), and index.
330   $bNeoliberals 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.
606   $aFood industry and trade$xEnvironmental aspects
606   $aFood industry and trade$xEconomic aspects
606   $aMedical care$xEnvironmental aspects
606   $aMedical economics
606   $aCorporations$xEnvironmental aspects
606   $aIndustrialization$xEnvironmental aspects
606   $aPharmaceutical industry$xEnvironmental aspects
606   $aPharmaceutical industry$xEconomic aspects
606   $aGreenhouse effect, Atmospheric
606   $aNature$xEffect of human beings on
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615  0$aMedical economics.
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615  0$aIndustrialization$xEnvironmental aspects.
615  0$aPharmaceutical industry$xEnvironmental aspects.
615  0$aPharmaceutical industry$xEconomic aspects.
615  0$aGreenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
615  0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on.
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