Killer Commodities enters the increasingly heated debate regarding consumer culture with a critical examination of the relationship between corporate production of goods for profit and for public health. This collection analyzes the nature and public health impact of a wide range of dangerous commercial products from around the world, and it addresses the question of how policies should be changed to better protect the public, workers, and the environment.

Contributions by: Roberto Abadie, Arachu Castro, Ann M. Cheney, Alexa S. Dietrich, Pamela I. Erickson, Martine Hackett, Jeff Howard, Martha Livingston, Terence Love, Brian McKenna, Michael Oldani, Joan Paluzzi, Michael Westerhaus, Edward J. Woodhouse