Royal octavo, hardcover, clean and unmarked, almost as new in near fine white and black pictorial dj. 1st Edition 1st Printing, 241 pp. including index. Discusses the health concerns related to cigarettes, dairy and meat products, salt, artificial sweeteners, tampons, and home insulation, and looks at how the public's perception of risk is influenced.

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Title: CONSUMING FEARS: The Politics of Product Risks
Publisher: Basic Books, Inc., New York, NY (1986)
Publication Date: 1986
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0465014119
ISBN 13: 9780465014118
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Book Type: Book

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Discusses the health concerns related to cigarettes, dairy and meat products, salt, artificial sweeteners, tampons, and home insulation, and looks at how the public's perception of risk is influenced

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This book is a collection of six case studies describing the complicated political dynamics of selected product risk health hazards from cigarettes, dairy and meat products, salt, tampons, artificial sweeteners, and formaldehyde insulation. Indeed, "product health risks are a different sort of a health hazard," from which "personal experience affords no protection." A major emphasis of the studies is the "struggle among interested groups to control government agendas." "Consumers must rely on the risk interpretation of intermediaries" who may well convey misleading and conflicting advice. According to Sapolsky, "only an awareness of the inclination of institutions to exploit vulnerability . . . can protect us against the exploitation of our fear of unknown or marginal harms." For large public and consumer interest collections. Nan cy B. Burrell, M.L.S., IBID Inc., Sarasota, Fla.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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