ISBN:
0520969073
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9780520969070
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 252 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als MacKendrick, Norah Better safe than sorry
DDC:
306.30973
Keywords:
Consumer behavior
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Women consumers Psychology
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Product safety
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Consumer goods Safety measures
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; General
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Consumer behavior
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Consumer goods ; Safety measures
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Product safety
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Women consumers ; Psychology
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United States
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"How toxic are the products we consume on a daily basis? Whether it's triclosan in toothpaste, formaldehyde in baby shampoo, endocrine disruptors in water bottles, or pesticides on strawberries, consumers are increasingly concerned about the chemicals in their food and personal care products. This book chronicles how ordinary people try to avoid exposure to toxics in grocery store aisles using the practice of 'precautionary consumption.' Through an innovative analysis of environmental regulation, the advocacy work of environmental health groups, the expansion of the health-food chain Whole Foods Market, and interviews with consumers, Norah MacKendrick ponders why the problem of toxics in the U.S. retail landscape has been left to individual shoppers--and to mothers in particular. She reveals how precautionary consumption, or 'green shopping, ' is a costly and time-intensive practice, one that is connected to cultural ideas of femininity and good motherhood but is also most available to upper- and middle-class households. Better Safe Than Sorry powerfully argues that precautionary consumption places a heavy and unfair burden of labor on women and does little to advance environmental justice or mitigate risk."--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
Introduction -- Safe until sorry : chemical regulation in the United States -- Personalizing pollution : the environmental health movement -- Be a super shopper! precautionary consumption at the grocery store -- The high stakes of shopping : precautionary consumption as mothers' work -- Precautionary consumption as a class act -- Moving toward environmental justice.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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