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Toxicdocs: A New Resource For Assessing The Impact Of Corporate Practices On Health, Nicholas Freudenberg
Toxicdocs: A New Resource For Assessing The Impact Of Corporate Practices On Health, Nicholas Freudenberg
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In the past century, corporations have contributed to premature death and preventable illnesses globally. A growing body of evidence shows how the practices of corporations and their allies contribute to chronic diseases, injuries, and toxic exposures [1–3]. Public health researchers can chart how business practices such as marketing, product formulation and pricing, and corporate political activity such as lobbying, election campaign contributions, sponsored research, and public relations promote the behaviors, environments, and policies that shape patterns of health and disease [4–6].