Author: Los Angeles County (Calif.). Consumer Information ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
A Guide for Consumers
Author: Los Angeles County (Calif.). Consumer Information ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
A Guide to Consumer Action
Author: Helen E. NelsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consumer education
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World
Author: Wesley J. SmithPublisher: Encounter Books
ISBN: 1594034265
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
" Scare headlines about the first human clones appear in our newspapers. Biotech companies brag about manufacturing human embryos as "products" for use in medical treatments. Events are moving so fast—and biotechnology seems so complicated—that many of us worry we can’t keep up. But now, Wesley J. Smith provides us with a guide to the brave new world that is no longer a figment of our imagination, but a reality just around the corner of our lives. Smith unravels the mystery of stem cells and shows what’s at stake in the controversy over using them for research. He describes the emerging science of human cloning—the most radical technology in history—and shows how it moves forward inexorably against the moral consensus of the world. But at the core of this highly readable and carefully researched book is a report on the gargantuan "Big Biotech" industry and its supporters in the universities and the science and bioethics establishments. Smith reveals how the lure of huge riches, mixed with the ideology of "scientism," threatens to impose on society a "new eugenics" that would dismantle ethical norms and call into question the uniqueness and importance of all human life. "At stake," he warns, "is whether science will continue to serve society, or instead dominate it." In Consumer’s Guide to a Brave New World, Smith presents a clear-eyed vision of two potential futures. In one, we will use biotechnology as a powerful tool to treat disease and improve the quality of our lives. But in another, darker scenario, we will be steered onto the antihuman path that Aldous Huxley and other prophetic writers warned against half a century ago. "
Engage!
Author: Elizabeth BierbowerPublisher: HC Pro, Inc.
ISBN: 1601461178
Category : Consumer-driven health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Creating Consumers
Author: Carolyn M. GoldsteinPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807872385
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Home economics emerged at the turn of the twentieth century as a movement to train women to be more efficient household managers. At the same moment, American families began to consume many more goods and services than they produced. To guide women in this transition, professional home economists had two major goals: to teach women to assume their new roles as modern consumers and to communicate homemakers' needs to manufacturers and political leaders. Carolyn M. Goldstein charts the development of the profession from its origins as an educational movement to its identity as a source of consumer expertise in the interwar period to its virtual disappearance by the 1970s. Working for both business and government, home economists walked a fine line between educating and representing consumers while they shaped cultural expectations about consumer goods as well as the goods themselves. Goldstein looks beyond 1970s feminist scholarship that dismissed home economics for its emphasis on domesticity to reveal the movement's complexities, including the extent of its public impact and debates about home economists' relationship to the commercial marketplace.
A Consumer's Guide to Food Regulation & Safety
Author: James T. O'ReillyPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A Consumer's Guide to Food Regulation & Safety is a consumer-friendly guide to understanding the laws and policies relating to the food industry. Learn more about current policies designed to protect consumers and how to challenge them if necessary. Issues of fraudulent promotion, labeling, and advertising by members of the food industry are also examined. Food related issues are regularly making headlines. This almanac provides consumers with the information they need to better understand the laws and policies in place to help protect them from harm. Do you find many food labels confusing and misleading? Do you know what to do if you get sick from contaminated food? As a consumer, can you take legal action if you fall victim to food fraud or illness? All of these issues are addressed in this easy to comprehend legal guide.
A Guide to Instructional Resources for Consumers' Education
Author: William L. JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consumer education
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
An Ounce of Protection
Author: Vermont. Consumer Protection DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consumer education
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
The Borrowing Money Guide
Author: Joseph R. MillerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780972985505
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Presenting unbiased information about borrowing money and an understandig of the processes involved, this easy-to-read, step-by-step book will help you avoid costly credit mistakes and show you how o protect one of your most prized assets ---your credit
Best Buy Book 1996 Edition
Author: Consumer GuidePublisher: Consumer Guide Books
ISBN: 9780451822925
Category : Consumer education
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Featuring ratings for hundreds of products, from TVs to juicers, Best Buy Book is the only guide consumers need to help decide which applicances, electronics, exercise equipment, and other goods are the best choices for them. Includes over 200 photos.