Can't Buy: The Health Killers of Daily Goods Exposed

Author: Shunji Funase
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Nowadays, behind the booming consumer goods market, there are hidden safety hazards. Faced with a wide variety of products of inconsistent quality, what criteria do you use to make your choices? Is it TV commercials? Newspapers and magazines? Or discounted promotions? The author of Buy This Book—an expert in consumer and environmental issues—firstfully reveals the health hazards in daily goods to the public in this book. It is a compilation of articles originally published in the magazine Friday Weekly, which has been supported solely by subscribers without advertising. The book Buy This Book is an edited collection of articles that were published in the magazine since 1996. The author categorizes goods closely related to daily life, such as food, beverages, cleaning agents, cosmetics, medications, and miscellaneous items, and cites reports from research institutions to expose the harmful side effects of representative products produced by major Japanese manufacturers. The side effects of these products are so alarming that they are even detrimental to health. The author of one of the books, Shunji Funase, has been invited to give speeches across Japan, where many people tell him, "You're still alive, it's really not easy." They know that it is a daring act for media reporters to take on large corporations, risking their lives in the process. Buy This Book is a challenge from the media to large corporations on behalf of consumers. The author, Yoichi Furihata, urges consumers to adopt a strategy of not buying, not drinking, and not buying as gifts, and to change their shopping habits of purchasing without checking the product ingredients.