5. The High Stakes of Shopping: Precautionary Consumption as Mothers’ Work

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. List of Abbreviations xv
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. 2. Safe until Sorry: Chemical Regulation in the United States 26
8. 3. Personalizing Pollution: Th e Environmental Health Movement 56
9. 4. Be a Super Shopper! Precautionary Consumption at the Grocery Store 83
10. 5. The High Stakes of Shopping: Precautionary Consumption as Mothers’ Work 103
11. 6. Precautionary Consumption as a Class Act 125
12. 7. Moving toward Environmental Justice 143
13. Methodological Appendix 159
14. Notes 179
15. Reference List 205
16. Index 233