“You hear that cigarettes are bad for public health. And that asbestos is bad for public health. And that guns are bad for public health. And that pollution is bad for public health. That junk food is bad for public health. But you rarely hear that corporations themselves are bad for public health. That’s about to change. A group of academics and activists are starting to push the idea that corporations are bad for public health. At Hunter College, Nicholas Freudenberg has set up a web site to discuss the issue. And now comes William Wiist. Wiist is chair of the Health Sciences Department at Northern Arizona University. Last year, he authored an article for the American Journal of Public Health titled Public Health and the Anti-Corporate Movement. And now he’s working on a book for Oxford University Press tentatively titled Bottom Line or Public Health.” (05/05/08)