The true cost of toys
By: by Mary Colson
Series: Consumer nation
Publisher: Wayland
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780750277112
Subjects: Consumption (Economics); Juvenile literature; Toys; Social aspects
Description: Find out how the things we buy and use every day are produced, often at a cost to workers' health or the environment, and discover how you can shop to change things for the better.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The truth behind toys; title: Toy world map. Chapter 1 Global trade; title: Supply and demand; title: Quality control?; title: Working lfor change; title: What is fair trade? Chapter 2. Workers' rights. Case study 1 Child's play? The life of a child sweatshop worker. Toys trafficking and desperation. Case study 2. Assembly lines and overtime. Chapter 3. Toys and toxins. The rubber tapping trade; title: Cotton and chemicals. Case study3. Caution: this toy may harm your health!; title: Waste matters. Chapter 4. Healthy work and play. Making changes; title: A childhood for everyone?; title: Fair play and big business; title: Shop to change the world.