Fit for Public Consumption.

• Position: Matters of Scale - Brief Article

Fit for Public Consumption. Amount of money U.S. drug companies $14 billion spent on marketing in 1999 Amount of money the 12 largest drug $19 billion companies spent on research and development that year Amount that BP (formerly British $100 million Petroleum) is spending annually to market its new name and its new environmentally friendly image of moving "beyond petroleum" Amount that BP invests annually in clean $100 million energy (solar, wind, etc.) each year U.S. military spending on the war in at least $2.5 billion Afghanistan U.S. government spending on emergency $0.320 billion humanitarian aid to Afghanistan U.S. funding for Plan Colombia, which $1.3 billion aims to halt illicit coca production largely through military funding and aerial spraying of herbicides Share of this funding dedicated to $0.081 billion helping Colombian farmers shift to legal crops Wholesale price, per pill, Bayer $4.67 Corporation charges for the anthrax-fighting antibioti Cipro Approximate...