Made in China – no thanks!
From Who Sucks:
With recent high-profile incidents involving dangerous goods imported from China, the American media has finally begun to warn consumers about the dangers of cheaply producing goods in a country hardly known for its strict safety regulations. After spending some time digging through product recall press releases, we’ve found that the mainstream media is still only reporting the tip of the iceberg when it comes to dangerous products imported from China. Here’s a timeline we’ve created, which shows the huge amount of faulty/dangerous Chinese product scandals so far this year:
The list is truly shocking. My “favorites” include:
- Razor Blades For Kids: Tri Star International recently recalled a made-in-China children’s stationary, which contained a dangerous razor blade.
- Lead Paint On Baby Toys: Stuffed Fun Balls, which were sold at dollar stores and other discount stores from June 2006 until March 2007, were recalled because the paint used by the Chinese manufacturer of the baby toy contained dangerous levels of lead.
- Toxic Fish: It is believed that imported Chinese monkfish was actually deadly puffer fish, a labeling disaster that lead to the hospitalization of at least one person in America.
- Poisonous Toothpaste: The FDA recently found that several low-priced toothpastes imported from China contained diethylene glycol, which poisons the liver and kidneys and depresses the central nervous system.
Whilst it’s bad for us in the West consider Chinese consumers who are at the mercy of what the Chinese government decides to make of any situation. The Chinese government has announced that it would rewrite food safety regulations, introduce a national recall system and overhaul the nation’s top drug watchdog. It’s also sentenced a former top drug safety official to death.
Is killing people hitting root-cause?
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By Mark Graban on July 11th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
It really is terrible. “Lean vs China” used to be about lead time and labor costs. Now it’s about life and death eh?
By Mark Graban on July 11th, 2007 at 11:15 am
It really is terrible. “Lean vs China” used to be about lead time and labor costs. Now it’s about life and death eh?
By cindy on November 21st, 2007 at 5:29 pm
but those failure products in china are just rare cases.
It`s the west world continue seeking for profit by importing those low quality products from china counrages those immoral producers in china keep on producing those products.
Buy more expensive ones if they prefer, everything will be fine. cheap & Quality never won`t reversely related!!!!
By cindy on November 21st, 2007 at 11:29 am
but those failure products in china are just rare cases.
It`s the west world continue seeking for profit by importing those low quality products from china counrages those immoral producers in china keep on producing those products.
Buy more expensive ones if they prefer, everything will be fine. cheap & Quality never won`t reversely related!!!!