Claire and I have, for many years now, engaged in as careful and consistent a boycott of products imported from Communist China as possible. We do so for several reasons: China's forced abortion and sterilization policies; its severe persecution of Christians; its exploitation of slave labor and pitiful treatment of other workers, including children; its extreme hostility to Taiwan, Japan and even American interests; its ongoing network of political and industrial espionage which steals critical secrets from the West; and the devastating impact that its domination of the American marketplace by cheap, shoddy products has had on our economy and culture.But now we have yet another reason to beware "Made in China" goods; namely, our immediate health.
A Florida company has just issued a nationwide recall for toothpaste it imported from China which could contain a deadly chemical. Indeed, the chemical is diethylene glycol, a humectant solvent used in antifreeze, printing ink, glue, and some brake fluids.
Yum.
Here is an excerpt from the latest story on the matter from World Net Daily:
...A slew of Chinese exports have recently been banned or turned away by U.S. inspectors, including wheat gluten tainted with the chemical melamine that has been blamed for dog and cat deaths in North America, monkfish that turned out to be toxic pufferfish, drug-laced frozen eel and juice made with unsafe color additives.
As WND reported, China, the leading exporter of seafood to the U.S., is raising most of its fish products in water contaminated with raw sewage and compensating by using dangerous drugs and chemicals, many of which are banned by the FDA.
The stunning news followed WND's report that FDA inspectors report tainted food imports from China are being rejected with increasing frequency because they are filthy, are contaminated with pesticides and tainted with carcinogens, bacteria and banned drugs.
China has consistently topped the list of countries whose products were refused by the FDA – and that list includes many countries, including Mexico and Canada, who export far more food products to the U.S. than China...
