i know it’s impossible to completely avoid purchasing all chinese products, but i honestly do what i can. whenever i go shopping i always make sure that whatever i’m buying is made anywhere but the tainted “middle kingdom”—even at cheap dollar-store-like outlets. (my car freshener is korean and my dish sponges are made in vietnam.)
the latest news is still related to china’s melamine contaminated products, but at this point who can really say they’re surprised? this time the item being banned from shelves is “White Rabbit Creamy Candy,” which i’ve actually had the pleasure of enjoying once or twice.
Melamine is a chemical additive at the heart of China’s contaminated dairy scare. It is used to make plastics and fertilizers, but it is sometimes illegally mixed into food products, including milk, because its high levels of nitrogen can help fool tests that measure protein levels.the disturbing, but again not surprising, thing is that officials actually tried to cover-up the problem shortly before the olympics. guess they were too busy oppressing tibetans to try and deal with their tainted goods that have now spread worldwide.
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