What will it take
I think I am a fairly intelligent person. But I would hope the people we have in office would be smarter. I must be wrong. We have all watched products coming out of China causing harm to humans and pets. The latest product to be of questionable safety is drywall. Supposedly the reason we are getting drywall from China is because of the shortage due to the construction work needed to rebuild Louisiana after Hurricaine Katrina. The drywall material is said to give off a bad smell and people complain of feeling so ill they no longer want to live in their homes.
We all remember the pet food debacle. Pets in the United States are not just animals. They are a part of our family and we want quality foods for them. Not food that will kill them. Where was the tainted food shipped to us from? Where else? China!
Next is the shipping of the drug Heparin. Heparin is a blood thinner and is used for people after surgery, dialysis, and when patients are bedridden to prevent blood clots. The Heparin from China has caused allergic reactions as well as death. The FDA can be blamed for this. They did not inspect the production plants where the Heparin was made due to a bureaucratic mix up. The drug is made in bits and pieces at what was described as small shops and did not seem to be monitored as it would be in the USA.
By no means should we forget all the toys that have been recalled because of the lead paint built into them. Lead in high levels can cause brain swelling, convulsions, and even death. In lower levels, it can cause intellectual problems, deficit problems, and hyperactivity problems.
Why don’t we see these are not just chance happenings? Why must we buy things from a country that has so little respect for life that things they produce kills or maims the user? Is the bottom line money? Is it so important that we forget the safety factor?
Not to be paranoid but didn’t Khrushchev say he would bury us from the inside? What better way would there be to take us over than to cripple us with things we buy from China?
March 20th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Yes Khrushchev (I’m counting on you that this spelling is correct) did indeed state, while shaking his hands in the air, that they will bury us from within. Well in fact, China is loaning us soooooooooooooo much money, we will all be speaking Chinese in the not to distant future………….Again, there is so much greed in our government and no one appears to be accountable for any of the problems our Country is currently facing. Our dear President just seems to be out there running for the office he currently holds. Who is really minding the store? We need answers to all the problems you have addressed in your blog. The repubs and dems need to get together and fix our Country and stop pointing the finger at each other. Love our soap boxes!!!!!!!!
June 26th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Great post! I love that you are taking the time to write about pet care. This is something near and dear to my heart. Take care.