Made in anywhere but China
July 21st, 2007Thomas the Tank Engine with lead paint. Causes mental retardation in children. Made in where? China, of course.
You heard about the poison dog and cat food. Causing kidney failure and a painful death. Imported from where? China.
Poison fish from China.
Toothpaste with diethylene glycol, a highly toxic chemical found in antifreeze from where else? China.
Needless to say, I told you so. Mrs. Z and I haven’t been buying anything made in China for years. Just today, we went to Target and looked for anything not bought in China. Made in Honduras? Good. Made in United States? Good. Made in India? Good. Made in Bangladesh? Good. Made in China? Forget it.
Harry Potter 7
The line outside of Barnes and Noble was literally 300 to 400 people. So we decided to go to Longs Drugs instead. The one by our house was open 24 hours, so no, we didn’t lose precious reading time.
I’m at Chapter 8 now and currently, Mrs. Z is reading it so I’m stuck on the internet. The minute she puts it down, I’m snagging it back. It’s been like this for the whole day.
So far? Yes, it’s good so far. When I finish it, I’ll post a review without giving away any spoilers.
Hope you’re all having a good weekend. I’ll visit some blogs until Mrs. Z puts the book down. 
Zombieslayer, of course you and I are on the same page. Just be reeeaaaalll careful when you buy seafood, especially shellfish, OK?
Most of it comes from that part of the world.
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Had to toss toothpaste and mouthwash because of contamination, both made in China. Would like to avoid both processed stuff and manufactured goods but its damn hard sometimes.
Wife got her copy of HP7 at a similar huge gathering and has promised to cut off my hands if I mess with her book. Awesome site, by the way.
You know what annoys me? You can’t find ANY Christmas decorations that aren’t made in China! We had a light set burn out last year and had a helluva time finding a replacement that wasn’t made in China!
Heehee, we read the new HPs that way too. I’m on Chapter 6, and L’s on Chapter 11. Z finally finished HP5, and just started HP6, so he’s out of the competition.
Sounds like a great weekend. I havent read the HP series yet. I have seen the first two movies.
LOL Sorry it’s been a while. Reading the latest Harry Potter eh? Well, my ex did do something right by ordering the book on line in advance for my daughter. I don’t know if I would be enough of a fan to brave those lines at the book stores. Happy reading!
Indeed the crappy products coming out of China is quite frustrating. My fiance recently bought some dog treats made there for our dog, and I threw them away. Rather be safe than sorry.
Ah man, I still haven’t purchased the HP book yet. I am hoping to sometime this week, I just hope I can avoid the multitudes of spoilers that will certainly be popping up on the internets any time now.
Whenever I express my dismay about Chinese goods to H, he asks me “well, what do you expect - they have poor regulations?”. I never thought about it before all these stories started coming out. But H also says that it’s been there for a while. Apparently, their baby formula is so “watered down” (probably why they sell it cheap), that you would never feed it to your baby.
As far as Harry Potter, I’ve not read the series, so I doubt I will pick it up at this point. Laura has some interesting insights about the latest book.
Bridget - Yeah, I heard that’s the absolute most dangerous thing to buy when it comes to food. They have no environmental regulations over there and they just dump toxins everywhere, and the shellfish is where it ends up first.
Beach - Thanks! Glad the wife loves the HP books as much as we do.
Tshsmom - Just finished it yesterday. Kind of regret reading it so fast, because now it’s back to my usual non-fiction.
Tweety - The third movie was the best of the movies. It was kind of dark though, and may be scary for the little ones because it has a werewolf.
Moni - Yeah, the lines were brutal. Glad the local drug store had it. I didn’t mind paying $6 more, I just wanted to read it.
Bsoholic - Fiancee? Well, congratulations!
Notta - Their products are absolute crap.
Well, now I have to hit Laura’s site. Curious to what she says.
I think it’s funny that the third movie was your favorite, because although it was my favorite book it was my least favorite movie.
I finished the book on Saturday, and started re-reading it on Sunday.
I definitely try to avoid stuff made in China, not just because of the toxicity of their stuff but also because of our incredibly huge trade deficit with them. Did you ever watch the PBS Frontline show where they dissected Wal-Mart’s business practices. It should be enough to stop people from shopping at Wal-Mart as well as buying Chinese goods.
Kathleen - Didn’t see the show, but Wal-Mart is like a bad monopoly, and is an example of why monopolies are bad for business. They come into town and put all the Mom and Pop stores out of business. Not only is it bad for Mom and Pop, with those places out of business, customers have less choice. So we avoid Wal-Mart. We’re also aware of how badly they treat their employees.
You are 100% correct about the trade deficit. This is a very bad thing for America.