The Poisioning Of America…
In recent weeks, the media has been full of scary reports of our pantries being stocked with tainted foodstuffs, much of it imported from China. Even if a product is produced within our shores, chances are it contains ingredients of Chinese origin. As it turns out, our friends over there that feed us and our pets, have little or no quality control. Chinese imports are commonly laced with high levels of bacteria, toxins of various types, insect and rodent parts, urine, and droppings. Their own people may not be aware of the dangers, or care, but we do.
Not to worry, right? We’ve got the FDA and the various port authorities who inspect and test to make sure we are safe. Right? Think again brothers and sisters. From the Washington Post:
For years, U.S. inspection records show, China has flooded the United States with foods unfit for human consumption. And for years, FDA inspectors have simply returned to Chinese importers the small portion of those products they caught — many of which turned up at U.S. borders again, making a second or third attempt at entry.
And from WorldNetDaily:
…the FDA found Chinese toothpaste contaminated with a chemical used in antifreeze – the same chemical that killed people in Panama last year when it turned up in cough syrup.
Google it yourself and you will be shocked to find hundreds of thousands of links to stories that will shock, anger, and scare the bejesus out of you. You might even run across this piece recently written and posted by Roomie on one of her several websites. She did extensive reading and research that is summarized in her article, including this:
…The FDA inspects one percent of all the food shipments that come into this country. Let me repeat—ONE PERCENT.
In short, we are completely at the mercy of the Chinese. Let us hope they are not yet ready to wipe us out. With everything else going on in our failing government, we didn’t need to worry about whether dinner tonight will be our Last Supper. Break out the bread and wine — and roll the dice.
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Yeah, but we’ve got plenty of billions, hundreds of billions, to spend on a “war” (Iraq) which doesn’t, as far as I can tell, have the slightest potential for protecting the American people from anything. That’s setting aside the human cost; not many FDA and Customs inspectors getting killed on the job.
This is ridiculous! I’ve long thought that we’d sold our jobs overseas — I didn’t think it was our lives. I was wrong. Remember: you’re not paranoid if they really are out to get you.
Think it was Napoleon who said, “Let China sleep, for when she wakes, the world will tremble”.
Yes, my Chinese-Malaysian other half, has always been very fond of a certain tinned fish, Dace, which turned up on a list of foods containing harmful additives recently. I immediately consigned the one tin in the cupboard to the bin.
Just thought you might be interested; news this week-end of Dutch Bed Store firm recalling 1,300 foam mattresses of Chinese manufacture, fearing that they may have been sprayed with toxic insecticide.