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Something You Should Read About Christmas Manderins..... :puke:

John-Edmonton

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My wife works in a lab. A bunch of senior students did a project on mandarins recently to see what (if any?) substances are found in the peelings. They did a comparison study between mandarins from China and mandarins from Japan. First the good news :).....mandarins from Japan were clean....in fact no toxins were found at all. Now, the mandarins from China, not so good news. They were contaminated with an endless amount of substances. Why may you ask?

Well, some further research found that the areas where most of the mandarins are grown are along the largest river in China, the "Yangtze River". What is done however, is that the mandarins are picked and thrown in the Yangtze River, and they just float downstream for many many miles, until they arrive at the delta, where they are picked out and packaged. Now China has some of the most polluted rivers in the world, and Yangtze River just happens to be one of them. Just think of all the raw sewage (toilets) and industrial (heavy metals) wastes that get into this river and manage to get into the peelings and possibly the fruit itself.

My wife set a new rule in our house..... "NO FOOD FROM CHINA IS ALLOWED IN OUR HOME"
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But how do you know if it came from China? Most of this stuff isn't marked and many things that come from China have MADE IN U.S.A. marks or labels on them. A lot of canned or packaged foods are canned or packaged here but the ingredients came from China and they are not identified as such. A huge amount of ingredients for our prescription and over the counter medicines and vitamins come from China but it ain't printed on the label. We now have a toy over here that contains a chemical that is a "Date Rape Drug" and several kids have been seriously harmed by it. It is now being recalled. These maggots don't care what they put in our foods, medicines, toys, clothes, etc.

Bill
 
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I was just having this discussion at work today! I was shocked to find that only a "few" toys and food products have made the news lately! I did a search and found the GPSC.GOV Web site (Consumer Product Safety Commission) and found page after long page of recalls that no one mentions! This is really scary because I went through my kids toys and found plenty that were listed as having "excessive high levels of lead". This included things like book marks, paint sets, craft projects, toys, jewelry, snap bracelets.... even Halloween fake ugly teeth, and the list goes on and on! We've been invaded as far as I'm concerned, lead in recent recalled lipstick, tainted food, counterfeit medications (people have died from them) anti-freeze in toothpaste, rat poison in starch products, toxins, poisons, WHAT NEXT!!! I hold the major corporations and Congress responsible because they only think about high profit margins and BIG business!!! What did they think would happen if you shipped all our manufacturing out??? Maybe people will start to wake up and realize that we need to start making our own things again!!! We need to demand that the companies re-examine their procedures for QC control and testing (not spot testing as we can see this doesn't work too well) from all the CRAP that's getting dumped here!!! All the ADHD, Autism, and other "RECENT" health related issues affecting our kids and making them sick!!! I believe it's because everything is imported here without proper safe guards and testing and the medical experts have no clue why???? I've spoken to many people and they would pay more if it meant that products were safe for their families! So just remember, when they boot out more farmers to clear space for new home building, we can only blame ourselves!!!:argue::stars::throw:
 
You nailed it. Corporate profit wins out and is the name of the game. These greedy apes don't care how many people get sick or die just as long as they have a fat bottom line. It's time for the public to raise holy hell before we all wind up poisoned.

Bill
 
You have got to be kidding! There is no difference between the parties anymore. They are just opposite wings of the same bird and bought and paid for corporate puppets. That's why Americans are flocking to register as Independents. They are sick to death of both parties. The latest polls show that 60% of Americans are sick of both parties and this number will grow over time. There may be an unexpected upset next election.

Bill
 
[quote Uncle Willy]You have got to be kidding! There is no difference between the parties anymore. They are just opposite wings of the same bird and bought and paid for corporate puppets. That's why Americans are flocking to register as Independents. They are sick to death of both parties. The latest polls show that 60% of Americans are sick of both parties and this number will grow over time. There may be an unexpected upset next election.

Bill[/quote]You are so predictable Bill. Just the answer I expected from you. I thought I would stir the pot a little. BTW, I did vote for "Tricky" Dick Nixon:devil:
 
Yeah Tricky was a piece of work. He's the one that got us hooked up with China and you see where that is going. :) He also helped bring in the HMO's and we all know about them. There ain't one candidate out there right now that I would vote for if they came by my house to pick up my vote. This country is screwed if somebody doesn't crash the scene soon..


Bill
 
YUK!!
On that theme. We have had a massive influx of workers from South East Asia in the last 2 months (Chinese included). Our emperor (or should that be employer:please:) has given Ozzie workers the thumbs down. The joke at the moment, is those of us Aussies that are left, might have to learn to speak Mandarin! (as many of the new workers can't speak English).
Mick Evans.
 
When I moved to Fl. in 1991, I was told that I was the most qualified for a job, but wasn't hired because I couldn't speak Spanish. Why did I take German in school?:shrug:
 
Hi Bill,
It's a shame that we can't get these "independents" to vote that way. I'm a lifelong Republican. But I'm greatly disenfranchised with the 2 major parties. It seems as if corruption has become so commonplace that we no longer hold the politicos accountable TO the public any longer. We allow and seem to expect poor behavior and nonperformance. I'm starting to think more along the lines of the Libertarian party in the reduction of "Big Government".

Later,
Brian
 
Yeah I'm checking out Ron Paul. The two parties joined hands and sold the voter out many years ago. They are so stupid, greedy, and arrogant that they think we will re-elect them no matter how bad they screw us ( and the public may be that dumb). I think they're going to be in for a surprise. Where is Ross Perot when we need him. :)

Bill
 
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