CHINA-FREE

DEFINITION chi-na-free adj. A term proposed for use on food labels to show that products are not made in China.

CONTEXT In light of recent health and safety scares regarding Chinese-made food and products, a U.S.-based company called Food for Health International has announced plans to put "China-free" stickers on its goods. The subtext: These products won't make you sick or have harmful contaminants like melamine.

USAGE Given recent recalls of items from toys to toothpaste, China-free labeling could catch on, though consumers would do well to remember that not all products from China are tainted and not all tainted products are from China.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Los Angeles Times

1.5 million strollers are recalled
Los Angeles Times
"I'm a little dismayed that something like that could make it through product testing." Many merchants responded to the recall by posting the agency's ...
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Recall: 1.5 million Graco strollers
Chicago Tribune (blog)
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Graco Children's Products Inc. today announced a voluntary recall of 1.5 million Passage, Alano and Spree ...
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Dorel Asia cribs are recalled after a 6-month-old dies
Los Angeles Times
By Andrea Chang The Consumer Product Safety Commission on Tuesday announced the recall of about 635000 cribs after the death of a 6-month-old child and ...
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China Province Discovered More Melamine-Tainted Milk
Wall Street Journal
11 conceded delays in publicly announcing the action—including a national recall of the problem milk and closure of the dairy that produced it—by saying the ...
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Product recalls: syringes, cheese products, mops, ovens, elliptical trainers
ABC News
—About 162000 Lysol steam cleaning mops, made in China by Conair Corp. of Stamford, Conn., because hot water mixed with Lysol can spurt out and rupture the ...
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Asian Stocks Fall for Fifth Day Amid China Tightening Concern
BusinessWeek
China said yesterday that fourth-quarter gross domestic product grew 10.7 percent from a year ago, while the World Bank said developing Asian economies face ...
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Peugeot Citroen recalls 263 cars in China
China Daily
French auto maker PSA Peugeot Citroen will recall combined 263 autos of three models sold to the Chinese mainland due to defective radio, China's product ...
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China jewelry makers say toxic metal cuts costs
SouthCoastToday.com
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced it was opening an investigation into the AP's findings, and China's government also took notice of the ...
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Consumer Product Recalls in 2009
InjuryBoard.com (blog)
Consumer Products in the United States are regulated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). There have been several recalls of consumer products ...
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Melamine-laced milk products still for sale in China: report - Posted
By Gillian Grace
It quoted a former dairy industry official as saying it was likely more tainted goods remained in supermarkets despite a major recall after the 2008 scandal, which highlighted China's persistent product safety problems. ...
National Post - Posted - http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/default.aspx

Sliced Fingers Spur Graco Stroller Recall - CBS News
The recall by Graco Children's Products Inc. includes certain model ... I would much rather use American made product instead of from China, Japan, etc. ...

GlossyNews.com | Tag Archive | product recall
Tags: birth control, chinese goods, condoms, product recall, prophylactics, ... That's right, yet another "Made in China" product has copulators all over ...

MCOT English News : Peugeot Citroen recalls 263 cars in China ...
Peugeot Citroen recalls 263 cars in China mainland on faulty radio ... mainland due to defective radio, China's product quality watchdog has announced. ...

 

New York Daily News

Discovery of China's cadmium trinkets sheds light on prevalence of poison in ...
New York Daily News
"Cadmium is a poison. "We don't see cadmium poisoning in children in the US, but if it's in products from China, the potential exists for effects on ...
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Inspect Chinese Goods
The Ledger
How much longer are we going to allow China to systematically poison us? We should stop allowing any imports from China until they pass inspection. ...
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Venezuela Using Low-Priced Appliances to Counter Recession
Appliance Magazine
It brings refrigerators, television sets, and washing machines we'll be selling at low prices, as we already do with food products in the Mercal chain," ...
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Warnings issued over cadmium toys, jewelry
Alexandria Echo Press
Given the safety interests at stake, we need to conduct a full investigation into unsafe products from China and stop this once and for all. ...
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Poison milk fears hit China again
The Press Association
A new poisoned milk scare has hit China, just over a year after hundreds of thousands of children fell ill in a massive dairy safety scandal. ...
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Our World — 23 January 2010
Voice of America
The law requires that these old machines don't end up being dumped, where their toxic chemicals can poison humans and the environment. ...
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Hindus want India to be an economic superpower Only Bharatiyata can unite India
Organiser
They will never allow the injections of communal poison from the Pakistan army to communalise Indian society. The Hindus undeterred by the China-Pakistan ...
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Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (subscription)

JAL bankruptcy a tsunami whose waves circle the world; maybe ...
Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (subscription)
Star in particular has a very evil tasting poison-pill exit penalty, something the others ... but linking BA and Iberia remains far from a finished product. ...

Could Botox ingredient become a terrorist tool?
msnbc.com
The amount of poison in a prescribed dose is so small that a determined terrorist would have to obtain hundreds of vials at $400 each to kill even a single ...
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Venezuelan president: PlayStation games are 'poison'
Good Gear Guide
He implored Venezuelan manufacturers to stick to more traditional products, such as dolls and "educational" toys (we foresee a lot of disappointed ...
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Poison milk fears hit China again (Belfast Telegraph)
By Yahoo! News Search Results for baby products
A new poisoned milk scare has hit China, just over a year after hundreds of thousands of children fell ill in a massive dairy safety scandal. Related Stories Bid to save wildlife from oil spill Ethiopian plane crashes into sea ...
Free Baby Product - http://freebabyproduct.org/blog/

Anyone See The May Edition Of National Geographic, Devoted To ...
By David.Ge
She met with school children there and when she passed around an American magazine, the children showed no interest in it and passed it so quickly to and fro and back to her as though it were poison. Small wonder since they, like the Chinese, ... Mainland China's political persuasion is communist, so teaching their kids to hate us is what they do. We import every imaginable piece of crap they produce, which seems to mean, we borrow from them and then buy their products. ...
China and Chinese - http://www.chinesechina.org/

The new rules of Imperialism: Economic warfare, consumer products ...
By aurick
Today, more than a third of Chinese men are addicted to cigarettes, generating billions in annual profits for Big Tobacco companies who are right now producing more Chinese casualties than any war in China's long history. .... "Poison the world and reap the profits!" The future belongs to smart nations. Any nation that wishes to protect itself from the same fate America is headed towards would be wise to reject American foods, medicines, beverages, consumer products, ...
Quantum Pranx - http://quantumpranx.wordpress.com/

24/7 Factories Can't Meet Chinese Demand « The Reasoned Review
By pavanvan
The article also mentions that cars are "ceasing to be a luxury item and are instead becoming a standard consumer product." And there's 1000 million of them. Incidentally, China is already dealing with some major traffic issues, as the Daily Mail demonstrates: ... Until we shake off this neo-imperial paradigm of "development", I fear the "third-world" will forever be deceived into chasing an impossible dream, and irrevocably poison themselves in doing so. ...
The Reasoned Review - http://pavanvan.wordpress.com/

Jellynat: China Glaze - Liquid Leather
By jellynat
... in the Snow • Time-less is More [ ORLY ] Iron Butterfly [ Rescue Beauty Lounge ] Mismas • Scrangie [ Sally Hansen ] Purple Pizzazz [ Sinful Colors ] Daddy's Girl • Green Bean • I Love You • Jamboree • Morph Goddess • Poison Ivy • Queen of Beauty • Secret Admirer .... If we claim or appear to be experts on a certain topic or product or service area, we will only endorse products or services that we believe, based on our expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. ...
Jellynat - http://jellynat.blogspot.com/

Poison milk fears hit China again | BreakingNews.ie
A new poisoned milk scare hit China today, just over a year after hundreds of ... Tainted products from three companies, Shandong Zibo Lusaier Dairy, ...

 

Monday, January 18, 2010

Another poison arrives from China
The Virginian-Pilot
Chinese companies apparently switched to cadmium as their poison of choice after US officials waged a highly publicized crackdown on products containing ...
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Cheap Jewelry Finds New, Better Way To Poison Your Child
The Consumerist (blog)
... Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. The AP says jewelry industry veterans in China say "cadmium has been used in domestic products there for years."
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TOXIC TOYS: Dangerous Chemicals in Children's Items Sold in RI
WLNE-TV (ABC6)
Lead was regulated under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, but there are no cadmium restrictions on jewelry. ...
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Cheap jewelry may pose health concern for children
St. Joseph News-Press
The American Association of Poison Control Centers said nationwide, one adult died from cadmium exposure in 2006, but no recent incidents had been reported. ...
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Thallium: A Poison And More ... Much More
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Back in the summer of '07, a student at the China University of Mining and Technology, in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu province, poisoned three of his classmates by ...
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Klobuchar wants hearing on toxic-laced Chinese toys
Minneapolis Star Tribune
A Chinese product safety official said Wednesday that the growing outcry will prompt the government to looking into findings about the dangerous levels of ...
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Bush, Cheney made this terrorism mess
Lansdale Reporter
China even made poisonous baby food and knowingly sold it to their own citizens. How stupid are we to keep buying their products? Why import anything from ...
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Comments on this Story
Arizona Daily Star
Obama says he cares about the health of Americans and yet his government is allowing China to poison our children. Obama needs to stop trying to ...
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AdAge.com (subscription)

P&G CEO Bob McDonald on Why Size Doesn't Matter
AdAge.com (subscription)
So why, if we develop a good product that works well in China, couldn't we expand to all the Chinese in Asia, rather than think about the Chinese in ...
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Darts and laurels
Salisbury Post
As if toxic toothpaste and contaminated pet food weren't bad enough, now we're having to contend with poison charm bracelets. The Consumer Product Safety ...
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Buy Chinese Goods and Die « Buffalohair Gazette International
By buffalohair
In yet another round of recalls for poisonous children's toys US Product Safety authorities scramble to investigate *children's jewelry tainted with deadly poison, again. Ironically China's export earnings have skyrocketed causing an ...
Buffalohair Gazette International - http://buffalohair.wordpress.com/

Google, China and Reality « Phil's Favorites – By Ilene
By ilene9
If we poisoned Chinese children with products exported there they would (rightly so) consider us to have committed an open act of war against their population. Why is it that we continue to permit this sort of outrageous conduct – the ...
Phil's Favorites - By Ilene - http://philsbackupsite.wordpress.com/

An Average American Patriot: China number one in the world in ...
By an average patriot
We borrow from them so they can poison us! 60% of all recalls by the consumer products safety commission are products of every sort and ilk from China. I refuse to believe this is happening and too often. I am sure you can all add to ...
An Average American Patriot - http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com/

politchick: sermon on the left coast
By politchick
How many years have we been hearing about how China has been injecting poison into its farm and factory products, usually because the poisonous ingredient is cheaper than the real one? I know it's hard to avoid buying products from ...
politchick - http://politchick.blogspot.com/

RConversation: Google, China, and the future of freedom on the ...
By Rebecca MacKinnon
The responsibility of a soup company not to poison me, and the shoe company's responsibility not to sell me a shoddy product that makes me twist my ankle, can be dealt with largely through government regulation and national law. ...
RConversation - http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/

poison products made in China
poison products made in China - xyzzzz. Posted: Jan 14th, 2010 - 3:00 pm In Reply to: Yes, I have evil inside, but I think a perfect world - L&L ...

Poison swapped for poison? Stores pull potentially dangerous ...
Poison swapped for poison? Stores pull potentially dangerous children's jewelry ... Meanwhile, an official with China's product safety agency said it would ...

Walmart Pulls Suspected Poison Jewelry - CBS News
Find out more about lead poisoning and get expert tips on how to protect your ... products from China should be subject to additional scrutiny," said Rep. ...

 

Monday, January 11, 2010

Recall News
ABC News
By AP AP — About 22000 select Acer Aspire-series notebook computers, manufactured in China by Acer America Corp. of San Jose, Calif., because an internal ...
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Recalls This Week: Gas Cans, Grills, Computers
New York Times
PRODUCT: Master Forge five-burner gas grills, manufactured in China and imported by LG Sourcing Inc. of North Wilkesboro, NC They were sold at Lowe's stores ...
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Recall: Children's 'Big Rex and Friends' cloth books
Chicago Tribune (blog)
The Consumer Product and Safety Commission and St. Martin's Press LLC Friday announced a voluntary recall of approximately 204000 "Big Rex and Friends" ...
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Product recall news: Primal Vantage plastic tree steps pose fall hazard
NewYorkInjuryNews
The China-made product was sold at participating outdoor and sporting good store across the country in 2009. All who have purchased the products are advised ...
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MyFox Houston

CPSC Recalls Gas Grills, Toy Figures
MyFox Houston
HOUSTON - The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling two products, the Master Forge Five Burner Gas Grill and a Military Toy Figure. ...
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CPSC recalls military toy figures for violating lead paint standard
Justice News Flash
No injuries or incidents were reported involving the toys that were manufactured in China. The recalled product is packaged on a blister card, ...
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LG Electronics to Recall 98000 Dehumidifiers
TransWorldNews (press release)
The company, which is based out of China, has received 11 reports of incidents, including four fires that caused significant smoke or water damage. ...
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Dairy Probe Began Almost 11 Months Before Being Disclosed
Wall Street Journal
Now, among the allegations against the company are that instead of destroying its melamine-tainted product that had been recalled in 2008, Shanghai Panda ...
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US consumer chief issues warning to Asian firms on use of toxic cadmium in ...
Gaea Times (blog)
December 16th, 2009 Product Recalls: Timberland children's bootsThe following recall has been announced: — About 21000 children's Timberland Classic ...
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LG portable dehumidifiers recalled due to fire/burn hazard
NewYorkInjuryNews
Consumers are advised to discontinue use immediately, and to contact LG to verify if your product is involved in the recall. Consumers can return their ...
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LG Recalls Defective Dehumidifiers for Fire Hazards :: Product ...
Our firm has recently won significant settlements for clients who have suffered serious injuries because of products that contain substandard parts made in China. Saving money or maximizing profits is important for any product ...
Product Defect Liability Lawyer Blog - http://www.productdefectnewsandadviceblog.com/

Japanese soy milk product recalled in Singapore - ChinaBizNow
By admin
Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said on Wednesday that it has issued a recall of a soy milk product imported from Japan due to unusually high levels of iodine. The AVA said that it has conducted tests on the soy ...
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eFoodAlert.com: Recall Roundup: January 8, 2010
By Phyllis Entis
Consumer Products Safety Recall: Jide Trading, Inc. (Commerce, CA) recalls Toy Military Figure, manufactured in China, because surface paint on the toy contains excessive levels of lead. Consumer Products Safety Recall: St. Martin's ...
eFoodAlert.com - http://efoodalert.blogspot.com/

Sagittarius Sporting Goods Recalls Gas Grills From Lowe's: Fire Hazard
By CPSC
NAME OF PRODUCT: MASTER FORGE FIVE-BURNER GAS GRILLS. UNITS: ABOUT 10000. MANUFACTURER: SAGITTARIUS SPORTING GOODS, OF CHINA. IMPORTER: LG SOURCING, INC. OF NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C.. HAZARD: THE FLEXIBLE RUBBER HOSE ON THE LP GAS TANK CAN ...
US Recall News - http://www.usrecallnews.com/

Jide Trading recalls toy military figure due to violation of lead ...
By Baron
Manufactured in: China. Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled toys away from children and contact Jide Trading for a full refund or replacement toy. Consumer Contact: For additional information, call Jide Trading toll free at (866) 544-7822 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday ... CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. ...
Hawaii247.org | Hawaii 24/7 - http://www.hawaii247.org/

Product Recall of the Week – “Bobby Chupete” Pacifiers by Grand ...
This massive recall of over 600000 pacifiers is a good example of a product that was poorly designed and could easily result in the a baby's death.

Leader Telegram: Business - More consumer product safety alerts ...
Product: LED Rocketship PalPODzzz portable night lights, made in China and imported by Osram Sylvania Products. The recall involves LED Rocketship PalPODzzz ...

YouTube - 13 Product Recall database launched
Managing the Dreaded Product Recall with RedPra... 67 views ... Global Pulse - 07/19/07: Made in China vs. Made... 8565 views. linktv · Product Recall ...

Product Safety Summit Shows Value of Cooperation--CBR January ...
The recent bilateral product safety summit brought the US-China dialogue to a ... Recall statistics indicate that this increased cooperation among the key ...

The U.S. CPSC on the recall of Chinese-made implementation of the ...
March 3, 2009, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Frontrow made in China, laptop battery jointly announced the implementation of NIMH AA ...

 

China Finds Another Way To Poison US Kids
24/7 Wall St. (blog)
The CPSC and toy firms claim that they cannot police the hundreds of facilities that make the products. Chinese companies continue to export toys to the US ...
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AP IMPACT: Toxic Metal in Kids' Jewelry From China
ABC News
It's a poison," said Bruce A. Fowler, a cadmium specialist and toxicologist ... in China say cadmium has been used in domestic products there for years. ...

Cadmium found in trinkets from China
Boston Globe
It's a poison,'' said Bruce A. Fowler, a toxicologist at the Centers for Disease ... While the Consumer Product Safety Commission has cracked down on the ...

AP IMPACT: Toxic metal in kids' jewelry from China
Westfall Weekly News
It'sa poison," said Bruce A. Fowler, a cadmium specialist and ... company's office in southern China who would not give her name said FAF products "might ...

AP IMPACT: With lead use barred, tests reveal toxic cadmium in ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD , AP Do they have a plot to poison the population and take over the ... if you can find them, to a China product, the price is the same. ...

Albany Times Union

AP IMPACT: Toxic metal in kids' jewelry from China
Albany Times Union
Jewelry industry veterans in China say cadmium has been used in domestic products there for years. Zinc, the metal most cited as a replacement for lead in ...

Canada's pharmaceuticals will be coming from China
Toronto Sun
The Post tells us some 40000 natural health products are available in Canada, a huge number of which are produced in China. It's anyone's guess what's in ...

Your View: Free Trade With China; Lawyers and Facebook; and More
Jakarta Globe
The FTA is bad for Indonesia because China's products are heavily subsidized by the ... China's development model is not sustainable and is poisonous to its ...

AP IMPACT: Toxic metal in kids' jewelry from China
The Olympian
A spokesman for the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, which regulates ... It's a poison," said Bruce A. Fowler, a cadmium specialist and toxicologist ...

Telegraph.co.uk

The perfect antidote to Anjem Choudary's Islamist poison
Telegraph.co.uk
Some schools already in the UK do not prepare pork, or any products with alcohol within them, ... Nearly 20 million Muslims live in China. 5. ...

Intentional Poisoning: Feds probe cadmium in kids' jewelry from ...
By Europe
Moving swiftly, U.S. product safety authorities say they are launching an investigation into the presence of the toxic metal cadmium in children's jewelry imported from China after disclosure of lab tests showing that some pieces ...
The European Union Times - Breaking... - http://www.eutimes.net/

Carcinogen found in Chinese jewelry | Bryan/College Station, Texas ...
It's a poison," said Bruce A. Fowler, a cadmium specialist and toxicologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On the CDC's priority list of 275 most hazardous substances in the environment, cadmium ranks No. 7. Jewelry industry veterans in China say cadmium has been used in domestic products there for years. Zinc, the metal most cited as a replacement for lead in imported jewelry being sold in the United States, is a much safer and nontoxic ...
All Stories | The Bryan College... - http://www.theeagle.com/news/

The Adventures of Melody Yellowvan: Avoid jewelry made in China ...
By Becca
Avoid jewelry made in China--Cadmium poison! Cadmium is a highly toxic, cancer causing substance that is cheaper than zinc and is being used to replace the now-highly-regulated lead in toys and jewelry, especially those manufactured ...
The Adventures of Melody Yellowvan - http://beccajones.blogspot.com/

AP INVESTIGATION: Tests reveal toxic cadmium in kids' jewelry from ...
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD
Moving swiftly, US product safety authorities say they are launching an investigation into the presence of the toxic metal cadmium in children's jewelry imported from China after disclosure of lab tests showing that some pieces consisted ... It's a poison," said Bruce A. Fowler, a cadmium specialist and toxicologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On the CDC's priority list of 275 most hazardous substances in the environment, cadmium ranks No. 7. ...
San Francisco Examiner AP Story... - http://www.sfexaminer.com/templates/ap-stories-rss

China selling children's jewelry in U.S. contaminated with ...
By Staff
It's a poison," said Bruce A. Fowler, a cadmium specialist and toxicologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On the CDC's priority list of 275 most hazardous substances in the environment, cadmium ranks No. 7. .... An official at FAF's headquarters did not respond to multiple requests for comment when informed of Weidenhamer's results; a woman at the company's office in southern China who would not give her name said FAF products "might naturally ...
The Hour Headlines - http://www.thehour.com/

More poison from China,now in kids jewelry? - Yahoo! Answers
Do you think it's by accident all of these poisonous products keep turning up from China or are they just that inept? This one contains Cadmium a known ...

China Recalls Milk in New Poison Scare - Melamine contamination ...
The recall so far is limited to products from a... World News Summaries. ... China Recalls Milk in New Poison Scare. Melamine contamination feared in 7 ...

New ad campaign touts 'made in China' - USATODAY.com
BEIJING — Tainted toothpaste, drugged catfish, lead-painted Elmos, poison pet food. ... "It's a fact that many products made in China are designed in ... "It helps create a positive, objective image for made-in-China products." ...

YouTube - China Continues To Poison Americas Children!
And all those China made shoes are good(not include fake one).You can boycott each product/company/Dealer which sell poisonous product and it works much ...