what's up with these ch.......

[Viva Las Espuelas]

please make sure you or your kids don't get a hold of this.
hmmmm, i'm trying to remember which public official said we needed to follow china's lead.............eh. that's not important.
also read your food labels. we consume more stuff from over there then you might think.


Contaminated Asian Candy Recalled

POSTED: 10:48 pm PDT September 29, 2008
UPDATED: 7:25 am PDT September 30, 2008
BURLINGAME, Calif. -- A Burlingame food distribution company that specializes in Asian imports was continuing a voluntary recall of Chinese candies after state officials found them to be contaminated. Queensway Foods Company Inc., a U.S. distributor of White Rabbit Candy, has responded to consumer warnings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the California Department of Health and the San Mateo Public Health Department by recalling every flavor of the Chinese-produced candy after testing found it to contain dangerous levels of the toxin melamine, Suanne Buggy of the state health department confirmed Monday.The California Department of Public Health conducted tests confirming a level of melamine in the candy, which, according to Buggy, was "unacceptably high."Officials said the White Rabbit Creamy Candy was sold in 8- or 16-ounce packages. All other flavors of White Rabbit Candy, including assorted (chocolate, coconut, and coffee), red bean, coffee, corn, lychee, mango and strawberry were sold in 7-ounce packages. All packaging has a logo of a white rabbit on the front with the words "White Rabbit." There have been no U.S. reports of illness connected to White Rabbit Candy, which was distributed by Queensway Foods throughout the southwestern states, according to representatives of federal, state and local agencies.State officials said the candy was distributed to retail stores in California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Texas and Washington state.

[desflood]

it, I'm going to start growing all of my family's food in my backyard. It's big enough for a garden, some chickens and a couple of goats.

[Los Spurs]

it, I'm going to start growing all of my family's food in my backyard. It's big enough for a garden, some chickens and a couple of goats.

[RandomGuy]

it, I'm going to start growing all of my family's food in my backyard. It's big enough for a garden, some chickens and a couple of goats.

Hopefully whoever owned the property before you didn't dump a few quarts of oil into the soil...

[marini martini]

I got this in an e-mail yesterday:


BEIJING (AFP) - Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China threatening to spread sexually-transmittable diseases they were originally meant to prevent, state media reported Tuesday in the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hair bands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan and Guangzhou cities in southern Guangdong province, China Daily newspaper said. 'These cheap and colorful rubber bands and hair ties sell well ..... threatening the health of local people,' it said. Despite being recycled, the hair bands could still contain bacteria and viruses, it said. 'People could be infected with AIDS, (genital) warts or other diseases if they hold the rubber bands or strings in their mouths while waving their hair into plaits or buns,' the paper quoted a local dermatologist who gave only his surname, Dong, as saying. A bag of ten of the recycled bands sells for just 25 sen (three cents), much cheaper than others on the market, accounting for their popularity, the paper said. A government official was quoted as saying recycling condoms was illegal. China 's manufacturing industry has been repeatedly tarnished this year by a string of scandals involving shoddy or dangerous goods made for both domestic and foreign markets.
In response, it launched a public relations blitz this summer aimed at playing up efforts to strengthen monitoring systems.
Check your kids hair bands and make sure they do not put them in their mouth while trying to plait or tie their hair.

[johnsmith]

I got this in an e-mail yesterday:


BEIJING (AFP) - Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China threatening to spread sexually-transmittable diseases they were originally meant to prevent, state media reported Tuesday in the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hair bands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan and Guangzhou cities in southern Guangdong province, China Daily newspaper said. 'These cheap and colorful rubber bands and hair ties sell well ..... threatening the health of local people,' it said. Despite being recycled, the hair bands could still contain bacteria and viruses, it said. 'People could be infected with AIDS, (genital) warts or other diseases if they hold the rubber bands or strings in their mouths while waving their hair into plaits or buns,' the paper quoted a local dermatologist who gave only his surname, Dong, as saying. A bag of ten of the recycled bands sells for just 25 sen (three cents), much cheaper than others on the market, accounting for their popularity, the paper said. A government official was quoted as saying recycling condoms was illegal. China 's manufacturing industry has been repeatedly tarnished this year by a string of scandals involving shoddy or dangerous goods made for both domestic and foreign markets.
In response, it launched a public relations blitz this summer aimed at playing up efforts to strengthen monitoring systems.
Check your kids hair bands and make sure they do not put them in their mouth while trying to plait or tie their hair.

His surname is Dong.

[ORION]

next will be recycling syringe needles for baby toys

[Slomo]

I got this in an e-mail yesterday:


BEIJING (AFP) - Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China threatening to spread sexually-transmittable diseases they were originally meant to prevent, state media reported Tuesday in the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hair bands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan and Guangzhou cities in southern Guangdong province, China Daily newspaper said. 'These cheap and colorful rubber bands and hair ties sell well ..... threatening the health of local people,' it said. Despite being recycled, the hair bands could still contain bacteria and viruses, it said. 'People could be infected with AIDS, (genital) warts or other diseases if they hold the rubber bands or strings in their mouths while waving their hair into plaits or buns,' the paper quoted a local dermatologist who gave only his surname, Dong, as saying. A bag of ten of the recycled bands sells for just 25 sen (three cents), much cheaper than others on the market, accounting for their popularity, the paper said. A government official was quoted as saying recycling condoms was illegal. China 's manufacturing industry has been repeatedly tarnished this year by a string of scandals involving shoddy or dangerous goods made for both domestic and foreign markets.
In response, it launched a public relations blitz this summer aimed at playing up efforts to strengthen monitoring systems.
Check your kids hair bands and make sure they do not put them in their mouth while trying to plait or tie their hair.

I call BS. Any form of plastic recycling would involve temperatures that would destroy any living organism...

...except if this is how the newest fashion accessories are supposed to look like

[marini martini]

His surname is Dong.

And his first name would be, Wotting!

[Viva Las Espuelas]

And his first name would be, Wotting!

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[marini martini]

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Here's the source:


http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/hairband.asp





Didn't mean to jack your thread, Viva

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Didn't mean to jack your thread, Viva

jack away, marini.

[I. Hustle]

jack off, marini.

[marini martini]

[mrsmaalox]

I call BS. Any form of plastic recycling would involve temperatures that would destroy any living organism...

...except if this is how the newest fashion accessories are supposed to look like

Well from this to wearing a used condom as an accessory is not that much of a leap is it?

[AlamoSpursFan]

I got this in an e-mail yesterday:


BEIJING (AFP) - Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands

That would explain Winger...

[Slomo]

Well from this to wearing a used condom as an accessory is not that much of a leap is it?

That's mean!

but

[I. Hustle]

[Heath Ledger]

First poisonous toys, then they killed our dogs with poisonous dog food, now this ? When is enough going to be enough? We need to bring back Made in America. It wil probably never happen because as rabid consumers of everything, Americans want as much of everything as they can get and they want it cheap. However now that China has us by the balls you will soon see that even China is not going to be cheap in the not so distant future. We sold our sole to the Devil and it's going to haunt us.

[TDMVPDPOY]

white rabbit candy was the back in the 90s.....

[ChuckD]

First poisonous toys, then they killed our dogs with poisonous dog food, now this ? When is enough going to be enough? We need to bring back Made in America. It wil probably never happen because as rabid consumers of everything, Americans want as much of everything as they can get and they want it cheap. However now that China has us by the balls you will soon see that even China is not going to be cheap in the not so distant future. We sold our sole to the Devil and it's going to haunt us.

The end of cheap oil will put the brakes on globalism. They're also working legislation for a COOL, Country Of Origin Label.

[baseline bum]

We should have never allowed free trade with China. None of those ers makes enough to buy stuff made in America, so there's no chance of anything but a trade deficit with China. Meanwhile, we lose good-paying manufacturing jobs and get low-paying Wal-Mart jobs created in return.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Government investigating faulty Ford tire valves

2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is investigating more than 1 million Ford Motor Co. vehicles after receiving reports of tires leaking because of faulty valve stems made by a Chinese company.
Ford said Tuesday the investigation involves 12 vehicles from the 2007 model year. Ford has received some complaints but no reports of crashes or injuries.
The government says it has received 37 complaints of faulty valve stems but also says no crashes or injuries have been reported.
The vehicles with the valve stems include the Ford F-150, Mustang, Edge, Fusion, Expedition, Explorer, Focus and Escape, and the Mercury Grand Marquis, MKX, MKZ, and Milan.
The valves are made by a subsidiary of Shanghai Baolong Automotive Corp.