There has been a lot in the news lately about dangerous Chinese products. At this point, there seems to be too many of them for the average person to keep up on.
I happened to be taking a look at Lou Dobbs’ site and found some great resources that the average person can use to determine, whether or not, they are making a safe buying decision.
Since there doesn’t seem to be enough oversight by our government to ensure our safety, I highly recommend taking matters into your own hands. Especially with the holiday season rapidly approaching.
On the site, I found a link to a U.S. PIRG page on recalled toys, here.
Additionally, the page had a safety blog set up by ConsumerReports.org, here.
Also, on the page, is a message from Mattel about products they have voluntarily recalled, here.
Of course, the Chinese haven’t only been in the news lately for exporting dangerous products.
Here are some posts about other things they are doing that might be considered dangerous to the rest of the world:
China caught stealing government information again!
The Hackers from China are at it AGAIN!
Here are another posts, I’ve done (with lots of references) about unsafe products from China.
The new red menace, global commerce from China
Of course, we can’t only blame the Chinese. There are other forces in this equation, who are making a lot of money doing business with China:
The problem of unsafe products from China is just a symptom of the bigger problem!
Maybe if we started making more educated shopping choices, some of these problems would go away?
After all, the almighty dollar has a lot of power!
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackThis week I bought an electric kettle from ASDA without bothering to question where it was made because it is a ‘Morphy Richards’ kettle.
On arriving home I decide to make myself a cup of tea. Upon half filling the kettle with water and placing it on its heating stand, I noticed it wobble. Knowing that this should not be so I took a closer look at the whole unit. Just as I thought, the base was/is buckled and will not allow the kettle to settle firmly on its base.
I took another look and found that the base has many bumps on it. This does not allow the kettle to sit firmly whilst taking the current to heat the water inside.
I knew immediately it could not possibly be a genuine ‘Morphy Richards’ as we would all know a ‘Morphy Richards’ electrical product to be. Chinese I thought to myself and immediately called ‘Morphy Richards’ head office to ask the question I already knew. “Yes sir, you are correct, everything is now made in China”. I now intend to throw away this inferior item and purchase a genuine German replacement.
A hard lesson, but in future I will check to make certain I am not buying rubbish from China.
I make no apologies, and shame on the retailers who do not make clear where their goods are produced.
David Fordham
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