MarketNeutral
6th April 2010, 01:31 AM
The feds are finally ready to take action on some of the most poisonous garbage being sent to our children from China. But as usual, they’re a day late and a dollar short.
This time, the problem isn’t lead, but cadmium — a dangerous heavy metal linked to brain, bone and kidney problems, and cancer.
Don’t applaud just yet — they’re only just now getting around to recalling the Christmas junk I warned you about months ago.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is finally telling parents to toss “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer†charms sold by Walmart during the holidays, months after an Associated Press investigation found they were practically made of cadmium.
It’s far too little, far too late. What kid is still playing with Christmas toys when the calendar says Easter?
If any kid still has these Rudolph charms, the damage is long done — and sending this trash back to the Land of Mao now won’t make a bit of difference. And there are still plenty of other cadmium-packed items out there, including other trinkets named in the same Associated Press report, that haven’t been recalled.
All this proves is that the deck is still stacked against you and your family, and the only real protection you can get is the kind you can provide for yourself. You can’t even lock the doors and arm yourself against this one.
Just stop buying junk from Red China. Whether it’s toys or food, just assume it’s poisoned — because it probably is.
http://douglassreport.com/2010/03/29/Chinese-cadmium/
This time, the problem isn’t lead, but cadmium — a dangerous heavy metal linked to brain, bone and kidney problems, and cancer.
Don’t applaud just yet — they’re only just now getting around to recalling the Christmas junk I warned you about months ago.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is finally telling parents to toss “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer†charms sold by Walmart during the holidays, months after an Associated Press investigation found they were practically made of cadmium.
It’s far too little, far too late. What kid is still playing with Christmas toys when the calendar says Easter?
If any kid still has these Rudolph charms, the damage is long done — and sending this trash back to the Land of Mao now won’t make a bit of difference. And there are still plenty of other cadmium-packed items out there, including other trinkets named in the same Associated Press report, that haven’t been recalled.
All this proves is that the deck is still stacked against you and your family, and the only real protection you can get is the kind you can provide for yourself. You can’t even lock the doors and arm yourself against this one.
Just stop buying junk from Red China. Whether it’s toys or food, just assume it’s poisoned — because it probably is.
http://douglassreport.com/2010/03/29/Chinese-cadmium/