U.S. safety officials have recalled about 4.2 million Chinese-made Aqua Dots bead toys that contain a chemical that has caused some children to vomit and become comatose after swallowing them.
Bindeez, which were named Australia's toy of the year, contain a chemical that converts into a "date rape" drug.
Scientists have found the popular toy's coating contains a chemical that, once metabolized, converts into the toxic "date rape" drug GHB, or gamma-hydroxy butyrate, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission spokesman Scott Wolfson told CNN.
Kerri had the idea pop into her head that this is biological warfare. Now, technically, it's not biological, but rather chemical. It completely made sense to me. Of course, American companies invest in off-shore markets because it has a double benefit to coporations by helping them bypass taxation as well as reduce the bottom line because of reduced production costs. But, I think she's onto something, there is a larger, more suspicious problem. The cold war has been dismissed as a thing of the past, but, with the competitive interests of an entire national body at hand, why wouldn't members of China with longheld interests outside of the purely financial motives poison our children? By placing toxic ingredients, so far, the most commonly known are lead, but, I'm adding GHB to the list, our children are unknowingly being exposed to life-altering chemicals in the most "innocent" of ways...via toys. What would be a better plan? American soil cannot be attacked directly. If you destroy its future, however, you can gain power in due time. The increased number of cases of autism is well-noted yet not understood. I feel that many of the things that have been happening on US soil with our kids are the result of external influences which have been flying under the radar for years now. Hopefully more things will become clear and unveiled.
2 comments:
This is a very interesting perspective. So, I am wondering if this is the case should we only be buying things manufactured in the US for our children? I do this with the food I give the kids, but had never thought about all the toys they play with!
There are two ways to look at it: 1) folks are out to intentionally harm us 2) they're too lazy or disinterested to care. After seeing a special a few months ago on North Korea it made a strong impression on how controlled some societies actually are. We tend to not even realize it.
With that in mind, I can see everything we import being a risk. People think of terrorism as a violent act like 9/11. It makes more sense to attack a nation not where it is strongest, but where it is most blind. We take for granted that other countries make things with the same standards we here require. And our standards aren't even good enough. They are merely what is required by law!
I don't point to entire nations and generalize comments, such as, "China is (fill in the blank)". I just see two countries operating on very, very different systems, principles with questionable interests at stake. I guess I'm a little leary of lowest bidders when it comes to my kid's health.
Besides, buying foreign products strengthens foreign economies. We need to keep the money here. We give enough of it away. Paying American companies to profit off of foreign goods by avoiding taxes and overpricing harmful items sends bad messages here and there. I say quality and value should be mandatory, not to mention the well-being of our kids and the future of our country.
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