{"id":271974,"date":"2010-02-03T14:50:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T19:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f20\/china-still-trying-poison-our-kids-38990\/"},"modified":"2010-02-03T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T19:50:19","slug":"china-still-trying-to-poison-our-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/271974","title":{"rendered":"China still trying to poison our kids"},"content":{"rendered":"
China still trying to poison our kids<\/p>\n

<\/b>Want to protect your children? Don’t just keep them off the meds — keep the little tykes far, far away from anything with "Made in China" on the label. <\/p>\n

I know — that’s pretty much everything. But the lead-toy scandal is about to have a sequel as the Chinese junk peddlers turn to a different heavy metal for their shoddy children’s jewelry items. <\/p>\n

An Associated Press investigation finds that some toy jewelry is loaded with cadmium, a heavy metal that — like lead — has been linked to brain development problems. It’s also known to cause cancer. <\/p>\n

Some of these charms are so packed with cadmium that they may as well be carved out of it. One set of charms sold in Wal-Mart stores contained between 84 and 86 percent cadmium. Other items tested were up to 91 percent cadmium. <\/p>\n

In all, 12 of the 103 items tested by the AP contained at least 10 percent cadmium, including products with popular characters on them like a Disney princess and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. <\/p>\n

But the biggest outrage isn’t the fact that the Chinese are loading up boats with this junk and aiming them at our kids…it’s that this known toxin is a perfectly legal ingredient in children’s jewelry. <\/p>\n

They could use 100 percent cadmium…and break no laws. <\/p>\n

Thank your local congressmen — when they passed "tough" new laws after the lead scandal, they left a loophole big enough to sail a barge full of tainted toys through. The law restricts cadmium in painted toys…but it’s completely silent on children’s jewelry. <\/p>\n

And the Chinese are taking full advantage of that. <\/p>\n

Send ’em a message: Stop buying this garbage. From toys to food to drywall, keep Chinese-made junk out of your home. <\/p>\n

Stores are already pulling some of these products from their shelves, but without standards and tests it’s impossible to tell which ones are safe and which ones aren’t. <\/p>\n

And if they do pass new laws…rest assured, comrades: The Chinese junk lords will find some other cheap toxin to use instead. <\/p>\n

Pointing out the bull in this China shop,<\/p>\n

William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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