Mon
Jul 9 2007
08:21 am
Ralph Nadar revs up his warnings about China imports
By: Carole Borges

This weekend I saw a segment featuring Ralp Nader (I think it was on C-SPAN), and he is really concerned about the lack of inspection of goods from China, especially food. He recommends that no one buy ANY food from China. He says the meat and fish coming from there are full of antibiotics, that cattle and poultry are reared in disgusting pens full of excrement. There is a movement afoot to label everything not coming from China with a label that assures comsumers the food is safe from Chinese products.

He also said toys painted with lead have recently been found, not to mention the tootpaste, etc. Nadar felt this was a homeland security issue of great importance.

It was enough to convince me to try to avoid all food that is known to be from China.

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Andy Axel's picture

He says the meat and fish

Submitted by Andy Axel on Sun, 2008/03/02 - 2:18am.

He says the meat and fish coming from there are full of antibiotics, that cattle and poultry are reared in disgusting pens full of excrement.

Which makes them different from US feedlots...?

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Pam Strickland's picture

very good question. I have

Submitted by Pam Strickland on Sun, 2008/03/02 - 3:43pm.

very good question. I have some autoimmune issues. Most of the time I avoid meat/poultry. When I'm a guest somewhere I occasionally find that the polite thing to do is to eat what's in front of me, but my body knows every time. It's not so noticeable with fish/seafood. And, the reason I don't just stick to vegetarianism is because when I do my iron count is a problem re donating blood, which is something that I feel strongly about doing.

Pam Strickland

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