BUY AMERICAN (avoid that made in China)

[Coronita]

[quote=briansd1]What if Tylenol and Avandia were made in China?

Johnson & Johnson as a solid American company doesn’t seem immune from shoddy quality.

I hate to say it, but they are all the same. Buyer beware and choose carefully. Keep yourself healthy so you don’t have to take the defective drugs which might kill you.

Honestly, I’d rather use a defective car or defective toy than defective drugs, the effects of which won’t be known for decades down the road.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/15/news/companies/mcneil_plant_layoffs/index.htm

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20010767-10391704.html%5B/quote%5D

Brian, let’s not be naive here. Why you do have companies here that screw around product safety, the regulations in the U.S. are much much more strigent than say in China.

Remember all those tainted milk cases (melamine)? Well after the main businesssmen were executed (1 or 2), what happened? The same small companies that were putting melamine into infant formula/food started selling the same food to rural provinces in china…poor people who were disconnected from media/etc and didn’t know about anything…And a lot of the local authorities just turned a blind eye to it. I’ve never seen such a blatant disregard for humans as such…
Let’s not also forget that quite often, in China political prisoners are also executed so that their organs can be harvested, and so that collagen can be extracted for cosmetic use….

And no wonder…When your a country that has billions of people, you (as a individual) really don’t matter…

It doesn’t matter how one spins this…This is just plain sick….It makes BP look like a childs play.

[jpinpb]

For sure it would be worst to ingest anything harmful, whether food or medications.

Funny this thread was dug back up. I was at the mall last weekend getting a birthday present for stepson. Went *window* shopping at Nordstrom. Just peaking in the shoe department. Every shoe I checked was made in China. These were NOT low priced shoes. These were designer brand-name shoes made in China. And checking the quality, it was the same as low priced shoes.

Lucky for me, I don’t need/want shoes, but it was disappointing. I remember a lifetime ago when I would go to Nordstrom shoe department and find really nice quality Italian shoes.

Also, looking for clothes for my stepson, just about everything was made in China. And it wasn’t that cheap (quality was, though). I just was thinking back to when I was a teenager. Clothes were not that expensive and were good quality.

So different now. I mean, some of these t-shirts are so thin, looks like they would dissolve on first washing.

[jpinpb]

For sure it would be worst to ingest anything harmful, whether food or medications.

Funny this thread was dug back up. I was at the mall last weekend getting a birthday present for stepson. Went *window* shopping at Nordstrom. Just peaking in the shoe department. Every shoe I checked was made in China. These were NOT low priced shoes. These were designer brand-name shoes made in China. And checking the quality, it was the same as low priced shoes.

Lucky for me, I don’t need/want shoes, but it was disappointing. I remember a lifetime ago when I would go to Nordstrom shoe department and find really nice quality Italian shoes.

Also, looking for clothes for my stepson, just about everything was made in China. And it wasn’t that cheap (quality was, though). I just was thinking back to when I was a teenager. Clothes were not that expensive and were good quality.

So different now. I mean, some of these t-shirts are so thin, looks like they would dissolve on first washing.

[jpinpb]

For sure it would be worst to ingest anything harmful, whether food or medications.

Funny this thread was dug back up. I was at the mall last weekend getting a birthday present for stepson. Went *window* shopping at Nordstrom. Just peaking in the shoe department. Every shoe I checked was made in China. These were NOT low priced shoes. These were designer brand-name shoes made in China. And checking the quality, it was the same as low priced shoes.

Lucky for me, I don’t need/want shoes, but it was disappointing. I remember a lifetime ago when I would go to Nordstrom shoe department and find really nice quality Italian shoes.

Also, looking for clothes for my stepson, just about everything was made in China. And it wasn’t that cheap (quality was, though). I just was thinking back to when I was a teenager. Clothes were not that expensive and were good quality.

So different now. I mean, some of these t-shirts are so thin, looks like they would dissolve on first washing.

[jpinpb]

For sure it would be worst to ingest anything harmful, whether food or medications.

Funny this thread was dug back up. I was at the mall last weekend getting a birthday present for stepson. Went *window* shopping at Nordstrom. Just peaking in the shoe department. Every shoe I checked was made in China. These were NOT low priced shoes. These were designer brand-name shoes made in China. And checking the quality, it was the same as low priced shoes.

Lucky for me, I don’t need/want shoes, but it was disappointing. I remember a lifetime ago when I would go to Nordstrom shoe department and find really nice quality Italian shoes.

Also, looking for clothes for my stepson, just about everything was made in China. And it wasn’t that cheap (quality was, though). I just was thinking back to when I was a teenager. Clothes were not that expensive and were good quality.

So different now. I mean, some of these t-shirts are so thin, looks like they would dissolve on first washing.

[jpinpb]

For sure it would be worst to ingest anything harmful, whether food or medications.

Funny this thread was dug back up. I was at the mall last weekend getting a birthday present for stepson. Went *window* shopping at Nordstrom. Just peaking in the shoe department. Every shoe I checked was made in China. These were NOT low priced shoes. These were designer brand-name shoes made in China. And checking the quality, it was the same as low priced shoes.

Lucky for me, I don’t need/want shoes, but it was disappointing. I remember a lifetime ago when I would go to Nordstrom shoe department and find really nice quality Italian shoes.

Also, looking for clothes for my stepson, just about everything was made in China. And it wasn’t that cheap (quality was, though). I just was thinking back to when I was a teenager. Clothes were not that expensive and were good quality.

So different now. I mean, some of these t-shirts are so thin, looks like they would dissolve on first washing.

[meadandale]

[quote=flu]
BTW: You shouldn’t be buying food made in china OR vietnam to begin with for health considerations ESPECIALLY seafood. For the longest time both Japan and Taiwan banned seafood from china and vietnam because some exporters consistently soaked them in mercury bath to keep freshness.[/quote]

Yum yum…

[meadandale]

[quote=flu]
BTW: You shouldn’t be buying food made in china OR vietnam to begin with for health considerations ESPECIALLY seafood. For the longest time both Japan and Taiwan banned seafood from china and vietnam because some exporters consistently soaked them in mercury bath to keep freshness.[/quote]

Yum yum…

[meadandale]

[quote=flu]
BTW: You shouldn’t be buying food made in china OR vietnam to begin with for health considerations ESPECIALLY seafood. For the longest time both Japan and Taiwan banned seafood from china and vietnam because some exporters consistently soaked them in mercury bath to keep freshness.[/quote]

Yum yum…

[meadandale]

[quote=flu]
BTW: You shouldn’t be buying food made in china OR vietnam to begin with for health considerations ESPECIALLY seafood. For the longest time both Japan and Taiwan banned seafood from china and vietnam because some exporters consistently soaked them in mercury bath to keep freshness.[/quote]

Yum yum…

[meadandale]

[quote=flu]
BTW: You shouldn’t be buying food made in china OR vietnam to begin with for health considerations ESPECIALLY seafood. For the longest time both Japan and Taiwan banned seafood from china and vietnam because some exporters consistently soaked them in mercury bath to keep freshness.[/quote]

Yum yum…

[weberlin]

[quote=Rt.66]Buy an American car:
Upside= $30,000.00 stays in the US and tons of American jobs are helped.

Downside= If you believe the BS about lower quality then maybe, MAYBE you may have to take time and visit the dealer one or two more times for a warranty repair over a Honda or whatever.

[/quote]

Most ‘American’ cars are made in Canada and Mexico. My Toyota Camry was made in Kentucky. My point is that ‘Made in…’ labels can be very misleading in today’s global economy.

[weberlin]

[quote=Rt.66]Buy an American car:
Upside= $30,000.00 stays in the US and tons of American jobs are helped.

Downside= If you believe the BS about lower quality then maybe, MAYBE you may have to take time and visit the dealer one or two more times for a warranty repair over a Honda or whatever.

[/quote]

Most ‘American’ cars are made in Canada and Mexico. My Toyota Camry was made in Kentucky. My point is that ‘Made in…’ labels can be very misleading in today’s global economy.

[weberlin]

[quote=Rt.66]Buy an American car:
Upside= $30,000.00 stays in the US and tons of American jobs are helped.

Downside= If you believe the BS about lower quality then maybe, MAYBE you may have to take time and visit the dealer one or two more times for a warranty repair over a Honda or whatever.

[/quote]

Most ‘American’ cars are made in Canada and Mexico. My Toyota Camry was made in Kentucky. My point is that ‘Made in…’ labels can be very misleading in today’s global economy.

[weberlin]

[quote=Rt.66]Buy an American car:
Upside= $30,000.00 stays in the US and tons of American jobs are helped.

Downside= If you believe the BS about lower quality then maybe, MAYBE you may have to take time and visit the dealer one or two more times for a warranty repair over a Honda or whatever.

[/quote]

Most ‘American’ cars are made in Canada and Mexico. My Toyota Camry was made in Kentucky. My point is that ‘Made in…’ labels can be very misleading in today’s global economy.

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