China v. U.S., Toys, Recall List and Deregulation
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With the growing list of recalled foreign manufactured products a risk-rewards analysis needs to take place.
Where do you go to see for yourself where products including toys are made, which are being recalled and to file a complaint with the United States governement?
MADE IN CHINA: A Chinese company operates this Web site, where U.S. and other firms can find manufacturers to build their widgets, or find products to import. The site showcases an number of products, such as dirt bikes, chemicals and toys. (www.made-in-china.com/)
CULTURE CLASH: A Food and Drug Administration official testified in Congress last month that the agency's scientists ''have been working with their Chinese counterparts for several years in an effort to help them better understand our standards and the science that supports those standards.'' Read the testimony here: (www.fda.gov/ola/2007/chineseimport071807.html)
Why is our government allowing toys to be manufactured in China when it's obvious they don't understand and follow our safety standards? How much can consumers give up before the risks out weigh the rewards?
RALPH NADER (www.commondreams. org/archive/2007/07/09/2409/)
RECALL CENTRAL: About 4,000 product recalls and safety alerts are gathered here on the site of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. And, from this page, you may now use syndication feeds to configure your own Web site or blog to automatically post recall notices from four categories - toys, household products, outdoor products, and sporting goods. (www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prerel.html)
COMPLAINT CENTRAL: Go to this page to lodge a complaint with any of several federal agencies. (www.consumer. gov/productsafety.htm)
This list compiled by The Salt Lake Tribune.
The obvious questions about safety and what we've gained by deregulation needs to be answered by our government officials. And we need to evaluate if all of this is worth it in the long run. Are we further damaging our economy along with assuming a higher personal safety risk? Are the risk-rewards out of balance and when are the costs too high?
We have deregulated almost all aspects of the manufacturing process to make ourselves more competitive, at least that was the way it was sold to us. And now with deregulation products that should be manufactured in the U.S. are made in other countries at an even lower labor cost because we've lowered our own safety standards. This makes us less safe and less competitive and further damages our economy. If you ask me this is going the wrong way. We are gaining nothing and giving away safety along with those manufacturing jobs. Where is the benefit to the American public and to our economy? What have we really gained when we can buy cheap toys that turn our children's brains into mush?