What Chinese pollution really looks like

depakid

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Fri Aug-15-08 02:53 PM
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What Chinese pollution really looks like

http://www.wendmag.com/blog/2008/08/12/what-chinese-pollution-really-looks-like/

Something to think about next time you're considering a purchase of cheap, Chinese goods.

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catgirl

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Fri Aug-15-08 03:05 PM
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1. I refuse to buy anything made in China

That includes products that are assembled elsewhere (but the components come from China).
That video is very disturbing.

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BlooInBloo

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Fri Aug-15-08 03:06 PM
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2. I refuse to buy anything made anywhere that the entire population isn't stinkin rich.

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FirstLight

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Fri Aug-15-08 04:36 PM
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3. Bookmarked for later viewing at home...

i wish I could say i wouldn't buy chinese, but the reality of being on the financial edge myself and buying what i can afford is there.
So how to stop the merry-go-round of the cheap labor-cheap fuel-cheap-crap culture otherwise known as our "global economy" ...?

I would love to be one of those who could only buy organic, eat low on the food chain, and consume within 100 miles of my home... realistically, I shop at the grocery outlet, and my mom helps me out with the kids by going to walmart & target for shoes & clothes!

it's a botch, but it's the reality of poverty in Americka, eh?

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OKIsItJustMe

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Fri Aug-15-08 04:54 PM
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4. More videos here:

http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=1711762029

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Eagle_Eye

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Sat Aug-16-08 05:12 AM
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5. Linfen, China is a prime example of pursuit of monetary profit at the expense of all else

At some point in time, the weakest link in their production infrastructure will give out. When the failure mode centers on the health of the human workers, the system will grind to a halt. It is unfortunate that China has the largest reserve of human capital to expend for profit in the whole world.

The question is weather China will run out of people before they produce enough pollution to cover the planet in a morass of industrial waste.

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