Dangerous Toys are a Human Rights Issue

Thank you for calling attention to the congressional hearing last week.  The Consumerist live-blogged it and shared some pretty egregious quotes (more here… http://consumerist.com/consumer/news-from-the-swamp/liveblogging-the-senate-commerce-committee-hearing-on-toys-childrens-products-and-the-chinese-sweatshops-in-which-theyre-made-314833.php)

In this theme of scary outcomes + Wal-Mart… just wanted to share real quick that I have been helping out over at Wake Up Wal-mart and they have this gross/hilarious contest going on right now.  “write us with their most disturbing Wal-Mart horror stories.”

Check it out over at their blog: http://blog.wakeupwalmart.com/ufcw/2007/10/tales_from_the_1.html#comments

http://www.protect-our-kids.org/test_kit_request.asp

This is kind of interesting. It is a home testing kit for checking the lead in childrens toys.

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don’t buy that kit it is not accurate

I don’t care where these toys or anything else comes from, just as long as its cheap! American workers make WAY too much money for me to buy something made in the US. I could care less if some 3rd world worker gets poisoned or loses a limb because that’s their problem, not mine.  Maybe they should go to school to get a better job or something or just quit, but they’re making more money now than they were before they went to work in the factories. If the stuff was still made in the US, companies wouldn’t make big profits to pay the big shareholders and CEOs with and I would have to pay a little more for underwear and plastic lawn gnomes! If that happened, I wouldn’t be able to afford to keep gas in my Hummer or afford this 4,000 square foot house that me and my wife live in alone. The bottom line is price for me, to Hell with the rest of the world! I’ve got mine, screw everyone else!

Was that comment actually Lee Scott blogging here?

No, it was Tom/Screwed.

And it was spot on!

I’ll bet anyone a dollar there are posts here that make every point in Typical American’s comment and they were written in earnest.

**Note to dd:
Check the batteries in your Sarcasm Detector.

Protect Our Kids: Lead Test Kit Request Form

don’t buy that kit it is not accurate

oo in
Monday, October 29 at 06:41 PM

I read on another website that it is free except the shipping.
It is from the United Steelworkers Union.
What is not accurate about it oo?

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go to consumers report

CPSC Staff Study: Home Lead Test Kits Unreliable

Of 104 total test results, more than half (56) were false negatives, and two were false positives.

Alex, before you go testing for lead, tell your countrymen they might want to clean-up their food!

http://consumerist.com/consumer/food-safety/usda-says-defunct-canadian-meatpacker-was-source-of-recent-ecoli-beef-contaminations-316582.php

TROLL… Exhibit A

ddrb… with a little more practice you’ll be able to identify a TROLL like “Typical American” at first sight and not give it a second thought.

ScrewedbyWal-Mart:

A ‘troll’ is anybody who disagrees with YOU.

You’re partly right, Jerry

Only if the issue is Wal-Mart!

“Alex, before you go testing for lead, tell your countrymen they might want to clean-up their food!”
Rick in

Thanks for the great advice Rick. I am sure that you have told your countrymen that they may want to clean-up their food first......right?

E. COLI O157:H7 OUTBREAK IN UNITED STATES ASSOCIATED WITH BAGGED FRESH SPINACH
Canada eases border restrictions on fresh spinach from the United States
Related Alerts: 2006-09-15 | 2006-09-15 | 2006-09-18 | Questions and Answers | FDA website

OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising consumers not to eat bagged fresh spinach from the United States at this time, until further notice. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) is reporting an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in the U.S. that may be associated with the consumption of bagged fresh spinach.

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) reports that, since spinach from the U.S. is regularly imported into Canada, and considering the uncertainty of the source of contamination, consumers are advised not to eat bagged fresh spinach from the U.S. at this time. Packaged spinach is labelled with country of origin. If consumers are uncertain of its origin they can inquire with the retailer.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has reported at least 50 cases of illness in eight different states, including one death and eight cases of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, a form of kidney failure.

The USFDA has not yet confirmed a source of contamination for this outbreak. The CFIA, PHAC and Health Canada are working closely on the investigation of this outbreak situation with U.S. officials.

Consumption of food contaminated with this E. coli O157:H7 bacteria may cause serious and potentially life-threatening illnesses. Symptoms include severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. Some people may have seizures or strokes and some may need blood transfusions and kidney dialysis. Although everyone is susceptible to E. coli infection, people with compromised immune systems, young children and the elderly are most at risk for developing serious complications. Individuals who have experienced symptoms of illness after consuming spinach are urged to contact their health care provider.

For more information consumers can call the CFIA at 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735.

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Food fight!

Hi Ken V

I am not sure why guys like Rick come out with these nationalistic attacks (just because I am Canadian). There are bad apples on both sides of the border and I could post many cases of bad food processing for folks like Rick. If I remember correctly Japan had a ban on American beef for example just like the States had one on Canadian for a while.
I would say that the standards are much higher in both countries compared to much of the world.

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Wow, Alex has a logical and sensible response.  I’m impressed.  Keep up the good work.

Alex,

“I am not sure why guys like Rick come out with these nationalistic attacks (just because I am Canadian).”

Could be, because some people here tend to slam China so much for recalls, while the recalls of our 2 countries, seem to slip below their radar!!  They claim American and Canadian products to be superior, yet recalls eminate from all over, not just from China!!  We are just trying to point this fact out!!

Screwedby,

“Only if the issue is Wal-Mart!”

I think this may not be quite the truth, I would bet, that you would have problems with many other things besides Wal-Mart, like, say the war, Bush, the government in general and many other things that people disagree with you on!!

walmart is the best out there.they are a lot more affordable than kohls,target,jc penney ,k-mart and others.stop being so darn negative about them.stop buting all the govt baloney and nonsense on walmart because the unions and govt bald face lie all the time.

Ken V: I am somewhat taken aback that MY sarcasm was misinterpreted!