New Zealand investigates Chinese "chemical clothes"

Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance ( via Drudge ) ^ | Tuesday August 21, 2007, 12:46 pm

[kinoxi]

WELLINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The New Zealand government said on Tuesday it was investigating the safety of imported clothing from China and other countries following concerns that it contained dangerous levels of chemicals.

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs said the investigation had been launched after a local television programme found woollen and cotton fabrics imported from China contained levels of formaldehyde up to 900 times the safety limit set by the World Health Organisation. ...

Chinese officials have said the world should have faith in the "made-in-China" label and that a spate of product recalls has been unfair, biased and politically motivated.

[kinoxi]

Poison pajamas from China. Good morning. :)

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875105/posts?page=1395#1395

[Son House]

Poison guitar good morning too. My latest pawn shop find, Les Paul copy, which the body is very light compared to a real American made Gibson, Chinese ‘Paulonia’ is what one reviewer says, the World may never know...

[Thinkin' Gal]

Chicom carcinogenic clothing ping.

[FormerACLUmember]

Chinese Cancer in your jammies.

What I really detest is that Chinese poisonous foods are no longer labeled as to country of origin. Chinese toxic waste apple juice is added to just about everything as a sweetener. And various farmed raised fish are now from China, grown with feces and urine in the water, fed god-knows-what.

[AlexW]

Here in Bratislava, there are numerous outdoor markets selling clothes from China. I buy a lot from them, such as polo shirts, undies, t-shirts, shoes, shorts.
Most of the vendors are Vietnamese, left over from Commie war days.
The Slovak health department, however, has confiscated a number of children's clothes for having excess levels of toxic materials such as cadmium.
I imagine after a few washings it is not a problem.

[kinoxi]

It's Paulownia. The Chicoms are using it more and more because it grows extremely fast. Not good for a guitar unless you want to baby it, dents easily. Known around much of the world as a weed.

[kinoxi]

I imagine after a few washings it is not a problem.

Here's a link on the same subject with additional info on carcinogens in these fabrics that don't wash out. It's about halfway down the page. http://www.stuff.co.nz/4170189a10.html.

[Chode]

China Industries International

Made in CHINA!!!

their new corporate logo...

[Diogenesis]

"Wow. Chinese technology. Melamine-laced albumin,
poison pajamas, lead-painted children's toys, dioxin-flavored ice cream,
human food from dog's you-know-what,
pharmaceuticals containing lead, roadkill, and road paint
unstable blowoutable tires, defective tires missing 'gum strips' to prevent tread separation.
garbage and feces-fed seafood, melamine-dog food,
dioxin- and melamine-filled vitamins!!!!
polyethylene glycol-flavored toothpaste!!!
cardboard-asbestos filled buns!!!!!!
embalming-fluid filled candies and pastries!
Is there ANYTHING the Chinese can't do (or ship to other countries)?"

[ex-Texan]

*BUMP*!

[aculeus]

Note to self: toss the bottle of Chinese marinade. (Fifty cents at Wal-Mart.)

[Lijahsbubbe]

Dang if I didn’t think about this too! Outrageous.

[Chode]

the world is their waste disposal unit... why bother to dump it into the water or bury it when you can sell it???