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Thread #114515   Message #2444206
Posted By: beardedbruce
18-Sep-08 - 02:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why do we allow imports of Chinese goods
Subject: RE: BS: Why do we allow imports of Chinese goods
Do you honestly believe that US food producers are not monitored more carefully than Chinese producers?


We have a system with SELF-INSPECTION by those in the markets- we have been lucky that there have been fewer ( but perhaps not by percent of population) individuals that have "cheated" to increase their profit.

The point is, China has a larger population: If we look at the percentage of people who are doing these things, the US probably has as large a percentage.

It is the ones we ( and the Chinese) do NOT catch that are the concern. Things that do not kill us, or make us sick immediately, but might have a cumulative effect over years of exposure.