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How big does a warning sign need to be?

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Monday, January 11. 2010
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Cadmium is a soft, whitish metal that occurs naturally in soil. It's perhaps best known as one half of rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries, but also is used in pigments, electroplating and plastic.

Lab testing organized by The Associated Press shows that it also is present in children's jewelry — sometimes at eye-popping levels exceeding 90 percent of the item's total weight.

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#1 Anonymous on 01/11/10 at 07:18 AM
China knows what they are doing. The are putting this stuff in products cause they know Americans will buy it and it will cause harm. That is why they have strict rules in China and limited freedom to make choices. They know the harmful things out there. As the leaders said years ago, China will take over the USA and never fire a shot. I say stop all trade with China unless they play by the same rules we require our own American companies to follow.
#1.1 Anonymous on 01/11/10 at 11:52 PM
I wondered if anyone else thought this, the same as I do.
#2 cats on 01/11/10 at 12:25 PM
They sure like their dangerous chemicals in China, don't they?
I have been tryng for 2 years now not to buy items marked "Made in China" because of their human rights violations.
You have no idea how many items we have here that were manufactured in China.
#3 Anonymous on 01/13/10 at 01:27 AM
What a crazy fix we have gotten ourselves into.
#4 Anonymous on 01/13/10 at 07:52 AM
The Chinese did not do anything illegal since our government does not currently have any regulations concerning cadmium in products other than the amount of airborne particles in the workplace.

Perhaps if we were not so obsessed with buying the absolute cheapest products in the world, the entire Chinese manufacturing economy would not be so massive & dangerous
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