U.S. Rules Allow the Sale of Products Others Ban
Chemical-laden goods outlawed in Europe and Japan are permitted in the American market.
By Marla Cone, Times Staff Writer
October 8, 2006

OAKLAND — Destined for American kitchens, planks of birch and poplar plywood are stacked to the ceiling of a cavernous port warehouse. The wood, which arrived in California via a cargo ship, carries two labels: One proclaims "Made in China," while the other warns that it contains formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical.

Because formaldehyde wafts off the glues in this plywood, it is illegal to sell in many countries — even the one where it originated, China. But in the United States this wood is legal, and it is routinely crafted into cabinets and furniture.


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As the European Union and other nations have tightened their environmental standards, mostly in the last two years, manufacturers — here and around the world — are selling goods to American consumers that fail to meet other nations' stringent laws for toxic chemicals.

Wood, toys, electronics, pesticides and cosmetics are among U.S. products that contain substances that are banned or restricted elsewhere, particularly in Europe and Japan, because they may raise the risk of cancer, alter hormones or cause reproductive or neurological damage.

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Economy uber alles. See when these people come down with cancer they will have to pay for treatment and medicine and the GDP will go up....Huzzah!

you know what's weird? some of this very wood was made from trees from america.

500, I remember a post I made a couple of years ago showing where imported vegetables from some countries was still grown in human excretement as fertilizer. A potential for many diseases to be obsorbed into the product.

This practice is illegal in the U.S., yet the products are allowed to be imported for U.S. consumers.

500, I remember a post I made a couple of years ago showing where imported vegetables from some countries was still grown in human excretement as fertilizer. A potential for many diseases to be obsorbed into the product.

This practice is illegal in the U.S., yet the products are allowed to be imported for U.S. consumers.
Hehe...yeah I remember you making that post too because everytime I am in the produce section and the vegetables are labelled Imported From I wonder how much I need that fresh little red chile/banana/potato. Some things other than crap, stick... :)

Hehe...yeah I remember you making that post too because everytime I am in the produce section and the vegetables are labelled Imported From I wonder how much I need that fresh little red chile/banana/potato. Some things other than crap, stick... :)
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Sorry, maybe there are some things that we just don't want to hear about.

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Sorry, maybe there are some things that we just don't want to hear about.
Nope, I would aaaaaaaaaaaaalways rather know so that the options are mine...glad to have the info... It's funny really, I've never met you (that I know of) and probably never will, yet you influence my produce choice now forever... :)

500, I remember a post I made a couple of years ago showing where imported vegetables from some countries was still grown in human excretement as fertilizer. A potential for many diseases to be obsorbed into the product.

Sounds like an old wives tale to me. I don't see how using human crap is worse than using animal crap as a fertilizer. I don't know of any diseases that survive in crap, that can be transferred to plants and then will survive in a human. That'd be the virus form of superman.

Sounds like an old wives tale to me. I don't see how using human crap is worse than using animal crap as a fertilizer. I don't know of any diseases that survive in crap, that can be transferred to plants and then will survive in a human. That'd be the virus form of superman.
It's not that it is transferred into the plants per se. It is in the soil and on the flesh of the plant when you get into trouble. That's how food poisioning happens in restaurants etc. Improper hand washing which transfers fecal bacteria onto the food. Also the lettuce poisoning several years ago they think happened because deer poop got into the fields and spread through their rinse cycles. People died. Right now the big thing here in Canada is a problem in Ontario with carrot juice. Two people are paralysed.

Carrot juice? Bugs Bunny will be so pissed!!

Carrot juice? Bugs Bunny will be so pissed!!
Screw the bunny...I"M pissed! :) What's up doc? ;)

crap on hands is different then in the soil. However using straigh fecal matter as fertalizer isn't useful. You have to let it sit for a long while otherwise it burns the roots of the plants.

Its estimated that 25% + of the population has H. Pylori a bacterial stomach infection due to eating fecal matter. It can cause ulcers.

So, who wants dinner?

It's not that it is transferred into the plants per se. It is in the soil and on the flesh of the plant when you get into trouble. That's how food poisioning happens in restaurants etc. Improper hand washing which transfers fecal bacteria onto the food. Also the lettuce poisoning several years ago they think happened because deer poop got into the fields and spread through their rinse cycles. People died. Right now the big thing here in Canada is a problem in Ontario with carrot juice. Two people are paralysed.

ah well, so much for the superman virus. Yea, eating crap can be bad for you.

Carrot juice and spinach. Both "organically" grown ... in the USA.
Gee, is that what they mean by organic?

Sounds like an old wives tale to me. I don't see how using human crap is worse than using animal crap as a fertilizer. I don't know of any diseases that survive in crap, that can be transferred to plants and then will survive in a human. That'd be the virus form of superman.
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Have not had a chance to read it yet, but may be some info here at:

http://members.aol.com/wwanglia/framesf.htm

Carrot juice and spinach. Both "organically" grown ... in the USA.
Gee, is that what they mean by organic? I assume you are referring to the E coli outbreaks. E. coli naturally occurs in the soil.

The raw sewage growers page referes to concern about prions in the sewage getting into the plants. This is also one of the main concerns about GM foods ass well. Prions are an extreme danger since they might lay dormat in your brain for 30 years.

I don't see how using human crap is worse than using animal crap as a fertilizer. I don't know of any diseases that survive in crap, that can be transferred to plants and then will survive in a human. That'd be the virus form of superman.

Noooo, that'd be amoebic dysentery.

Evidently, you are completely unfamiliar with it.

Noooo, that'd be amoebic dysentery.

Evidently, you are completely unfamiliar with it.ewww...that sounds really, really bad!