Comments on: China Gets Serious About Heparin Contamination

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Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:49:25 +0000

[...] people died after developing a severe allergic reaction to the blood thinner heparin. The resulting investigation found that Chinese suppliers added a cheap, dangerous compound to the raw ingredient. The Chinese [...]

By: jowak

jowak — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:22:24 +0000

so much china bashing going on. the fact is that it really should be the consuming companies doing their own fact checking. not only that but china’s able to conclusively trace the bad batch to a singular factory. remember what happened here with our contaminated foods these past few years? not quite so specific. not only that, china’s willing to put in place a system for tracing all of its ingredients. that’s more than I can say for us. all of this shit about poor quality chinese products is solely the fault of you we dimwits and the us companies we’re retailed goods through. not china’s. get fucking real.

By: John

John — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:14:52 +0000

You can thank bush for all the chinese crap. HE gave them most favored trading status, illegally, and now they have no accountability. They can poison us with impunity and we’ll never even know if they punish them or give them a bonus for killing our dogs, and poisoning our medicines and toys.

By: Erica

Erica — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:14:25 +0000

Heparin does not produce a blood clotting effect. It is an anticoagulant. It prevents blood clots.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:20:13 +0000

China is a nation with a rogue government which thinks itself beyond reproach. They subjugate their people with an oppression cruel beyond measure and would treat the rest of the world with the same impunity. We who accept this treatment in silence or condone their sovereign right to impose forced annexation, denial of human rights, lack of quality control and safety measures — not to mention a brutal military which murders it’s own citizens in the name of that government; deserve exactly what we are getting: poisoned medicine, deadly children’s toys, and a reputation for accepting anything as long as it profits someone in our extended chain of money grubbing middle men. Shame on us.

By: Johnson

Johnson — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:07:08 +0000

Yeah! Let’s boycott everything from America until the “Indians” regain their land that was ruthlessly taken away from them in the name of what? Freedom? Look in the mirror before mouthing off. Capitalism is at work here. Americans are benefiting with low cost goods. American companies are making the profits taking the greater share of the pie. Sue the US companies that forsake safety over greed. In the meantime, do not buy shoddy products from China or anywhere else. Let the mighty dollar speak (although, nowadays, with the financial meltdown, it is only a whimper). China or any manufacture has to learn that quality rules in capitalism. They are new at this game. You can cry all you want but best to speak with your dollar and not your false sense of misplaced arrogance.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:04:50 +0000

And China is paying a heavy environmental price as well — the World Factory is polluting China’s air, water, soil, and more. In the long run, I am not even sure it is good for China.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:57:35 +0000

Junks from China? From my MacBook, iPod, to my Wilson rackets, almost everything I use and purchase, and yes, that includes organic produces, is made in China. Just imagine how convenient it will be if you set out to boycott all Made-in-China products! It’s inevitable for something tragic/unpleasant to happen, and China is trying very hard to be responsible, and is catching up fast. Remember they actually executed their top food and drug official last year for bribing and failing to keep some of the medicines safe.

By: Stan

Stan — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:22:46 +0000

People who scream ‘Boycott chinese products” should throw their computers away right now because hello? The computer you’re using to browse right now have half of its parts made in China.

By: Van Trinh

Van Trinh — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:29:38 +0000

I ‘d loved to buy north american made products, especially cars, if the Big Three fire all current engineers and hires people who can think outside of the box, who can produce cars with that japanese/european looks and reliability. They copied us and made better products, it’s about time to copy them. For everyone who buys $0.99 stuff and cheap imports, you only have yourselves to blame. It’s like shooting yourself in the foot. Short term gain, long term pain.