Posted on 07/10/2007 6:39:38 PM PDT by angelcindy
Poisons routinely used in mainland, reveals report on safety concerns WASHINGTON – With hundreds now dead in Panama as a result of poisons in Chinese-made toothpaste, the translation of a shocking Chinese report on food safety on the mainland is not likely to ease growing consumer concerns in the U.S. and Europe over imports from the Communist country.
The report, authored by Zhou Qing and titled "What Kind of God: A Survey of the Current Safety of China's Food," a finalist for the 2006 international Ulysses Award, reveals widespread use of toxic chemicals in the preparation of food meant even for domestic consumption.
Pickled vegetables have long been one of the most popular snack foods in China. However, according to Zhou, they now "strike terror in people's hearts."
"Although pickled vegetables were first made in Sichuan, there is hardly anyone in the whole country who hasn't tasted this delicious snack," she writes. "But now when you visit Sichuan, your friends will say to you: 'Do you like pickled vegetables?' There's a factory in Chengdu that pickles the vegetables in DDVP. In the past, everyone in Sichuan would have pickled vegetables with their meals, but now the managers of some pickled vegetable factories say that, 'We don't eat any of these pickles in Sichuan, we sell them to people from other provinces.'"
What is DDVP? It is an acutely toxic, carcinogenic chemical used as a pesticide that can cause pain just through contact with human skin. Inhalation is known to cause convulsions, dizziness, sweating, labored breathing, nausea, unconsciousness and muscle cramps. Diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal cramps are caused by ingestion of even small amounts.
Zhou says she learned the truth about pickled vegetables through a series of secret interviews.
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If I were goin or being in the Olympics I WOULD BRING MY OWN FOOD...
Just when I’d thought I was on safe ground by tossing out all my veggie booty...and now this?
Eeeeeeeuuuuuuu
Charming
Ah, it’s the Chinese scare du jour! (I’ll take a little DDT with that, please.)
I don’t eat veggies..
I dont want a pickle, I just wanna ride my motorsickle.
I dont want to die, thems pickled in cy..anide
Well, here in America food producers make red food coloring out of little bugs.
China Industries International
What is the deal with all these problems with Chinese products? It seems to me if you want to make money you wouldnt put poison in them?
Do they make kosher dills?
Maybe they could have the execution of corrupt officials as an exhibition event at the games. Better than a guy with a jet pack and Mohammad Ali combined.
HUNDREDS...???
I’m seeing country of origin labeling on seafood at SFW now. Hopefully it’s a trend...
lolol hey I didn’t write it...
bugs???
“Latest China food scare: Don’t eat pickled veggies”
Grow your own or buy veggies at a farmers market. Pickle them yourself, it’s not difficult and it makes the eating that much more enjoyable.
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