Culinary death threat love letters from China
Just counting down the time before China kills us, kills us ALL*! One way or another, it seems inevitable. And it seems so easy for them to do it too. Why?? Because we let them that’s why!! Greedy companies fail to investigate and inspect the Chinese companies they import from or else they are willingly in cahoots so that everyone’s pockets get fatter. Not only are there unhealthy working conditions but water and air pollution and – okay, just the fact that it’s IMMORAL should hoist red danger flags and ring alarm bells, right? Wrong! We gobble up their goods because it’s cheap as hell! Besides quality, feh, who gives a care about quality anymore?
I had a friend in college that would purchase Made in China wristwatches that she admittedly had to replace every year. When asked why she didn’t just invest in a timepiece whose lifespan would rival her own and in the long run she would be saving money, she replied, “but this one’s so cheap!”
Anyway, this is the latest red flag: A Chinese company has been using the chemical DEG (diethylene glycol — readily found in antifreeze) as a thickening agent. It doubles as a sweetener (and this is why you should keep antifreeze capped and locked away ‘cos kitties loooove anything sweet) so they just threw it into toothpaste and cough syrup and sold it overseas. At least 100 people died in Latin America last year due to this egregious additive.
This is not the first and definitely not the last crazy pseudo death threat love letter China has knowingly sent out. Remember the pet murdering tainted Chinese wheat gluten found earlier this year? Did you know that 80% of the ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) used in American products are from China? Even if you suspect your multivitamins (or basically any foodstuff as ascorbic acid is commonly used as a preservative), there is no law governing origin disclosure. And now that the FDA is outrageously understaffed (not like they were doing a bang-up job previously), unfortunately more things will slip past their radar.
Okay China, it was kind of funny when you made products emblazoned with “Smoopy/Spoony” (Snoopy) and “Adidoss” and even a fake Starbucks (where a cup of coffee cost more than the average daily factory worker’s salary), but if we can persecute you for passing off chemicals for fake food, you won’t be laughing anymore. Please, grow a soul!
*According to an interpretation of Nostradamus’ Fatima, China (and/or Korea) will be the one to start WWIII and bring about the end of the world. Sources say it will happen within the lifespan of the next two Popes. Yup, that soon.
