Appeal: Stop using Chinese-made, and poisonous, products!

The New York Times made a stunning discovery: some Chinese-made products are not only dangerous for the health of the customers.
Sometimes they cause death.
And there's no one to be found guilty for that.
See for yourself the whole article at this address.
Drug ingredient from China killed dozens of Haitian children a decade ago, says the newspaper, and it continues further, "Ten years later it happened again, this time in Panama. Chinese-made diethylene glycol, masquerading as its more expensive chemical cousin glycerin, was mixed into medicine, killing at least 100 people there last year. And recently, Chinese toothpaste containing diethylene glycol was found in the United States and seven other countries, prompting tens of thousands of tubes to be recalled."

Therefore, we'd like to inform ALL US-customers that they have the option to:

1. Immediately stop using Chinese-made products, which are dangerous to the health or the life of humans and animals; such as tooth paste, food, pet food, medicines.

2. Inform the local radio-station, newspaper, friends and family members to do the same.

3. Write to the congressmen, senators, local politicians, and explain why one takes such actions.

4. Publish on blogs pictures of items and products that you have spotted at the shops, which are made in China, and may be considered dangerous.

All of the above measures should be also addressed to the Embassy of China in Washington, DC, which could be found at

2300 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington DC
20008
Telephone: (202) 328-2500
Fax: (202) 588-0032
E-mail: chinaembassy_us@fmprc.gov.cn
URL: http://www.china-embassy.org/

The Embassy itself has published the following statement on the case of poisoning (note, that there's nothing about the cases of hundreds of dead people):

China Takes Food and Drug Safety Seriously
(06/13/07)
On June 12, Minister and DCM
Zheng Zeguang of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China spoke on measures taken by the Chinese Government to ensure its food and drug safety in an interview with Washington Times.

Minister Zheng said that China attaches great importance to the issue and has a strict regime in place to monitor and supervise safety of food and pharmaceutical products. Regarding the pet food case, Minister Zheng said that the melamine incident was caused by two enterprises which did not have the required certificates for food exports issued by the Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) in China. Legal actions have already been taken against these two companies.
On the safety of certain Chinese toothpaste, he said that there are different standards concerning the percentage of diethylene glycol (DEG) added among different countries, and according to Chinese scientific research, the toothpaste is safe.
Minister Zheng said the Chinese Government has taken a series of measures to further strengthen safety of food and drug exports. Steps taken include 100 percent inspection of food being sent to the United States before exported, increased random inspections of exported items like toothpaste, immediate investigation and timely actions taken in response to FDA information and establishment of a blacklist of companies exporting unsafe products.

Minister Zheng said that statistics show that from 2004 to 2006 more than 99 percent of food and drug exported to the United States from China are safe, and that certain isolated cases should not be blown out of proportion to mislead the
American public into thinking that all food and drugs from China are unsafe, which is not the case. It is irresponsible for some people to play politics on this issue.
Minister Zheng also stressed the importance for the relevant authorities of the two countries to work together on the food and drug safety issue. He said that AQSIQ and US FDA have close working relationship and have agreed to strengthen their cooperation.

This statement just shows that we are right - as long as there's this 1 (one) percent of food and drug export which is NOT safe, as long as this exists, YOU may be the next victum, and not some kids in Haiti or Panama. Plus, there's no proof this percent is indeed 1 (one), and not 10, or more, right?

Let's stop buying the Chinese food and drug products (and all derivatives).
Today, before more people die!
It is not irresponsible to ask for that, it would be irresponsible if we all continue living as if nothing has happened, and as if the dead people are worth nothing.

Let's show the Chinese that the Americans care!