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Eat Tar
Jul 31, 2007 | 5:54 PM
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I am sure I am not the only one, but a while ago after pet food was shown to contain melamine as filler, I got curious.  Then, when other allegations about product purity surfaced, like ethylene glycol (the ingredient in antifreeze) in toothpaste, and then melamine in people foods, I got even more curious. 

Why melamine as a filler?  What are they doing in China, reclaiming used countertops and crushing them up?   Why not use sawdust, or recycled newspapers, or what's left of carrots after one makes carrot juice?

Here's part of the answer.

China has a HUGE COAL INDUSTRY.  Melamine is derived from coal tar.  That's why we've been drowning in plastic goods of all descriptions since the first "dollar stores" opened years ago.  Evidently, we don't consume enough already, so now we, our pets, and our livestock have to ingest it, too.

This is really not new.  As early as 1972, the

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Moogie read my blog view my photos
Aug 1, 2007 | 7:08 PM

woah, I got cut off when I tried to "save for later!"

to continue...

This problem is not really new. As early as 1972, our government issued an opinion that melamine was not suitable for use as filler in feed for ruminants (cows and other cud-chewing animals).

Wait, when was Nixon's trip to China????
dasvics read my blog view my photos
Aug 1, 2007 | 8:50 PM

This is disgusting, and I think your post got cut off.
I don't want anything from China if this is true. ugh.
I want to know what our government is doing about this. I'm only buying food made in America from now on, I make sure. My pooch is no getting any melamine or ethylene glycol.
yuck.
Abe_Oltulever read my blog
Aug 1, 2007 | 8:55 PM

i have seen some plastic imitation sushi pieces in the windows of japanese restaurants. they look good enough to eat. they look more delicious than the real sushi. the chinese exist on this planet to make our lives easier. always copying and flooding our markets with low cost stuff. how do they keep their currency so low relative to the dollar?
Moogie read my blog view my photos
Aug 3, 2007 | 8:16 AM

I would eat the plastic sushi before I'd eat real sushi.
frankherbert read my blog view my photos
Aug 5, 2007 | 1:16 AM

@ Moogie: wow you've gone off-topic in your own proast.

This illustrates the problems created by outsaucing to asianfags. Toys with lead paint, food with tar, veggies with e-coli, etc etc.

Also, a sushi is fine too.
nosy4 read my blog
Aug 5, 2007 | 9:50 AM

I come from coal country w.va. and most of the miners black lung,china should be kept out of our cabnets, buy USA, china has cheep [...] all of their stuff is cheep.
nosy4 read my blog
Aug 5, 2007 | 9:51 AM

thanks for the use your imagination, and its still cheep
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