It gets worse, Frank. Now that China has become a huge
industrial power, we are beginning to see just exactly how well
prepared they are for the responsibilities that go along with
industrialization......
*************************
Authorities have reconnected water in Harbin, the city in northeast
China that has been without water for four days. The water supply was
shut down on Nov. 22 because of a huge chemical spill into a nearby
river. More than 100 tons of benzene, a colorless and toxic chemical,
spilled into the river. The chemical can cause cancer, blood disorders
and liver and kidney damage. According to China's Xinhua news agency,
the water pumps were turned on at 6 pm local time on Nov. 27. Local
people no longer have to wait in freezing weather for water.
A Harbin government official, Zhang Zujoi, showed the 3.8 million
people of his city that the water was now safe to drink. He took a few
sips of boiled water that had come from a local resident's house. Mr.
Zujoi promised four days ago that he would be first to taste the water
when the supply returned. Mr. Zujoi said: "I took the first drink to
reassure the public." However, he advised people not to drink the
water unboiled until the water pipes were fully flushed. Meanwhile,
the 50-kilometre-long toxic slick is moving toward Siberia. It will
endanger the Russian city of Khabarovsk in about two weeks.
*****************
There was another of these "spills" again today elsewhere in China.
Not only do they produce crap, they are evidently unable to keep the
byproducts of their crap from poisoning the very workers who are making
it!!
Not that we're doing very much better when it comes to polluting the
ground water.......
Cheers!!
Jim - optimistic sick Midget in Dodge City
On 2/19/06, Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net> wrote:
> My Italian design outside lights came in.
> Made in MF china by CS chinks, designed by Luigi CHINKovelli.
> Ok, I know I lost out on finding ANYTHING made by round eyes.
> I go to install them, now my electric box is a standard box, has been
> there since at least 1950 and they have been standard since 1920.
> But buy a chinese POS fixture and it comes with a metal backplate that
> only works if your eyes are slanted.
> Cut the plate, weld a washer to it, powdercoat it because it will rust
> in a week if I didn't, and install the lights.
> Now on th replacing the phone in the garage.
> All the phones they sell are cheap crap, some are expensive cheap crap.
> This one wasn't worth the box it came in.
> So should I throw it out at home? I know, I should have just bought it
> and tossed it in the dumpster at the store, this saves time and
> aggravation. And I know this but I didn't do it.
>
> My Bosch jig saw which I have owned for 12-15 years has been acting up
> so I go to buy a new bosch jig saw only to see they are now made in PRC
> Or by MF chinks in the Peoples republic of Friggin china.
> Might as well go to wally world and by a skill saw cause it's the same
> crap at 1/10th the price. Just throw it out on my way out of the store
> to save aggravation.
> So what will I do for a jig saw in the future?
> Beats me. I won't buy chink tools.
> But maybe a milwaukee? Nah, korean made crap these days.
> So I take my old Bosch jig saw apart to see what's up with it only to
> find the Bosch jig saw blades bought at home DEFECT were the cause of
> the problem! Cheap chink made saw blades. The problem started with a new
> blade out of a new pack the other day. Home cheapo crap made in china by
> a useless breed of good for NOTHING people.
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
|