03-12-2014 3:27 PM
03-12-2014 3:54 PM
Hallo........where have you been ? Interesting program on Yesterday evening, about the Country where most of this "Tat" comes from...........CHINA. It would appear that, because of the large scale Industrial production that now goes on in China and because of the large scale of pollution it has and is producing ( which is being discharged into the surrounding Land and Rivers ) one third of China's entire food producing farmland is Polluted. This pollution, containing Chromium, Lead and several other Toxic and Carcinogenic elements is a minimum of 10 times and a maximum of 100 times over the limits; set by the Chinese Government themselves. This Pollution has now found it's way directly into the Food supply of the entire Country, and the associated health problems are already beginning to manifest themselves. This World is heading for one big Bang in the next 10 to 20 Years.
03-12-2014 4:32 PM
03-12-2014 4:46 PM
It's one fifth, not one third ( I was trying to remember it off the Cuff ) and Cadmium not Chromium; still pretty bad for the Biggest Country on Earth, with about one third of the Worlds population.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304626304579507040557046288
03-12-2014 4:50 PM
That Link didn't work out too well, for some reason........try this one ( different source ).
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/4/18/china-says-one-fifthofitsfarmlandispolluted.html
03-12-2014 6:21 PM
Yes, Evo. And try this:
They're either pioneers of modern synthesised cuisine or masters of gastronomic gripe, in any case, the Chinese ought to be celebrated for their innovate use of food materials and toxic chemicals. There's baby formula with nitrate and botulism which have been linked to ''big head desease''. Delicious imitation eggs made from Alginic acid, Chloride and Chalk, which have led to dementia.
And imitation rice made from potato and industrial resin which is the clinical equivalent to eating a plastic bag. One opportunistic street vendor went so far as to soak cardboard in industrial chemicals to sofen it, chopping and combing it with pork off-cuts flavoured with chemical powders. The dumplings are then soaked in caustic soda and steamed for your convenience. And I'm not joking, it's all TRUE
China, the kings of counterfeit, are responsible for approximately 67% of all counterfeit goods seized globally. So it shouldn't come as a great surprise to learn that a zoo in the Peoples Park of Luohe, in China. dressed-up a Tibetan Mastiff dog and tried to convince customers it was an African Lion. The ruse was blown when the friendly 'lion' barked at one of the zoo visitors. No, I'm not joking, it's true.
Yes... Astro. And I say to myself what a wonderful world?
04-12-2014 11:23 AM
@astrologica wrote:
Looking around the shops this morning, I was struck by the crazy amount of tat that is on sale ,supposedly for Christmas. This stuff arrives on our shores in hundreds of shipping containers every year, and most of it is just useless junk. I wonder what percentage of this stuff will be going to landfill by this time next year.
This is indeed crazy; we should have more Watse-To-Energy plants!!!
04-12-2014 11:57 AM
04-12-2014 12:27 PM
It's a confused thingamebob.
04-12-2014 5:34 PM
04-12-2014 7:42 PM
This Bloke says He's never had a problem with that Shampoo.
04-12-2014 8:03 PM
04-12-2014 8:08 PM
05-12-2014 9:19 AM
@electric*mayhem*band wrote:I beg your pardon ? What's a 'Watse' ?
A new type of spelling mistake.
06-12-2014 12:39 PM
06-12-2014 4:07 PM - edited 06-12-2014 4:10 PM
06-12-2014 4:13 PM