Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, Aug 13 2007
The lure of cheap merchandise
We've had our eyes opened lately concerning the inexpensive products coming out of China that, while cheap, may also be full of hidden dangers. Other countries' products are not always subject to the same rigid safety standards we demand in products that are made in the U.S. It may appear to keep costs down to import licensed, mass-produced items from places like China, but the long-term cost may have to be added up in a lot more than dollars and cents. In the case of the recent lead-paint issue in toys imported for Mattel Inc., one particular executive even chose to end his own life over the shame.
We can't blame China alone, when we demand to fill our lives and homes with mass-produced items at the lowest cost possible. Somewhere along the way, quality of product, and quality of life, are both going to suffer a major loss.
posted at: 08:36 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
We've had our eyes opened lately concerning the inexpensive products coming out of China that, while cheap, may also be full of hidden dangers. Other countries' products are not always subject to the same rigid safety standards we demand in products that are made in the U.S. It may appear to keep costs down to import licensed, mass-produced items from places like China, but the long-term cost may have to be added up in a lot more than dollars and cents. In the case of the recent lead-paint issue in toys imported for Mattel Inc., one particular executive even chose to end his own life over the shame.
We can't blame China alone, when we demand to fill our lives and homes with mass-produced items at the lowest cost possible. Somewhere along the way, quality of product, and quality of life, are both going to suffer a major loss.
posted at: 08:36 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
