While China prepares for 2008 Summer Olympics, they may have to hold off on the souvenirs. In recent news China has been under much for fire for producing toys that contain traces of lead. This lead scare has led to toys almost a million toys being pulled from shelves all over the world.
The country responds by pulling these toys from stores, but now eBay users are selling recalled items. What idiot is going to purchase something like that? "Dude check out my collection it's deadly." And now we're beginning to see the dangers of selling used online items.
The scare caused such a huge global controversy that Cheung Shu-hung, who co-owned Lee Der Industrial Co., committed suicide at a warehouse by hanging himself.
So what does this mean for us? Well it means Superman won't be able to look through any of the toys. It could mean that Sesame Street and Dora the Explorer will be teaching kids about the word "lethal". And SpongeBob will now be SpongeBob Lead Pants. But what it really means is that we seriously need to rethink the safety of all imported items. How far are we willing to put ourselves in the hands of foreign allies? When it comes to the safety of human lives, there's no toying around.
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