ViceZilla’s Views

China is telling the world that their exported products have “limited” safety problems.

The list just keeps getting longer and longer for China’s substandard exports. First to make the news was the plastic laced pet food ingredient exported to the US. After that, the wheels just continued to keep falling off the “Made in China” wagon.

Tainted seafood, toothpaste, drugs, toys, and now tires are being recalled for safety reasons. Tires imported from China since 2002 from the Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., of Hangzhou, China could suffer tread separation.

It’s obvious the Chinese don’t give a rat’s ass about the safety of consumers who buy their products overseas, and I’m starting to wonder if the Bush Administration is in the same mindset.

These defective products shouldn’t have even made it to the shelves for consumers to buy in the first place. One death or sickness caused because of a substandard item imported from China is too many.

China needs to clean up its act fast in order to save their “Made in China” brand, and the US Government needs to step up its vigilance and testing of Chinese imports in order to protect consumers before someone is seriously hurt.

Check your tires, check your children’s new toys,if it says “Made or Imported from China” on them I would suspect it’s safety.

We all know about the Mattel safety recall in which some toys imported from China contained lead paint. Here is the list of tires imported from China that suspected to be defective. Check them, for your, and your family’s safety.

According to the filing, the Hangzhou tires at issue were sold under at least four brand names, Westlake, Compass, Telluride and YKS, and in these sizes:

* LT235/75R-15.
* LT225/75R-16.
* LT235/85R-16.
* LT245/75R-16.
* LT265/75R-16.
* LT3X10.5-15.

Tags: The China Effect //