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Receipts in Shanghai contain toxin that causes obesity, infant deformities

Receipts in Shanghai contain toxin that causes obesity, infant deformities

Here's another thing to add to the list of products you should be scared to touch in China: not only may the toys contain lead, the shampoos contain carcinogens and the food contain melamine... the receipts that came with those things could also be poisonous! more ›

Bonfire of the e-salvageries

Bonfire of the e-salvageries

Ever wonder what happens to your old electronics? 60 Minutes aired a story on the dirty underbelly of electronics "recycling" in the States, and it turns out that a significant amount of American "e-waste" ends up in Chinese landfills. As if China didn't produce enough garbage of its own, computers, cell phones, household electronics, and pretty much anything with petty salvageable parts find their way to Chinese junkyards, and are burned, ripped apart and corroded for valuable metals. more ›

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