(NaturalNews) The next time you see your infant enjoying a new made-in-China toy, you might want to check to make sure he's not having too much of a good time: A recent discovery reveals that toys called "Aqua Dots" are coated with a chemical similar to liquid ectasy. When children eat the Aqua Dots (which they're not supposed to do, but they're children, after all), they go into an ectasy-induced coma. Six children have fallen ill in Australia where the toys are marketed as Bindeez. Manufacturers and distributors of the product are pulling it off the shelves in North
America and around the world. It's the latest in a long string of
health scares from Mainland China's product manufacturers.
The chemical culprit of all this is 1,4-butanediol, which breaks down into
gamma hydroxy butyrate, also known as the "date rape
drug." This drug is obviously not supposed to be used in children's
toys, but then again we're talking about manufacturers from Communist China, where it seems that anything goes as long as western retailers close their eyes and don't bother to conduct safety tests on these
products. (Dog food, anyone?)
All this follows the recent, astonishing announcement by Nancy Nord of the U.S. government's
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that there's really no need to enhance the
safety monitoring of consumer products in the
United States. Under orders from the White House, Nord insisted that the CPSC didn't need any increase in funding, and that businesses should essentially remain unregulated. Nancy Nord, who is now widely regarded as a pro-business Bush puppet, jetted around the world on trips paid for by some of the very same wealthy
corporations who don't want consumer
product safety regulations.
Not surprisingly, virtually everyone following this issue is outraged at both Nancy Nord and the Bush Administration for apparently having no concern whatsoever for the safety of U.S.
consumers. But why should this surprise us? The
FDA openly approves dangerous pharmaceuticals that even the agency's own top scientists admit are killing at least a hundred thousand Americans each year. What's a little ectasy in children's toys when senior citizens on medications are dropping faster than the U.S. dollar?
Corporations first, consumers last
The truth in all this is stupidly obvious: The U.S.
government really has no interest in protecting consumers from corporations. Whether we're talking
Big Pharma, food companies, toy manufacturers or even financial issues, virtually the entire United States government is aligned against consumers in a pro-business stance that sacrifices the lives of Americans for corporate profits. While there are minor exceptions to this, the big agencies that are supposed to protect consumers (FDA, EPA,
FTC, FCC, etc.) have spent the last several years kow-towing to the interests of wealthy, influential corporations rather than protecting the interests of consumers.
Want examples? Why isn't the FTC investigating the pharmaceutical pricing monopoly engineered by Big Pharma and
the FDA? Why isn't the FDA, for its part, protecting Americans from dangerous drugs like Avandia? Why does the FCC cater to the big
business monopolization of the broadcast spectrum, squeezing out small, local operators who might want to run intelligent, independent radio stations? Why isn't the
EPA going after Monsanto for the environmental impact of all its genetically modified crops and destructive chemicals? Why isn't the entire cancer industry going after chemical
companies and actively trying to
prevent cancer rather than simply claiming to be searching for a cure that will never be found anyway?
The answer to all these questions is the same:
Because the U.S. government acts in collusion with Big Business to exploit U.S. consumers, stripping them of their health, their money and their future. The government has become, in essence, the enforcement branch of corporate America. Virtually every significant new law passed by Congress is structured in alignment with the wishes of America's most powerful corporations. This is no coincidence.
Can Ron Paul save our nation?
There's only one person in the running for the next presidential
election who even has a shot at reversing this, and that's Ron Paul. But even if he were to get elected, he would be walking into a quagmire of politics, corruption, back-door dealing and criminal conspiracy at the highest levels.
Still, Ron Paul is the best chance we've got right now at anything resembling honest government. That's why his popularity is soaring, and he's raising money left and right (literally: From both left-wingers and right-wingers). Paul promises to eliminate the income tax, end our military meddling in other countries, and return the U.S. dollar to the gold standard (you know, where money actually stands for something). He's also the biggest supporter of the Health Freedom Protection Act that would end FDA tyranny and allow -- for the first time in decades -- nutritional supplement companies to tell the truth about the scientifically-validated health benefits of their products.
It's not clear what a Ron Paul presidency would do for consumer
protection against Chinese-made imports, but it's crystal clear that U.S. consumers would be freer, wealthier and healthier under Ron Paul's policies than those of any other potential presidential candidate. That's why people who believe in
freedom (
real freedom, not the George Bush version of freedom) are wholeheartedly supporting Ron Paul, regardless of whether they're Democrats, Republicans or Libertarians.
I encourage everyone to check out Ron Paul. Do your research. You'll find
he's very nearly the only honest lawmaker left in Washington. If you're going to vote for anybody in this next election,
vote your conscience. Vote for the person who most reflects honesty, integrity, and the empowerment of the people. Learn more at
www.RonPaul2008.com
About the author: Mike Adams is a natural health author and award-winning journalist with a mission to teach personal and planetary health to the public He is a prolific writer and has published thousands of articles, interviews, reports and consumer guides, reaching millions of readers with information that is saving lives and improving personal health around the world. Adams is a trusted, independent journalist who receives no money or promotional fees whatsoever to write about other companies' products. In mid 2010, Adams produced NaturalNews.TV, a natural health video sharing website offering user-generated videos on nutrition, green living, fitness and more. He's also a noted technology pioneer and founded a software company in 1993 that developed the HTML email newsletter software currently powering the NaturalNews subscriptions. Adams also serves as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a non-profit consumer protection group, and pursues hobbies such as martial arts, Capoeira, nature macrophotography and organic gardening. He's also author a large number of health books offered by Truth Publishing and is the creator of numerous reference website including NaturalPedia.com and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. His websites also include the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the innate healing ability of the human body. Known as the 'Health Ranger,' Adams' personal health statistics and mission statements are located at www.HealthRanger.org
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