In 2006, the housing market in the U.S. exceeded domestic demand for drywall, leading to the “Chinese drywall” debacle. The explosion in Tianjin was one of many buildings across China that store toxic chemicals near residential areas or major companies. Building materials contribute significantly to human toxicity, fossil depletion, and global warming, emphasizing that greenhouse gas emissions are a significant concern.
University of Michigan researchers have identified 55 chemicals of concern found in walls, floors, ceilings, and furniture in homes across the United States. Formaldehyde, a chemical commonly used in home building products, was detected in Shein’s caps at double the allowable threshold. Reports suggest hats and shoes sold by ultra-fast online retailers Shein, Temu, and AliExpress contain toxic substances such as phthalates and formaldehyde.
China produces many low-quality, potentially dangerous products, such as electronics catching fire or bikes falling apart. Children’s products sold by Chinese-founded online shopping giant Shein contained toxic substances in amounts hundreds of times above acceptable levels. Emissions from drywall corrode plumbing and electrical systems, and homeowners blame them for headaches and respiratory ailments. Replacing these products with safer alternatives is crucial.
In conclusion, the use of toxic chemicals in building materials contributes to human health risks and contributes to the environmental impact of building materials. It is essential to monitor and address these issues to ensure the safety and sustainability of our built environment.
📹 Fragile steel bars/Tofu-dreg project in China/Shaky building/Collapsing buildings/Poor quality
This is the steel bar used in the construction of a building in China. Its fragility is disturbing. In China, it’s everyone’s dream to own …
Are products made in China toxic?
Many Chinese manufacturers produce high-quality, toxic-free teaware and tableware, but these standards depend on the factory itself, not the country they are made in. Toxic and chemical-heavy products are more likely to be made in individual factories than the country they are made in. Products made in China are generally as safe as other countries, but some countries with better reputations produce extremely toxic products.
For example, fine crystal tableware in Europe contains heavy amounts of lead, while hand-painted plates and porcelain ware from Mexico and Turkey can contain toxic glazes. It is important to check if your plates and teaware contain harmful toxins, even if made in the US.
Are Temu products toxic to humans?
South Korean authorities have discovered that several products from Shein, Temu, and AliExpress contain hazardous chemicals exceeding legal limits, including carcinogens and reproductive toxins. One model of Shein’s shoes contained phthalates at levels 229 times the legal limit, while Temu’s sandals had lead at 11 times the permissible level. Formaldehyde and dioxane were also found in various Shein products, posing serious health risks. Phthalate-based plasticizers can affect reproductive functions, cause infertility, and even premature birth.
Is made in China safe to buy from?
Made-in-China is a legitimate and secure business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solution provider under Focus Technology Company, a legally registered entity with over two decades of presence in China. The company’s registered offices are located in China and the USA, which provides it with a robust infrastructure that can effectively prevent any illegal activities that could potentially jeopardize its existence.
Is it bad to buy stuff from China?
China’s modern development has enabled manufacturers to produce high-quality products at competitive prices, thereby establishing them as industry leaders. This challenges the long-standing perception that Chinese products are of inferior quality and substandard.
Did they use Agent Orange in Korea?
A letter dated May 1996 from the Department of the Army to Senator John Glenn discloses that 21, 000 gallons of Agent Orange were utilized in the Korean peninsula between the years 1968 and 1969. These operations were conducted in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) region, including the area designated as Camp Casey, which was also situated within the DMZ.
Why is Temu so cheap?
Temu, a new e-commerce platform, has been gaining popularity for its low prices due to its direct sourcing from Chinese manufacturers, eliminating middlemen and reducing costs. The platform also does not invest in branding or marketing, as its products are unbranded. This has led to a wide range of products available at unbeatable prices. However, some may question the authenticity of these low prices, as they may not be as affordable as they seem. Despite this, Temu continues to attract customers with its affordable prices, making it a popular choice for online shopping.
What ingredients are banned in South Korea?
The MFDS has enacted a prohibition on the use of certain food raw materials and ingredients, including sildenafil citrate, L-dopa, levodopa, Mucuna Pruriens seed, melatonin, vinpocetine, Vinca minor (lesser periwinkle), 5-HTP, Griffonia simplicifolia seed, and 6a-methylprednisolone and its analogues.
Is Temu safe to use?
Temu, a popular e-commerce platform, has gained global traction with its eye-catching discounts and extensive range of products. However, concerns have been raised about its safety. The platform’s aggressive cash incentive programs, which involved signing up and referring friends, led to a wave of skepticism and concern among those who value their online privacy. While Temu is a safe platform to shop from, buyers should take measures to protect their personal information and stay skeptical of prices that seem too good to be true.
When prices are very low, many people are willing to carry some risk of receiving products that don’t meet expectations. Therefore, it is crucial for buyers to be cautious when using Temu and to be aware of potential risks associated with its pricing and privacy practices.
What does Temu products contain?
Temu, a Chinese online retailer, has been accused of selling sandals with lead levels that are 11 times higher than the permitted limit. The Seoul City Government subsequently informed Temu, which initiated an internal investigation. Two of the 11 identified products were sandals and a hat. In response, Temu has initiated an internal investigation with the goal of enhancing its fashion sustainability practices.
What is the truth about Temu?
Temu, a prominent social media platform, has an average rating of 2. 5 out of five stars and is not accredited by the Better Business Bureau (BBB). A review of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) website reveals numerous complaints pertaining to delayed or non-delivery of items. Nevertheless, users are now able to utilise Apple Pay on any browser on any PC that is running iOS 18. Temu is a popular platform for purchasing items from TikTok.
What toxic substances did the Seoul authorities find?
A recent study conducted by Seoul authorities has revealed that online shopping firms selling women’s accessories have been found to contain toxic substances, with some samples exceeding acceptable levels.
📹 Fake & Toxic Foods in China 2023: Unveiling the Unscrupulous Tactics of Profiteering Traders
Not just counterfeit liquor and meat, the Chinese market is also inundated with gutter oil, expired food, and low-quality counterfeit …
I have on occasion cursed our building regulation in the UK. But after seeing this I have certainly changed my attitude. At least we can feel safe in out buildings in the UK. I have rarely heard of construction failures like these in China in the UK. The only issue was the flammable external insulation used on the block of flats in London which resulted in over 20 deaths due to the spread of fire. This insulation was not inflammable as it should have been.
I am from India. Here also some corrupt officials and builders are there. But this article makes my country much much better in terms of infra structure quality. This is insane. New building has holes from top floor to bottom floor?. Whatthe hell? Are there any response from the builders or government?
just today I was working with my dad to build a foundation to extend the house ( eastern europe) the solidity of the thing we built is unfathomable. We have a better foundation for our barn than they do for 10 floor buildings. Update, I found some old tools my dad, grandpa and, get ready, great grandpa used. Talk shit about the russians but they did a hell of a job when it comes to making things studry, I asked my dad how old were these tools and he said that his great grandpa got it from his father, we’re talking 1800’s here, I have a chisel that still does the job better than new ones, that’s possibly 100 years old, fridges and stoves that are 50+ years old still working, cuttlery that’s older than my mom. Nowadays they don’t want to make things last more than 5 years, yes, I said it right, DON’T WANT TO
The sinkholes are usually (or often) the result of lowering the ground water level. All those high-rises have deep basements, which lowers the ground water level. The ground will then sink, or there will form voids, that then becomes sink holes. Lots of Oslo’s 1890s-buildings were built on timber floats, since in parts of Oslo. bedrock was wayy out of reach of rhe machinery they had then. The “vallyes” are filled with marine clay, due to the land being lower during the last ice age. Now, this worked (and works) just fine, as long as the timber is wet, it’s fine (they occasinally unearth water pipes made out of hollowed-out pine logs (from the 1700s or so), that are perfecty preserved. Now, occasionally a new building is constructed, and then often with a deeper basement to make room for parking & such. When they’re done, the groundwater level invariably sinks in that area, the timber in the neighbouring building’s basements get exposed to air, start to rot, and the buildings settle, being built out iof masonry, thei façades crack & so on. As for China, it may also be the result of drilling for ground water, which has the same effect. Anyhow, rebar you can bend with your hand and crack like cast iron, concrete beams that are obviously dirt in the middle with a thin layer of concrete, that’s scary. I wonder, will this ever come out?
Meanwhile China builds the largest power dams and highest bridges and largest high speed rail network. obviously vast majority isn’t tofu buildings otherwise we would hear about massive building collapses. It’s just petty echo chamber for people coping and in denial of China’s rise. OFC there’s always going to be those people who get mad jealous of China’s progress. They blind themselves by saying it’s all fake and unwilling to face this reality. I know that’s like so many bigots in the west right now who are unhappily jealous of a rising power.🤦♀️
This article was alarming on so many levels that I barely know where to begin. Substandard steel and concrete, shoddy workmanship and the list just keeps growing. I feel sorry for the ordinary people who have basically lost their money in buying a substandard house in a multistorey development. This is also linked to the Chinese Development debt crisis and I think that we will hear a lot more about all of this in the next few years.
At 1:47, the external skin of the building fell off. In another article, there were dried patches of cement in a circular shape. In other words, the external finishes were “fixed” to the concrete behind in the same way as if tiles were “glued” to the wall in the bathroom. From my experience as an architectural technician, in the UK, even bricks as external finish were fixed to the concrete structure by some sort of fixing, not just cement glue or rather they should not have done it the same way as in the bathroom. There was no break. It was a continuous “skin” from top to bottom, the weight of the finishes plus the stress from the wind together were far greater than the adhesive force from the cement glue (and they deteriorated by weathering over time). That was the reason why the whole external finish fell off as if it was a sheet of paper.
During those back days, our grandfathers worked hard to make the best with the best pristine material they found in nature (ore). I even discovered a 1930’s agriculture machinery abandonned to the rust in the forest for more than 5 decades, i couldn’t believe the quality and hardness of the steel, barely rusted and deteriorated.
At a construction site in Sweden they bought Chinese steel included prewelded parts…. The price for the steel was much cheaper than buying in Europe so they thought hey this is nice let’s save money. Parts arrive, every weld had to be redone on every steel part because it wasn’t up to standard. Took about 1000 hours to fix.
My grandfather’s factory’s buissiness went down when china started marketing in Pakistan, my grand father used to make good quality chandeliers, his chandeliers were good quality and much beautiful than Chinese product, they were much reliable and still are present in some mosques and public places in Pakistan but Chinese ones were cheap so people started buying them, china is selling trashy stuff to other countries too, I do not care what brand the stuff I buy is as long as it’s reliable AMD good quality.
Being an engineer, the worst is yet to come. I have clearly seen concrete mixed with desert sand (a big no -no) it does not bind due to it being polished by wind. Only ocean sand is sufficient and since China had stolen all the good sand world wide, they resorted to desert sand when the shortage hit. The rebar is probably the most disturbing part. It is brittle and serves no purpose apart from absolute compression forces, no lateral protection. If I lived in China, i would avoid anything above ground floor and keep a hard hat on when in cities.
This is a major problem in China. As a purchasing agent for an industrial contractor in Texas, I had to abide to a list of approved sourcing for all structural materials. The list is called an AML (Approved Manufacturing List). China was excluded due to their complete absence of fraud protection. An agent could visit a factory in China that produced high quality products that were stamped with certification marks but at the docks a substandard product would be exchanged that had forged certification to mimic the quality material. The original manufacturer was not at fault, but China refuses to prosecute fraud.
This is what happens when there is no quality control for materials. The builder can only do what he can but when given defective materials it doesn’t matter what kind of job he finishes. Of course all the steel and building materials are controlled by the government, so they are cutting cost on steel and base materials to shave off the top. Again, I can’t blame the builders on this one.
Steel bars must never be brittle! You’d rather have steel bars that are softer than the hardness requirement outlined in the Standard than really hard and brittle bars. This is because thermal expansion and contraction due to temperature changes to the building could snap those steel bars easily. Once enough of them had snapped the entire building will collapse. It’s crazy to think that the construction supervisor had identified those sub-standard steel bars and still proceeds to tie them up for construction, he’s basically murdering people.
Some of my friends in Australia who are builders got asked to go to China to supervise the build of some residential complexes – they could not believe what they witnessed the Chinese doing. Apparently they used cheap and defective materials but also the corners they wanted to cut – in your face negligence and stupidity.
no no no thats an errr ah yes WESTERN PROPAGANDA evry worker gets – 1000000 social credits chinese steel is strongest in da world cho choa bing chiling but seriously we will see in our lifes an catastrophy bigger than chernobyl inmagine if Three Gorges Dam is build with this same quality resources welp shanghai will go bye bye
Most of the steel used in Rebars is made of mild steel (High Toughness but less Hardness). Toughness means how resistant something is to deformation (Rubber is extremely tough, but not glass) Hardness is how resistant something is to scratching (Glass is extremely hard, but not rubber). The way that mild steel broke upon bending is worrying as it displays a lack of tempering the steel which results in higher Toughness. Using untempered steel for construction is the equivalent of using Clay instead of concrete in a building
It’s the concrete crumbling that is the most shocking, I recently reconstructed a brick wall for a 17th century house, and the mortar (quick lime and sand) looks like the concrete; sandy and brittle. The difference is one wall is over three hundred years old, using bricks that were even older than that and the other is less than two years old at the most.
I can’t even put into words how much this scares me. Every aspect of chinese construction work is utterly horrifying. The risk to the safety of the people is surreal. Just one tiny earthquake, the kind that any Japanese, European or American home will easily withstand without even taking damage, will wipe out entire city blocks and thousands, if not millions, might die. I would not be surprised to wake up one day to news about a large earthquake leveling entire cities in china. And even if the chinese are spared that terrible fate, economically speaking, they are in for a rough awakening too. The best case scenario is that these houses turn out to be uninhabitable and get torn down without the loss of life, but how many home owners will lose their investment? Worse still, the chinese housing bubble is immense. The CCP has constructed entire cities with millions of empty apartments per city that far exceeds the actual need for housing. Cities the size of Vancouver or Seattle: Ghost towns due to low demand for living space. And the demand is going to decline based on the population starting to shrink at a rate hitherto unseen in the rest of the world. No demand and shoddy quality, these houses are virtually worthless. Many chinese buy apartments as a means to invest in their future, as a means to live off of their investment in their old age. These investments will get annihilated in the coming 10 to 20 years. A lot of currently afluent chinese will suddenly find themselves without any kind of income and their life savings are just gone.
There’s an old saying, (not Chinese) “it’s better to look good than to feel good”! The Chinese builders must follow that rule. Seeing a 3/4″ steel rebar break by hitting it on cement is very worrying. That material used in constructing multi story building will fail during a small earthquake. It’s a time bomb all across China. art:text-green-game-over::person-turqouise-waving::face-blue-covering-eyes::face-pink-tears::eyes-purple-crying::face-blue-wide-eyes::hand-orange-covering-eyes:
Years ago a construction site in Phoenix received a load of rebar on a flat bed truck. Unloading consisted of cutting the straps allowing the long bars to roll off the side and fall to the ground. When the bars hit the ground they shattered. They were not steel but cast iron. The material was traced back to a mill in Mexico where they had saved money by not adding the correct additives to the molten metal so that steel was created. As a result, imports from that mill were banned and testing of foreign steel was mandated. About the same time another Mexican mill dumped into their hopper a radioactive pill that originated from a US dental office. The steel was all slightly radioactive. Shipments were inspected as well as some structures where it had possibly already been installed. That material was disposed of by the US government and shipments from that Mexican foundry were also banned. Third world countries cannot be trusted to make products to high quality standards.
Holy crap…, I have been an Industrial concreter for over 40 years and I have NEVER seen steel this weak, let alone used as reinforcing. NO WONDER the buildings/bridges, etc, are collapsing at an alarming rate. The project managers of these projects and companies that produced this steel should be charged with criminal neglect.
My grandparents live in a rundown apartment complex for retirees. There is no such thing as a building manager for that property. There has been a large pothole in the sidewalk of the front gate since I visited them in 2011 and even now in 2021 it is still there, just a gaping slab of sunken concrete to step over. IDK how any Chinese folk can be so supportive of a government that cares more about wolf warrior diplomacy than the plight of its own citizens.
As someone WHO USES TO STRENGTH TEST CONCRETE REINFORCE BAR as a day job…. that’s APPALLING quality steel but KINDA NORMAL for Chinese steel. I once dealt with imported Chinese fence posts that broke much the same way. India reo bar is slightly brittle compared to Australian or western stuff but it’s not too bad. Chinese is suicidal stuff though.
The shaking of the building for three consecutive days built “one floor every three days” reminds me of that time when people pretended they had a ton of crops and ate 5 meals a day. Is it Chinese government that is stupid, or are all of the people in China genuinely stupid? How can a whole site of construction workers all do such a horrible thing? They aren’t under threat of murder like they allegedly were during the big leap forward; so, I have to say it is because people tend to look the other way unless they are very sternly told not to again and again and again throughout their lives. I also feel this is a root cause of other major social problems around the world such as the high murder rate and lack of reporting on murderers in Chicago. I think it’s wrong to rat out a family member, but if your family member is a serial killer, you should kill him/her or call the cops if you are unable (sometimes, family is a lesser virtue).
“So Allah gave them the reward of this world and the excellent reward of the Hereafter. For Allah loves the good-doers.” (Surah Al-i Imran / 148) Our Prophet (PBUH) said the following on this subject: “Do what you do well; Allah loves those who do good.”; “When a servant does something, Allah likes it when his servant does it well.”; “Allahu Taala would be pleased if one of you does his job in the best way possible.”💗💗
The (original) Melbourne Eye tourist wheel in the Docklands precinct was made of Chinese steel, which buckled after several 24h periods of very hot weather – something that is reasonably common in Melbourne’s (Australia) Summer period. It was taken down and rebuilt, just in time for Covid, and now sits abandoned and bankrupt with no recent reports on who will buy and move it.
I’m going to ask a pertinent question here….… Do trained building inspectors exist in China and I don’t mean the one’s who take bribes? I had a barn built to store my tractor and the county building inspector was out here regularly. He pointed out a mistake in the framing for the concrete pour and the building contractor corrected the mistake. Is there a gigantic fault in the Chinese character that facilitates these disasters?
Not sure why everyone is so surprised. This is top quality Chinese products that we have all been buying on the internet for many years. We know they have zero quality control or remorse for knowingly using dangerous and sub-standard materials yet we still buy it. The Chinese people must know the quality of work and materials as they are using and making the materials so why are they surprised when the stuff they build falls apart???
I knew a guy who imported Chinese goods. He would get in arguments with them because they would make unauthorized, terrible changes to the product. Like one needed some kind of lubricant, and I think he said it needed a certain kind of grease. The Chinese ignored the standard, and used PIG FAT instead. Mind you, the importer was an Orthodox Jew, so he didn’t appreciate that. They use whatever shortcut they desire to get the short-term goal they want, no matter whether the product is any good.
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Here in the US if your building is not up to code you will never be able to operate or use it. And u can’t even start if your blue print is not what the city code requires u cannot even start laying a foundation until u fix it. And along the process of building it fire Marshall, building code inspectors and other agency conduct unannounced visitation to inspect materials and making sure u follow the approved plan. Because of their greed to earn they cut corners and did not realized that eventually they will reap what they have sown. They have the audacity to build skyscraper with terrible materials putting people’s lives at risks.
It’s how communism works. Quality isn’t important, it’s about keeping people employed. These buildings will keep people employed. Just like all cheaply made things. They keep people employed. One example is Insta-Pot going out of business because their product never breaks. What would you want employment and cheap goods, or no employment and expensive goods?
cast iron and steel two different chemicals compounds !!! RIP to all the innocent victims if Governments and developers are allowing this to happen !!! look at Turkey!!! how many people kill by their own corrupts government and the construction and financial institutions investing in this projects!!! how sad!!! 🙏🙏🙏
The China metals used they have a different name. They are called dumb concrete which if you hit the concrete with a pole you break and chip the concrete off easily. The metal steel you can hit the concrete so hard the metal steel breaks in half. Have you heard about the dumb rock before? It’s heavy as a rock and hard as a rock when you drop the dumb rock it breaks into smaller pieces. That’s basically what metals they are using in china.
It’s not that the Chinese don’t know how to build a good building, it’s that everyone, everyone who contracts construction work in the country is an incompetent thief. This is how we feel about everything from China. Poorly engineered, fraudulent materials, corrupt manufacturers, inept assembly labor, terrible quality. The very essence of being a Chinese businessman is to cheat suppliers, workers, customers. It wouldn’t occur to them not to take advantage of their customer by using shoddy workmanship, materials, etc. I wouldn’t buy a pair of shoes in China.
I was in china for 7 years i can testify to these terrible fakes . Worst part is i loved the street food wine and beer n had no idea how bad it was for me. When i left i was 105 kilos always bloated addicted to laxatives n super tired with constant headaches just sick. It took me a full year when i got back home to feel myself again . Lost 30 kilos constipation and headaches gone
After my fourth visit to the hospital, the Chinese doctor told me not to eat at open-air markets and roadside restaurants in China. I also encountered fake whiskey at some well-known supermarket chains which (I’m guessing from the taste) was a mixture of baijiu and a little black tea. One of my colleagues ended up in hospital after unknowingly drinking fake wine at a club in Shanghai that he later discovered was made using chemicals.
The articles about fake food in China are honestly just so insane and terrifying. What kind of human would happily counterfeit food products knowing it can cause serious harm? To do it in order to save money as well – just shameless. You are meant to look out for your fellow human, not poison them for a minor saving.
This has been going on forever. I have had conversations with friends that are both Japanese and Chinese. Japan is about quality and craft. China just finds a way to counterfeit. Whether its food or cars. The only time Americans were mad at the Chinese is in 2007 when their pets started dying cause the pet food was killing them!!
Honestly near expiration stores seems like a good idea for consumers to save money and for companies to prevent food waste. Assuming the expiration dates are honest then yes it seems like a good business model for consumers that want cheaper goods with the knowledge that they have to be consumed quickly. Everything else involving the fake food though, yea that’s disgusting.
Most of this is absolutely disgusting and makes you wonder how anybody, internal or external, could do business with and have trust when trading in China. That being said though, near expiration stores don’t belong on here. There are plenty of shops like this in the UK and it’s a great way of picking up food and drinks for cheap which would have otherwise been put in a landfill. Even before 2020, we’ve had “cash-and-carry” type shops in our area. It’s not glamorous, but sometimes it’s just nice to save some money. No shame in that as long as the food isn’t expired, damaged, or tampered with.
I stopped eating at some Chinese food places and I live in Texas I had some orange chicken one day and I swear it tasted just like plastic! I couldn’t even chew it fully and at closer inspection it didn’t look like real chicken at all. I don’t know what they boiled the broccoli in but it smelled like feet. I didn’t eat anymore of it and never went to that place again there is definitely some fishy stuff going on at some of these restaurants in the states too.
I will say that selling bottled legitimate products like soda or water or canned food (as long as none of them are opened or damaged) past their experation date is far from the worst thing. It would all go to waste anyway, and none of those items actually stop being safe to consume past the date on the bottle.
Your conclusion is bang on about the lack of moral compassg.. The Chinese used to have a strong and rich spiritual fabric and culture, which was all disowned and discarded during the “Great cultural revolution” ..which really was a cultural purge.. All the monasteries are barren, the temples are nothing more than museums, and the worst part is so few citizens know what they have lost as nobody is alive anymore to even remember it.. except in america and europe.. where in some areas, Chinese culture us still well and alive. I hope it isn’t lost forever…
Near expiration stores exist in USA. The description they gave for how those sausages were made is literally the same process for processed meats sold in USA. Advertised food images vs actual product disparity has been a well discussed subject in USA for decades. Long shelf life Items obtained by preservation additives has been standard operating procedure for many brands in USA.
As I was told many times by my Chinese GFs and friends when I lived in China for 12 years. “TIC” meaning “This is China”. What you see in this article is 100% true. So many fake, counterfeit and very dangerous food in China. Sadly the philosophy of the CCP Criminal Cult Regime of “the ends justify any criminal means” to get money has become a systemic problem throughout Chinese society. It’s riff with corruption and crime at all levels to get money. China is still a very poor country and the CCP, is not a legitimate government but a criminal cult regime. But nonetheless is the example that many Chinese follow just to survive. The CCP steals and steals for itself, the CCP and provides very little for the Chinese people. So this type of thing happens. Let’s not forget the FAKE AND DANGEROUS infant powdered milk incident not that long ago that resulted in many babies dying. All to make an extra 5 cents. The ones responsible who were CCP members were arrested, tried and convicted by the CCP so called justice system, only to be released in a couple of months, returning to running the same companies that produced the deadly infant powdered milk. It’s sad. But “TIC”.
Some things listed aren’t so bad, near expiring food bought cheap is still good food. But toxic additives, gutter oil, among other things can only result in a decent portion of the Chinese population dying off, from cancers, health conditions and other issues. I’m not sure the rural areas can even recover with as much poison as they have over there.
The only thing not so scary was the near-expired goods store. The stores help lower income families get groceries and other sundries on the cheap and prevents otherwise still usable products that would otherwise end up in a landfill. I’ve been to places like that, you can often find all kinds of neat stuff at rock bottom prices. Just make sure to use them right away mkay?
Quite a few years ago, I became friends with a local Chinese couple. Awesome & honest people my first real Asian friendship. The wife asked me to please never eat at Chinese restaurants and invited me & my husband to their home for dinner. She showed me the beautiful gardens where all their ingredients were grown for meals. I cannot tell how over the top & delicious the food was! Everyone there who was not Asian couldn’t get over it. She explained that in most Asian restaurants that are food just made only for customers that they the people who worked there would not eat themselves. This was a wake-up call for me. My asian friends have changed my taste palette for the better!
You should read the history of food safety in Britain. Britain was the first country to industrialize between 1780 and 1900. In the 1800s the cities grew vast, like in China small villages like Manchester became vast cities. But cramped conditions, poor sewage and water and no refrigeration created major health problems. Into this space moved deeply unscrupulous merchants who sold counterfeit foods. Aluminum sulphate in white flour was very common but the most deadly was ‘purifying’ sour milk with Borax. They thought that Borax powder made sour milk fresh… it didnt… it just made it smell fresh. As milk was given to children they now think that the main cause of infant mortality in children in Victorian Britain was poisoning from rotten milk an estimated 1 million deaths minimum over 40 years. It wasn’t until the early 20th C that this practice was exposed as deadly. Anyway, because of all these scandals, the UK was the first nation to introduce food safety laws into its food supply chain. China is eerily in the same space that Britain was in 250 years ago.
The only part that i found egregious was the one about sausages. It’s hilarious how the guy talking sounded so confident as if he wasn’t sharing information that practically EVERYONE has learned at one point or another. Wait until he finds out how chicken nuggets are made 😂 Other than that, everything else is as i guessed. Now I’m wondering where the oil i bought from the market was sourced…
The problem with ignoring food safety is that it passes through the generations. Mutations, dna defects etc. will eventually arise and mingle in the population. If left unchecked, the chinese might very well become either crippled or infertile as a whole. So a scammer doesnt doom others, they eventually doom their own offspring too.
This is the trait of the Chinese, it might be stereotyping but you have these type of practices wherever there is a Chinese community. There will always be those willing to make a quick buck with scams. Its not they cannot make a proper business but if they can cut corners to make profit and with low chance of being caught they’ll do it and sometimes it led to tragedy.
I briefly worked in a small town Ontario canada grocery store in the meat department. The meat manager would pull last day exprired meats from the counter, smell them, then put another three days on the product. As long as the meat smelled ok this process was repeated. Only buy meat with at least a week best before date… Oh, and if you see meat that has been coated in bbq powder or spiced, leave it as it’s done to the totally expired meat and hides the smell.
Most of these are quite gross, but some of these seem totally normal to me. For the rice noodle soup, it looks like they’re just making an “instant” soup where the broth is made by powdered ingredients instead of slow cooking ingredients, the “Near Expiration” stores are totally fine as long as the expiration dates are correct, and the “low quality” sausages are literally just hotdogs.
Not going to lie. The sausages at 13:30 were pretty much standard cheap street sausages. Here in the UK they are perfectly fine to eat… Some people call them “Mystery Meat”. You can’t tell what meat it is, its all mechanically reclaimed meat. Nothing strange there… It’s just cheap. Add in some seasonings and it can be quite good, if basic. However… What is in that mystery syrup? That is what stopped me! We don’t get that over here!
As a german, seeing the first clip, the guy who “tried” to fake beer, i just wanna let the world know, that these is direct violation against the German Reinheitsgebot of the year 1516. We germans now have to discuss, if we start WW3, to terminate all of these unholy actions. How can anyone call these bullsh*t beer?
Food nearing expire date, as long as they’re real and not counterfeit is a great thing. Even in the US and im sure in many other places, companies would donate their near or expired food to food banks to hand out, my mom got a load of star bucks sandwiches close to exp and they tasted great. As long as the food is well preserved/frozen, no funny smell or has mold i don’t see the big deal. People are delusional to follow a number on the package and think its okay to just throw out food that expired a day or week ago. Of course there are exceptions like eggs, un frozen meat ect, but for most foods as long as its kept sealed and isn’t left outside it shouldn’t pose a threat. That being said..its disgusting the lengths these scums go to make a profit, there’s a fine line between making profit and putting peoples lives as risk. This is why i’d shop exclusively only in costco, sams club and world wide chains only in china. All those small biz has little to nothing to lose scamming and even killing people, but if big chains like costco get caught doing it, they would probably lose millions if not billions. Sharks will swarm all over these whales and short it to oblivion.
8:42 – This is not a Chinese thing. The U.S. has done this, too, since at least the 1920s. “Best by date” is not the same as “Expiration.” The food is still safe to consume, it’s just that the texture or flavor can no longer be guaranteed. Canned foods in particular are safe to eat up to 1 full year after the BBD. Regular sodas in the article are fine for up to 9 months after the BBD. Diet sodas are only good for 3 months, though. Even meats are safe to eat if immediately frozen (indefinitely if vacuum sealed and then frozen), but only if they were stored properly in the first place at the grocery store. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has been trying to educate people on the difference between Best by Date an Expiration date. It’s one of the leading sources of food waste.
I work as a food supplier and I have visited Chyna food factories to source for our local clients. There are good and genuine quality food, BUT it is very expensive. That same factor that makes the genuine good sauce has another building behind their main factory. The manufacturer said, if price is a concern, they have a cheaper option which he showed us. It is exactly like this article, questionable chemicals were used, used recycled oil and it goes on and on, and the price of that sauce is only a fraction of their genuine one. Unbelievable but true. Be careful what you eat especially in Chyna.
During the last Olympics, the committee literally specifically told athletes NOT to eat street food during the entire trip to avoid chemicals that might not pass the inspection before the game, there were cases where athletes thought to used performance enhanced drugs but it turns out it was in the food they ate.
This article is an important piece of info for everyone. Though you made a disclaimer about ‘not trying to imitate those practices’ I think some people might get an idea to start producing something from that list, e.g. artificially enhanced food. Especially now, when food prices grew dramatically in the last 1.5 years, there will certainly be a high demand for a product that is more affordable than standard ones but tastes fine. Also, totally agree with the other commenters that shops for almost expired goods are a wonderful idea. They should become a standard practice globally, ’cause the amounts of still edible food that’s being wasted are truly terrifying… Depending on country and local regulations, many bakeries and restaurants are simply throwing the unsold, edible goods/food in the trash, not even allowing their staff to take it home. Or some stores who keep the expiring food on their shelves without a discount until the very last moment, hoping to still sell it at a regular price, but it’s too late and the discount was too small, so they have to throw this food into trash…😡
Nothing wrong with selling foods BEFORE expiration date as long as the date is correct and clearly visible. Also, hot dogs are made that way in any part of the world, thats why you shouldnt eat them ever. But the gutter oil, and fake chemical substitutes for regular products is INSANE! I am honestly so afraid of this spreading across the world
I believe half of these aren’t so bad as a concept. Near expiring food items bought on the cheap isn’t that bad AS LONG as the sellers told the butyers what they are buying aren’t gonna last long. Same with the sausages, it looks like how hotdogs are made. Along with premade meal packs. I may not eat those made in PRChina but they aren’t half-bad ideas if made outside of PRChina and food safety standards were actually followed. Others like adulterating food and drinks with actual inedible fillers cooked in unsanitary conditions, those I will not conpromise my health over…
“Near EXP. stores” in the USA are called discount stores and been around for ages…what use to be the 99cent store…ppl would always say when shopping there to check those exp. Now we have a ton of different options here in the states, these stores are very much needed has food waste is on the extreme high next to poverty strangely enough; somethings will never make sense hehehe. Great vids tho as eye opening – We need USA observer as greed is just human nature hehehe
I don’t see a problem with near-expiration goods, as long as it is properly disclosed. If you intend to consume it immediately or within the time frame, it is better than those food going into waste. It is not only happening in China; it is also practiced in other countries, where they put those products near expiration on sale at lower prices.
Like youre poisoning your own people like do you not have a conscience? Do you not have standards? And moreover if you’re selling fake poisonous food, then what the hell do you eat? Because 9/10 that food is poisones/fake as well. Like I know they probably need money badly, but I also know that alot of these people just don’t care and that’s dangerous smdh
The fun thing this practice feeds racism overseas. I spent some time in Russia studying and everyone recommended me to buy German tools that I needed for my studies, not Russian or Chinese ones. Since coming from a German Uni I felt racist buying the German stuff so bought the other ones instead (rolling ruler and crayons). Ruler did not work at all (did not roll) and the crayons where so hard the color would hardly visible on paper. Russians blame the Chinese for it and while Germans are mostly highly respected, Chinese people are despised. Russian quality is not better though. Don’t drink energy drinks there, there have been multiple deaths involving them. Beer was fine and quite good though. Did not live in Moskow though could be worse there. Personal experience does not translate to truth, I know that, but it still left it’s impact on me and I can only call on every individual: You are an ambassador for your culture and your actions will have impact on the trustworthiness of the entire country. Looking at you too, Volkswagen!
As a someone who has experience in pest control and actually going to treat residential and commercial property i have seen that the Asian community bring their habits to the states. They don’t even actually try to get their infestations under control just the paperwork saying I visited and treated the property.
Yeah the nearly expired products don’t “indirectly reflect the current economic situation in China”. We have those in Finland too and they’re really popular because of the price obviously and the fact that you can massively contribute to reducing food waste. There is nothing wrong with the finnish economy.
It’s crazy easy to tell lamb from pork or duck. First the duck and pork actually taste good, especially on a skewer. Secondly if you are eating any meat solid coated in cumin powder then you should not care at all what mean you’re eating since now it tastes so bad you would not be able to tell what it is anyway. Also anyone who drinks regular beer…..ah….gross anyway.
I like how they mention the lack of religion can have such a profound effect on humanity. It’s okay to be atheist, but the purpose of religion (other than the cult fellowship of worshipping a god) is to have good will and practice being a good samaritan. Unfortunately it just also really sucks that so many religious people out there are only religious for some kind of self fulfilling delusion and have garbage attitudes, or by family expectation that can cause trauma
I don’t eat pork, and this is why I’m scared to eat Chinese food. you never know what they’re serving. even Japanese ramen, like people don’t even know what kind of broth is used in ramen but they just eat it anyways. I’ve been to many Japanese restaurants, and everytime i want to try their authentic ramen, when i ask what broth are they using their answer is ALWAYS ” I don’t know”, so i always just end up ordering chicken karaage or curry.
I don’t understand what’s wrong with the sausages? Yeah they have multiple off cuts of meat and preservatives, but you will find that with any cheap mystery meat sausage in any supermarket? Like it looks gross but meat purée always looks gross, regardless of ingredients. That aside, it’s horrendous that so many people eat and rely on this food, it’s a fucking travesty the wealth inequality in this world
the sausage part of the article shows how ALL sausages are made everywhere. Hence the old old adage “if you love sausage don’t look at how it’s made.” Look at the ingredient list on every sausage you buy anywhere. Most grocery store brands list a combination of chicken, pork, and or beef. It’s always trimmings and whatall, ground smooth and seasoned to taste good. Sausage was invented as a way to use leftover meat bits. You’re not supposed to be able to pick out what is what. Is sausage good for you? well… lol.
Unironcally theres nothing that bad about some of these recipes? Like idk if its because i grew up on chinese food or whatever but my mouth was watering at the bridge-crossing noodles. Sesame oil, pork broth concentrate, etc. are all really easy to get in the U.S anyways. Also odd that he couldn’t translate “yidixiang” (a drop of fragrence, roughly.) Some of these stuff (the counterfeit wines) are scummy but others are literally just how people cook, like, everywhere. “Frequent consumption could be harmful to health” doesn’t just apply to noodles you get from china, it’s also the case for cola/fast food (which are also really artificial) as well. Also, luckily cat thing is most likely fake because of how expensive cat meat is- it’s a small animal and hard to breed/farm for food.
Eh… I wouldn’t count on the conclusion here… The morals in food production were so unbelievably low in the ‘dark times’ in Europe when everyone had to be faithful (and pay the church to get out of hell)… I think its a thing of regulations, checks and punishments… If there is no control in anything, the quality of goods would plumed everywhere… But that’s just how I view it
your intent is to expose these? This has been widely known for years….if you’re JUST NOW making a article on it, then did you just ignore the other articles? Did you make this article hoping that it would showcase the problem of chinese food? And yet, if the previous articles didn’t successfully tell the world about it, then this won’t either…
Using the American show: ‘how its made’s footage of hotdog machines 🤣 Maybe restaurants could heavily dye the trash oil? it wouldn’t fully stop that issue though, but for any American’s here pointing fingers saying its gross, just because you have the FDA does not mean you aren’t eating the same sort of heavily processed crap. (im not talking about recycling food from trash. just to be specifc)
Why blame the “lack of moral compass” on atheism? Lol, you may not have intented it that way, but the way you framed the whole bit made it sound like this widepread group of issues is partially to blame because atheism is becoming huge there. I can’t possibly be the only person who got that idea when hearing the bit around 18:00, right? I think it’s the phrasing that makes it sound so damning, though. I feel like we, as in anyone who publishes things on a platform publicly, need to give extra care to how we portray certain topics. Atheists already get dumped on pretty heavily in media and certain communities… these issues plaguing China aren’t purely because people decided they don’t believe in a higher power. There’s absolutely greed there, but there is insane greed everywhere, including heavily religious countries. The issue is the government and its branching systems that are supposed watch over and curtail such activities, not the people and their personal religious choices.
Great article, i agree with every thing there was, except one argument which I find quite odd. 17:42 How does Atheism have anything to do with all that, I’m french, and people in my country are notoriously picky about the quality, freshness, safety, ect… of food. But most people in France are Atheist. Anyway, still loved the article. And particularly the usage of translated chinese articles, i feel like it adds a lot of subtance to the arguments and all…
I hate to break it to wine lovers but it’s not just China where they screw people over. A friend of mine has worked in and ran high end restaurants all over the country. He told me the wine salesmen that they deal with, their main job isn’t so much to sell them wine but to tell them how much they can get away with marking it up. He said they were selling $10 dollar bottles of wine for close to $80 and bottles you can get in the store for $20-$30, for almost $150. He quoted one of them as saying “you can sell vinegar as fine wine as long as you talk it up enough”.
There are a lot of problematic food in Taiwan, China, East Europe, Asia,….. but this website had been making too many propaganda articles so I think this blogger is making many fakes stories too, although little may be true. Be honest and people will believe you but when you lied and caught, its hard to believe you anymore.
I don’t trust the Chinese food industry but I failed to see how that sausage making is that different from low to mid quality sausages in Europe. Sausages are not supposed to be premium steak. Selling soon to expire products too is acceptable if the products are safe and the prices fair. I’d rather catch and roast rats than take a gamble with Chinese foods though.
Not living in China doesn’t exempt us from these fake foods and hazards. Many grocery items state, made in Canada ( or whatever country you live in) with outsourced ingredients, or ingredients from other countries or generic names like spices, flavorings, etc which we have no idea what they are. Here we have, repackaged outdated meats, adulterated cooking oil, fake olive oil, and so on. Money has become more valuable than human life to those who make this and those who (governments, food administrations,etc) look the other way.
good content good article good job, im subscribe to youe website from the first watch. but i have to rise more volume bar bcuz your soft spoken narration… but when the sound from those footages playing then Boom instant thunderstorm give me headache and earbleeding 😂 can u please do something about it? your voice up foreign speaking down.
The sausage thing isn’t that bad, using leftover pieces and meat scraped from bones by the forces of gravity is better than throwing all that perfectly useable meat away! Not using it is wasteful and we can’t afford to be wasteful with animal products if we want to keep this one planet we have liveable. But, mixed meat sausages neec to have their ingredients clearly traced and listed and their manufacturing needs to meet the same high standards as any other processed food. There’s a way to make much healthier sausages from the same scrap meat that doesn’t involve using lots of fillers, and knowing all the fake foods in China it doesn’t surprise me to know if there’s fake sausages on the market too. But it shouldn’t be confused with the practice of making sausages from leftover meat. Sausages have been made from scrap meat for millennia, it’s why they were invented so nothing would go to waste. It’s a good practice.
Smart food processors would certify that none of their raw ingredients or manufacturing are sourced in China and proudly state that on their labels “No China products or processes were used in the manufacture of this product”. I would be very willing to pay more for a product that can certify this claim.