In the morning I brush my teeth with diethylene glycol contaminated toothpaste, wash with cyanobacteria contaminated water, feed my babies with melamine contaminated milk, and have myself some sulfur bleached streamed bread with ‘meat’ stuffing made of unused paper, or mustard salted in unused paint buckets. For lunch we usually have some Sudan Red contaminated fried chicken, a bottle of benzene-excessive cola. In the evening I meet my friends and order some dishes prepared with oil fractionated from ditch, including a contraceptives ripened eel and some cooked, pesticides contaminated spinach. The after-dinner tea will be a cup of heavy metal excessive Biluochun, or, if I like, a bottle of formaldehyde containing beer, alternatively. When I return my new house I always have a deep breath of formaldehyde emitted from the decoration materials and relax. However due to heavy debt of the mortgage the happiness does not last long and I usually turn sad and want to die. After swallowing half bottle of sleeping pills I always wake up in the midnight only finding myself still alive because what I’ve swallowed must be starch pills in fact. So another brand new day is waiting for me. What a life!
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A Chemist's Day in China
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- Wednesday, 17 Sep tember 2008 - 17:22 UTC
Last updated: Wednesday, 17 Sep 2008 - 17:22 UTC
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Ouch. Here in the US, there has been a lot of news coverage about contaminated products from China—along with the usual fear-mongering (“Will this lead-laced toy kill your child?”) It died down a bit during the leadup to the Olympics.
Andrew, is there much news coverage and public uproar over contamination and pollution?
During and before the Olympics, factories around Beijing were shut down to try to clear up the air. I wonder if Beijing-ers, after enjoying a little bit of cleaner air for a couple of weeks and then, presumably, noticing how much worse the air got after the factories started up again, would now be motivated to act up more for environmental regulations?
To “act up more for environmental regulations” might seem a reasonable strategy, but tactically would most likely be devastating. You can watch your cause progress from a labor camp.
I did have that same thought, Jon. I don’t know how accepted social activism is in China. My feeling is not so much. So what are the options?
The melamine in milk debacle is the obvious successor to the petfood scandal of last year, but with serious consequences for human life. Awful, truly awful, and if Andrew’s “day in the life” is only meant to be tongue in cheek it’s probably not too far from the truth nevertheless.
All I’ve mentioned are truth, already happened. It is a collection of everyday news in China.
You’re living an intoxicated life Andrew.