B.R.
2006-10-08 16:16:09 UTC
U.S. Rules Allow the Sale of Products Others Ban
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dumping8oct08,0,4957760.story?track=tothtml
Chemical-laden goods outlawed in Europe and Japan are permitted in the American market.
By Marla Cone, Times Staff Writer
October 8, 2006
OAKLAND Destined for American kitchens, planks of birch and poplar
plywood are stacked to the ceiling of a cavernous port warehouse. The wood,
which arrived in California via a cargo ship, carries two labels: One
proclaims "Made in China," while the other warns that it contains
formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical.
Because formaldehyde wafts off the glues in this plywood, it is illegal to
sell in many countries even the one where it originated, China. But in
the United States this wood is legal, and it is routinely crafted into
cabinets and furniture.
As the European Union and other nations have tightened their environmental
standards, mostly in the last two years, manufacturers here and around
the world are selling goods to American consumers that fail to meet
other nations' stringent laws for toxic chemicals.
Wood, toys, electronics, pesticides and cosmetics are among U.S. products
that contain substances that are banned or restricted elsewhere,
particularly in Europe and Japan, because they may raise the risk of
cancer, alter hormones or cause reproductive or neurological damage.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dumping8oct08,0,4957760.story?track=tothtml
Chemical-laden goods outlawed in Europe and Japan are permitted in the American market.
By Marla Cone, Times Staff Writer
October 8, 2006
OAKLAND Destined for American kitchens, planks of birch and poplar
plywood are stacked to the ceiling of a cavernous port warehouse. The wood,
which arrived in California via a cargo ship, carries two labels: One
proclaims "Made in China," while the other warns that it contains
formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical.
Because formaldehyde wafts off the glues in this plywood, it is illegal to
sell in many countries even the one where it originated, China. But in
the United States this wood is legal, and it is routinely crafted into
cabinets and furniture.
As the European Union and other nations have tightened their environmental
standards, mostly in the last two years, manufacturers here and around
the world are selling goods to American consumers that fail to meet
other nations' stringent laws for toxic chemicals.
Wood, toys, electronics, pesticides and cosmetics are among U.S. products
that contain substances that are banned or restricted elsewhere,
particularly in Europe and Japan, because they may raise the risk of
cancer, alter hormones or cause reproductive or neurological damage.
[...]
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