Why boycott Products from China

Should parents boycott all toys made in China? Are your kids' toys safe? Or could there be lead in them?

A scary prospect, indeed. As you know, the focus has been on lead-tainted toys manufactured in China. So, to all of us in the upcoming holiday shopping bazaar that is about to strike for Christmas: Should we ask ourselves about boycotting all toys made in China?

Most recently House Speaker Nancy Polosi has asked the Director of Consumer Product Safety Commission to resign because it seems as if they were not accepting the increased budget, as well as not doing their job. The Director, as well as the past Director has had some misleading actions regarding paid travel. Travel and trips paid for by the companies they are to product us from.

Anyhow, I feel we are placing the blame on the wrong people for not protecting the American people from poor products. Yes, I agree the Consumer Product Safety Commission needs more funding and should be seen more at our ports for investigating goods coming into the country. Still we are not looking at the source of the problem with poor products.

The problem lies with the businesses outsourcing the orders to factories that are not being watched by the ordering companies. They only place an order and there is no follow-up while it is being produced. They do not provide appropriate checks and balances and verify this is being followed. Before the product leaves the factory, it should of been verified as Safe by the ordering company (Mattel, I understand is now doing this - no proof of this shown as of this date.).

Do not boycott toys or other products from China. No, make companies ordering products from China responsible for the products they are asking China to produce.