China’s exports are the biggest threat to the United States globally, and communist influence isn’t simply pervasive in Asia.
The risks China poses to American citizens are also evident in our own country.
The Chinese Communist Party employs a variety of strategies to endanger the motherland and lower our standard of living.
China’s Silent Threat to America’s Youth
Even while certain actions may appear tiny or minor, they still have an impact on the future of our country.
One such tactic the CCP employs to weaken our nation involves turning a blind eye as Chinese manufacturers saturate it with fentanyl.
The main supplier of fentanyl to the United States is China, and the youth of this country are being severely impacted by this supply.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that was made public on May 3, the number of overdose deaths involving fentanyl produced illegally increased by 182 percent between July-December 2019 and July-December 2021.
The final year for which complete figures are available, 2021, saw approximately 70,000 children aged 10 to 19 pass away from fentanyl overdoses, a roughly four-fold increase from the previous year.
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Dangerous Imports
Three individuals were also detained by Chinese police last week on suspicion of trafficking 5 tons of poison-laced powdered milk.
Although the contaminated food was seized by officials before it reached shop shelves, the incident is only the most recent in a long line of quality-control lapses in the Chinese manufacturing industry.
Since China is the biggest exporter in the world, many of these hazardous errors have had an impact on American customers.
Here are a few of the most shocking recent instances of dangerous Chinese imports that stand out in particular:
Radioactive drywall
Due to a rising housing market, there was a drywall shortage in the United States in 2006. China filled the void by intervening.
But, soon after, residents started to complain about the Chinese drywall’s smelly effects and the unexplained rusting of mirrors and electrical outlets.
Toxic dog food
After learning that they contained melamine, a substance that results in renal failure, many US pet food firms started recalling a variety of Chinese-made goods in March 2007.
Dangerous sweets
The White Rabbit Creamy Candies, created in China and sold in many Asian markets in America, were found to contain the lethal chemical melamine, according to testing results released by the New Zealand government in September of last year.
Toxic toothpaste
As Chinese officials disclosed that some of the toothpaste marketed in Puerto Rico included diethylene glycol, an industrial compound used in antifreeze, the FDA announced a recall of all Chinese-made toothpaste in 2007.
Dangerous ginger
Following the discovery of abnormally high concentrations of the pesticide aldicarb sulfoxide on ginger imported from China in July 2007, the California Department of Health issued a warning to grocery retailers and customers.
Tainted toys
Almost all mass-market toys sold in the United States are produced in China, and a sizable percentage of those toys have proven dangerous in recent years.
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