Comment Re:They're not that bad (Score 1) 455
This Chinese polution... brought to you by America.
Do you really think the only reason they shipped a large portion of manufacturing to China from the states is because labor is cheaper?
It because it's cheaper to manufacture things when you don't need to follow EPA regulations no matter how week they are. Scrubbers on smokestacks cost money. Dumping of toxic chemicals safely costs money.
China is desperate enough to break in to the world economy that they and other countries around it are willing to look the other way. When China does finally start catching on that the western world has shipped their dirty laundry to them the factories will just move to Africa or South America. Other emerging companies looking to look the other way to bring their countries into modern times.
We're even so kind as to ship them our used computer components for kids to burn in open fire pits in order to extract the precious metals. Meanwhile they're dumping burned plastics and mercury into the atmosphere.
