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China’s Garbage-Fed Beef Problem: Cattle Graze in Landfill Until Slaughter

Chinas Garbage Fed Beef Problem: Cattle Graze in Landfill Until Slaughter

Hordes of cattle graze in a Chinese landfill, raising concerns about dangerous beef contamination. (Image source: China Hush)

China has another food problem: This time, it‘s cattle that spend their lives snacking on garbage before they’re taken away for slaughter.

According to China Hush, hordes of cattle live in the landfill of Changsha, the capital city of Hunan province in south-central China. They survive on refuse until they’re large enough for their owners to slaughter them.

The cattle reportedly take no notice of landfill workers bulldozing the site, instead constantly scouting for food, including rotten grapefruit skin and old corn.

Their presence is of concern because the germs and mold the cattle are regularly exposed can easily be passed to humans who eat their meat.

But chief among the health concerns are the mercury and other chemicals humans could be ingesting: Chemicals from discarded electronics could seep into the waste products the cattle feed on, contaminating the entire animal and passing it on to the consumer.

Chinas Garbage Fed Beef Problem: Cattle Graze in Landfill Until Slaughter

(Image source: China Hush)

Wu Jiacheng, a chemistry professor at National Taiwan Normal University, told NTD TV about some of the dangers.

“There are some bacteria shared by livestock and humans. Cows, sheep, or pigs may eat these things and have no issues, but once they reach the human body, they cause illness,” he said. “For instance, listerial infections can cause death in humans. If a mother is pregnant and is affected by this sort of bacteria, the infant fatality rate can be 100%.”

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:27pm

    It’s called population control… eat beef and die.

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    • BlazingPatriot
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:35pm

      Tastes like chicken.

      中国牛，其他的红肉！

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:05pm

      Now I know what Zucotti park will look like by 2013.

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    • crackerone
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:31pm

      The way they treat cattle, disgusting! Where is PETA?

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    • robert
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:50pm

      China’s cruelty towards animals is as bad as the slaughter houses of third world religions that cruelly kill animals under some kooky religious rite.

      They’re bring it all right here to the good old US of A too. Some of these Kosher slaughter houses have escaped cruelty charges for years now. It’s really disgusting, because it amounts to no more than satisfying a blood lust by miscreants who pretend to be doing it under their kooky religion.

      They do it because they like it. Case closed.

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 5:04pm

      What a sad picture

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 5:17pm

      Robert, what world are you living in that you think Kosher slaughter houses are more cruel than non-kosher ones? If anything the animals are treated better.

      Are you squeemish because they kill them with a knife? There is nothing cruel in that. Killing is killing. If it isn‘t cruel to kill them with a sledgehammer or shotgun to the head it isn’t cruel to slit their throats.

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    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 5:30pm

      This is the exact opposite of grass-fed beef.

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 5:43pm

      See how much better life is without the nanny state forcing all those unnecessary regulations on people!

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    • coindexter
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 5:46pm

      …burger any one?

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    • Alvis Prezley
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 6:05pm

      I always considered chinko-pinkos wierd little cruel type of people……Money is everything to them.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 6:07pm

      Personally, I feel for the COW! Nice country! NOT!

      Friend of mine was an unemployed flight instructor here in the US. She had traveled to China and when a job became available to her in China, she thought, “what the heck” and went…Didn’t take her two weeks to quit and come back HOME! Visiting is one thing…LIVING there is obviously quite another! Could be she’s a BEEF LOVER! ha ha ha

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    • db321
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 6:17pm

      That’s enough – Liberals may become offended that you people would make these dirty comments about China – Chairman Mao is such a wise man according to so many in Obama’s Administration. This is just anoghter attempt by the Blaze to demonize Socialist Comunist – The Cow was probally photo shopped. China rules!

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 7:18pm

      Pencilman_”See how much better life is without the nanny state forcing all those unnecessary regulations on people!”

      Actually they are the largest nanny sate in the world. Nice try tool.

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    • DocW
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 7:40pm

      Everything “made in China” is garbage.

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    • We are Americans
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 7:43pm

      @hidden lion. I think the point is thank
      goodness we have government regulation
      on our food supply over here. I know that
      makes me a commie but some government
      regulation is good.

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    • brickmoon
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 8:07pm

      @BlazingPatriot:

      就像一個溫度計的口味。

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 8:45pm

      The story is BS

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 9:59pm

      This is what they call progress? We should not worry about them too much but not turn our backs either.

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    • DarkCurrent
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 10:01pm

      crackerone: http://shanghaiist.com/2011/11/10/peta_protest_hits_east_nanjing_road.php

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    • flyingpeters
      Posted on November 14, 2011 at 2:28am

      They don’t mind the cattle…..they just package up the meat and sell it to us…. and we buy it because it’s cheap. Go to SAMS or COSTCO and grab yourself a pound of that lean tasty meat!

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    • TH30PH1LUS
      Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:41am

      This is what Democracy looks like!

      Wasn’t that long ago US Marines were facing Chinese regulars in the brutal winters of Korea. Now OBAMA welcomes Red China onto the WH property and raises their flag.

      Wake Up

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    • Rowgue
      Posted on November 14, 2011 at 5:28am

      @WE ARE AMERICANS

      The regulation of our food industry is largely just for show and for the government to be able to fine companies as a source of income. Privately owned food producers have a far greater interest in not making their customers ill or killing them than the government does. Whenever there is a single incidence of salmonila or some other sort of food poisoning it’s immediately national news, and the companies reputation that’s involved is damaged to the point that it might never recover.

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    • Cerealface
      Posted on November 14, 2011 at 1:21pm

      Those cattle look pretty healthy.
      Hey half of you probably let your kids watch garbage on tv, or eat garbage snacks while watching garbage tv.

      One‘s mans garbage is another man’s cattle herd.

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  • BlazingPatriot
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:25pm

    Chinese cow make veddy good pepper steak. Add one egg roll wit wonton soup and fried lice.

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    • drago
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:03pm

      Its not flied lice, its fried rice you plick;p

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    • UlyssesP
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:04pm

      Add a side of fetus soup and you get a traditional chinese feast!

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    • TheVoice1
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:24pm

      ha ha ha…. no it is flied lice ….. lol

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  • ThoreauHD
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:22pm

    China constantly tips the scales as the most disgusting civilization in the World. At least Indian’s take care of their cows, and even arabs aren’t stupid enough to do this. Arabs. Seriously how nasty are these people.

    And if/when you say “Nooo, Nooo.. you got it all wrong..”

    Please tell me where else on planet Earth you can find this, eating puppies, and excrement gulping eel soup in the same Country? SARS ain’t an accident. They are the cultural incubator for plague. Africa still has top billing only because they have no monkeys to eat in China. But once they figure out how to screw that up, I‘m sure we’ll all be blessed with their new version of air born AIDS.

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  • UBETHECHANGE
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:21pm

    This is what Communism aka “State capitalism” which if broken down is really National Socialism=Nazi Germany

    China is not our friend nor humanities friend.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:56pm

      exactly. communism equals total lack of moral character. thank God for my home grown beef via my back 40

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    • shirleyandpearl
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:24pm

      This is our bleak future with the intentions of Obama regime and exactly shows how communism does not work! What’s scary are those who walk among us who have the right to vote his horrible ideology back in! What happened to the Obama W.H. Japanese imported steak dinners? Let’s tell him to eat Chinese next time.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:21pm

    This is just on China’s problems… rationed Food & Land… which will prevent them from becoming a real Economic Power… as they are attempting to Bypass the normal stages of growth… such as Agriculture Productivity… which leads to more food and release of population to Industry.

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  • dwh320
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:20pm

    Is there a way to buy this beef as a Christmas gift? I have always want to send those hard working men and women in government a little thank you gift for all their hard work destroying the nation. I would even send Obama a freezer load of these sweet meet garbage fed stakes as a special thank you for his dedication at tripling our debt in record time. and for Obama-care as well.

    Who would send a China Special Stake to in Washington D.C.?

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:18pm

    A whole new meaning to “Free Range Beef”.

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  • Islesfordian
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:18pm

    I have a friend who raised some pigs for slaughter on his land. He isn’t a farmer. He’s a lobsterman. Pigs don’t need much room. They will eat just about anything organic. The pork is still good. Marvelous creatures. I’ll ask God in a few decades why he made them unclean. Maybe it was that whole “way of suffering” thing he wanted to teach the Jews by depriving them of bacon.

    So I have to wonder: how does the beef taste?

    As far as the animal cruelty things goes: Given how the Chinese government treats its people I am not surprised that animals suffer worse.

    I think it would be a good thing, and healthier, if we moved away from industrialized meat over here. The prices would go up, but I’m OK with that. We eat way too much meat anyway. It would be nice to improve our diet and our moral treatment of animals. I’m not a PETA guy, meat’s too delicious and God approved, but I hate unnecessary cruelty and there IS a connection between how we treat God’s lesser creatures and how we treat each other, especially the weak amongst us.

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    • JustJason
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:01pm

      I will decide how much meat I eat. Get off the marxist propaganda reading list. Industrialized meat? Are you kidding me? I guess you would rather go back to how it was in the Britain where only the rich ate meat. Most people are not active enough and eat TOO LITTLE protein. Which makes them not satisfied and over eat other crap like carbs. Obviously you never been overseas and seen the effects of the lack of “industrialized meat” in a populace. It’s disgusting…

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    • Lordchamp
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:02pm

      Back to mom and pop farms where the animals are taken care of and killed humanely and appreciated for their food value not just their monetary value.

      Much better than the mega industries for us and the animals.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:41pm

      Lighten up Justjason, you seem not to know much about nutrition.

      “Most people are not active enough and eat TOO LITTLE protein.”

      Yoiu’re kidding, right? Only radical vegans have a protein deficiency. There is plenty of protein in most people’s diets from dairy and nuts and legumes. The problem is the overabunance of fat and processed sugars.

      But i wonder if you know how much government money goes into subsidizing the big beef inustry so that we can have “cheap” meat. For how cheap is it really if we are paying for the subsidy through our taxes?

      I’m a free trade capitalist, but I’m not a gfanatixc about it, or a Randian. There does need to be a balance, thgough as a small government conservative a prefer that balance to be as locally implemented and as voluntary as possible.

      But would you prefer to have cheap toys for your kids if they came painted with lead paint? Just curious how far YOUR free market policies work.

      But here‘s a practical way to move away fom industrial meat factories that doesn’t forbid them: require them to treat the animals humanely and forbid the use of artificial hormones and antibiotics which would go into the meat.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:00pm

      Oh, and this was funny: “I guess you would rather go back to how it was in the Britain where only the rich ate meat.”

      When exactly was that? How are we defining “rich”? Is it a circular definition where if you ate meat you were rich, so then only the rich ate meat? C’mon, the rich will ALWAYS be known for having more of things than the “non-rich”. That doesn‘t mean if you aren’t rich you don’t have ANY of these things. the rich can eat more meat, drin more top shelf scotch, drive nicer cars, have more vacations, than those who aren’t rich.

      Long before the industrial revolution the poor and the middle class, if you want to talk about classes, were able to eat meat in varying degrees depending on their income and the availability of meat. Over here, where the forests were free the average American could eat better than some royalty in the Middle Ages.

      If you want tpo talk about the “disgusting” results of “too little” meat, compare the incidents of cancer and heart disease in Asia with over here. Factor in the difference in age expectancy, which isn’t great, and you might not be so sanguine about how much meat we eat. As for carb craving, as a son of a diabetic I know a bit about that. I also prefer the Atkins diet, so my prescriptions would actually hurt me more than you perhaps. But it isn’t lack of protein that causes the cravings for carbs. It is overabundance of carbs that produces a sugar crash and the insulin rush induces the craving.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 4:19pm

      Ok then!

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 6:08pm

      @islesfordian
      re : Yoiu’re kidding, right? Only radical vegans have a protein deficiency. There is plenty of protein in most people’s diets from dairy and nuts and legumes. The problem is the overabunance of fat and processed sugars.

      But i wonder if you know how much government money goes into subsidizing the big beef inustry so that we can have “cheap” meat. For how cheap is it really if we are paying for the subsidy through our taxes?
      *****
      I live in Farm Country, My family’s been involved in the beef industry (family farm, marketing, transportation) for generations. WHERE IS THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZING THE BEEF INDUSTRY? All any farmers I’ve ever known (and thats probably millions at this stage of my life and having worked all over several counties to help supplement a farm income.) WOULD ALL AGREE, “ALL THE GOVERNMENT DOES TO THE BEEF INDUSTRY IS SUPPLY OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME! ”
      As for getting enough protein in dairy, nuts and legumes, WHERE DO I START? DAIRY IS GREAT AS LONG AS THERE’S NO LACTOSE INTOLERENCE, ASTHMA OR ALLERGIES , OR BREATHING PROBLEMS, (milk makes mucose, a real problem for all the above) AND NUTS ARE MUCH HARDER TO AFFORD IN THE DAILY DIET THAN BEEF OF COMPARABLE PROTEIN VALUE. THE AMERICAN SYSTEM IS NOT COMFORTABLE ON THE AMOUNT OF ALL THE ABOVE IN THE ASIAN DIET, (read this digestive problems aka diarrhea ) Meats will always be the best source of protein!
      Where’s THE BEEF???

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 7:06pm

      Mil Mom,
      You’re right. My bad. It’s FOREIGN beef that is subsidized. Just goes to show what a LITTLE knowledge can do. I knew there was some government subsidy keeping prices down. It just wasn’t our government. And you are right that there are things our government is doing that makes it harder for small ranchers and encourage more factory ranching. The restricted access to grazing land is one of those things.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 7:11pm

      And as for diet; I was not suggesting a meat free diet. But one needs reletively little meat in the diet to get enough protein especially if it is supplemented by other protein sources, like beans. You forgot the legumes.

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    • Chrono_Sleuth
      Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:14am

      Isles, I agree, it‘s not remotely shocking to note a country that is willing to sacrifice it’s people on a whim of chance, and play a dangerous cat and mouse game with economics, spending frivolously, and trying their hardest to coax in enough real capitol to cover the eventual catching up of spending money their system doesn’t have on ghost towns. Not to mention lack of known good building codes, toxicity in the water around most towns due to lack of any industrial oversight, that they would be so callous about the beef they grow, at least in some sectors. Has me wondering when they’re so willing to sell us fish polluted with mercury, toys with lead, how much of this meat comes to our own shores, or whether they’re using the meat to help cull their own population. Afterall, they are building a military of the excess men who will never have a wife.

      As for nutrition, it’s not so open and shut as I would like it to be. The sugars in our diet are, from my standpoint, far more debilitating, if only because most cells that crave fat will injest sugars first, which cannot satisfy the need for fat production, as most processed sugars are harder to break down than say the sugars in fruits and honey, keeping out fat cells, and forcing them to instead bulk up on fat storage causing all sorts of issues. Too many high density sugars in our breads…in soft drinks, concentrated juices, pre-packaged desserts, etc.

      Definitely though, many good sources of protein. Don’t fo

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  • karen162
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:16pm

    Oh good, and everyone is telling me they are the next Super Power. Yes, the world will be looking up to them as the example. Oh my goodness. We’re in trouble.

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:16pm

    Well, since people have started talking to vegetables, we will all starve to death!

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:12pm

    Krispy Cholera Beef

    China’s version of Kobe beef. Eat one 2″ thick, medium well Cholera Steak and you’re hooked.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:14pm

      Check all your food … don’t buy anything from China .. I have a friend who was teaching over there . and she said that all the food is disgusting in the way it is produced. Watch out for things like “apple chips” etc.

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    • Old Truckers
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:31pm

      catb,

      And apple juice. Much of it comes from China in the form of dried powder and re-constituted here.
      Make sure it was produced in USA.

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:09pm

      http://iamtoocurious.com/pictures/only-at-chinese-walmart/

      Some pics of a Chinese walmart. Check out the deli counter. ick.

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  • The_Almighty_Creestof
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:10pm

    I think we owe it to China to help them out. Let’s send Mooch-elle over there to correct their dietary habits. About a year ought to do it.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 6:16pm

      @The_Almighty_Creestof
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:10pm
      I think we owe it to China to help them out. Let’s send Mooch-elle over there to correct their dietary habits. About a year ought to do it
      ****
      Let’s make it an EARLY RETIREMENT BUYOUT, AND SEND ALL FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND BUSINESS PARTNERS (administration, czars, lib supporters) to dwell permanently in the society they want so much to emmulate. (It’d save us a fortune, just paying them to stay!)

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:08pm

    Heard “ mercury ” right – boy! Does that light up a ” Light Bulb?”

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:08pm

    China has landfills? I thought they sold all their trash to us.

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    • searching for the Truth
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:10pm

      Funny – but wondering?

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 6:27pm

      @KickinBack
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:08pm
      China has landfills? I thought they sold all their trash to us
      ****
      I’m told the opposite is true, especially of military waste, and metals.We ship it to China, who breaks it down and recycles it. (Remember this weeks story on them washing computer chips in the river and drying them on sidewalks then putting them back in shipments to build weapons from!)
      I‘m concerned we’ll have to send all broken mercury bulbs to China to recycle, then the mercury will be contaimanating things like dinnerware, baby furniture, etc. thus we pay them to poison us on a higher scale than present!

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  • paulusmaximus
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:06pm

    Any one for Chinese?
    But to inform, Cattle here are feed Protein supplement made with animal by products (Meat you wouldn‘t eat if you saw it before it’s a powder.) If you are lucky enough to live near farm land you can find those who use not additives to raise live stock. IT TASTE BETTER TO!

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:59pm

      not all cattle are fed these. my backyard herd eats none of this and not one producer in my area uses it. not healthy I agree too many still use animal byproduct to beef up their beef but people BE AWARE of the meat you buy and almost as importantly, the way the animal is slaughtered. clean organic meat is no longer clean organic meat if you end up with a dirty slaughter facility with indiscriminate pieces of brain stem and other non edibles left to go into your meat. mobile slaughter trucks are the wave of the future for small producers.

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:04pm

    Yeah! I’ve been talking about hormones , antibiotics , and food chain for years.

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:04pm

    A lot of garage in the news today!!!!

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    • sissykatz
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:09pm

      Banjarmon

      You are so funny…..Almost every article you come up with a FUNNY….
      Way to go. Thanks..

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    • Zen Patriot
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:21pm

      Except you said garage…

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  • Old Truckers
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:03pm

    I will not buy anything of a food related product from China. Check the labels folks.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 3:03pm

      exept a lot of people do. with large food packagers such as nestle and the like use chinese products and list where the food was made, not where it was grown. unless we eat food that doesnt come in a package, we are eating this without knowing.

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    • greatdanes
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 7:29pm

      Agree 100 % – Dog & Cat Food killed off many – Apple Juice for Kids- Beef, Chicken, Pork, You Have to be Crazy to trust anything in the Big Super Market Chains anymore. I buy Local from Farmers & know what & where my food is coming from. Even if your in big Cities go on line & go to Local growers,com .
      Can buy & will ship to you .

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  • orlandojon
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:00pm

    How many food items reach other countries from China? I recently read that a major dumpling maker in China used shredded newspaper to increase the yield of his products. Time to really start reading labels and avoid Chinese made products

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    • sissykatz
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:05pm

      Please read this about Axlerod and Herman Cain….. it is very interesting..
      PLEASE READ…..

      http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=47438

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:14pm

      Now you can read the dumplings then eat them. I think my mother in law uses the NY Slimes as a filler in her cooking.

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    • BlazingPatriot
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:19pm

      Watch out for those cute little containers of peaches and pears at your local R*** Aid drug stores …..Directly from CHINA. …..Read the fine print , folks!

      WARNING: DO NOT EAT ANYTHING IMPORTED FROM CHINA !!

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 1:55pm

    Now, there you go.

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  • BeyondFedup
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 1:55pm

    I hope we don’t buy their beef…we produce our own…don’t we?

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:00pm

      The crsp the US farmer feeds his cattle is really not much better than garbage. Cattle are taken off being grass fed and put on grains. Cattle are not designed to eat grains, so the farmer must shoot them full of antibiotics…Good stuuf huh?

      Grass fed beef is the only thing to eat, trust me. Eat grain finished beef and you might as well eat Chinas beef…

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    • searching for the Truth
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:12pm

      Now….. One is really getting hot , hot, cold ,cold, hot again.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 6:51pm

      @Baddoggy
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:00pm
      The crsp the US farmer feeds his cattle is really not much better than garbage. Cattle are taken off being grass fed and put on grains. Cattle are not designed to eat grains, so the farmer must shoot them full of antibiotics…Good stuuf huh?

      Grass fed beef is the only thing to eat, trust me. Eat grain finished beef and you might as well eat Chinas beef
      ***
      Farm marketer Son’s reply,”One of those guys who raise grass fed, and want 5 yr old beef that’s shoe leather tough!”
      Grain is a natural to cattle, I was raised with the science that cattle have 7 stomachs, to digest grain fully. Thus the cow chews her “Cud” partly digested food, re-fed from first stomach to assist further digestion. (Never actually counted them but taught this by a veteranarian) Grain fed beef with haylage assist, tend to be ready for slaughter in 13 to 16 months, a grass fed steer, (could be heifer, bulls usually are saved only for breeding, different story!) it will average 5 years, and the beef gets tougher with age. ANTI-BIOTICS ARE USED TO FIGHT DISEASE, WE HAD MUCH LESS PEOPLE GETTING SICK AFTER EATING BEEF WHEN THE FARMERS WERE ALLOWED TO PROPERLY MEDICATE THEIR CATTLE AND COMPLETELY CURE DISEASES! [Animals Do get pneumonia and various other diseases. IF FARMERS CAN'T MEDICATE THEY DIE, AND MEAT PRICES RISE AS SUPPLY DWINDLES!!!]

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  • hillarie
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 1:55pm

    That’s so mean. But what else do you expect from barbarians who skin animals alive. The poor cows must be so hungry. I think the Chinese have ice in their veins instead of blood.

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  • skippy6
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 1:54pm

    Coming soon to the USA, cheap beef!!!! No surprise here,we already import food from china look at your generic apple juice, it is is imported from China!!!!

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  • YoungBloodNews
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 1:53pm

    Is this any better then how we handle our big farming system, they do some pretty nasty things too.

    If youve seen Food Inc I highly recommend googling “The world according to Monsanto”, its an eye opener, 100x’s better than Food Inc, and free.

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    • skippy6
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 1:56pm

      We buy our beef locally.. We know the people on a personal basis…Thus supporting the little guy!!!!

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    • loriann12
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:03pm

      Back during the depression, my grandpa worked in a beef slaughter house. He wouldn’t eat beef. My other grandpa, during the same time, worked in a chicken slaughter house and wouldn’t eat chicken. I wish I could afford to buy grass-fed beef and free range chicken, but I can’t. It’s going to get like solent green….you’ll celebrate over a piece of half-rotted beef.

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    • the_truth_or_not
      Posted on November 13, 2011 at 5:27pm

      skippy6
      well if you buy your beef and other staples near by, you should want to see what these local famers/ranchers did to their community. It is discusting but please read the story. You will be suprized! What do we do is all I ask.

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on November 13, 2011 at 1:52pm

    wow China’s press seems more open than our own MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

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