19 September 2008

Is it time to worry?

Wall street meltdown, adding a trillion dollars to the national debt, talk of a global recession - boring.

You know what's scary? milk.
Chinese milk.

Big deal, you say. You get your 1% from the local walmart and it comes from 100% American dairy cows. Other than a slew of antibiotics it's filled with it's perfectly safe. Okay, it probably is.
But before you get all smug, check your cabinets. Read the ingredients of everything and if it says milk protein concentrate or whey protein or powdered milk or dehydrated milk solids or anything along those lines maybe you should wonder where they get that stuff.
There's no reason to think American companies are getting this stuff from the same Chinese sources involved in the baby formula scare - except for the fact that none have rushed out to say "don't worry we don't get our stuff from China".

Globalization rocks, but those kidney stones are a bitch.

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