Made in China

Is everything from China toxic?  Upon reading this article about honey--a food which one might associate with a sunny day picnic--my belief that yes, indeed, everything that comes from China is toxic was reinforced.  The article focuses on the quality of honey sold to the masses, which they rate by measuring the content of pollen in the product.  Apparently the pollen content of honey is a positive thing and indicates that the honey was harvested from a safe source.  The article, not surprisingly, found that a good portion of the honey we find in our supermarkets and mini-marts does not contain any pollen.  Now here comes the good part: the lack of pollen in honey may indicate that the honey has been, "smuggled from China and could be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals."  Come again...

Honey...Smuggled...Antibiotics...  What?

Why are the Chinese smuggling honey and selling it to us?  Until now I was unaware of this sector of the black market.  But the thing that really gets me is the fact that the Chinese are putting antibiotics and heavy metals in the honey.  Like it wasn't good enough on its own?  OK...

We've all heard the multitudes of stories regarding toxic Chinese products--the drywall, the toys, the prescription drugs, Jet Li in Kiss of the Dragon, etc. Are the Chinese just made of toxic chemicals?  Are they so desperate to get rid of an overabundance of environmental heavy metals that they incorporate them into the products they give to us?  It truly takes effort to come up with these crazy toxic ideas/additives!  Do they have a sector of their Food and Drug Administration (I'm guessing it's called the "Food, Drug, and 'Other Things We Don't Tell the Americans About' Administration") that is dedicated to creating wacky ways of poisoning ourselves? 

Wait a second...I think I know their motivation!  The Chinese are trying to take over the world and are accomplishing it in an unnoticeable fashion: by slowly poisoning Americans with the subtle use of heavy metals and toxins in our foods and toys that go undetected until it's too late!

The pertinent question is: Is it already too late...?