The latest case of China’s ability to reverse engineer anything on the planet involves the manufacturing of the blood anti-coagulant Heparin. How appropriate is the irony that fake blood is also being made in China?
This Heparin shit is for people who need their blood thinned because they have vascular issues. The product is normally made from the mucous tissues inside of pig intestines and cow lungs. In an added twist of fate, pigshit saves human lives.
There has been a move to totally synthesize Heparin because the current quality controls for its production are lacking. With rural pig farms in China being the main source of the raw materials you might imagine how a few batchs could be fucked the fuck up. U.S. companies began outsourcing China for their Heparin production when pigfarms in the states and Canada were insufficient.
I know I seemed to accuse China of being the driving force in this game of counterfeit blood Russian roulette, but it is really American-owned pharmaceutical companies who use Asia as their manufacturing headquarters because of the overall deregulations on industry. The end result is that a few of us will be killed by the lax manufacturing restrictions and our politicians will rail against the Chinese government.
Meanwhile, American companies continue to rush to Asia for the labor and production of all the crap that we are sold in Macy’s, BestBuy, Target, Wal-Mart and even in our hospitals. Start thinking of hospital treatments as consumer products. Insurance and pharmaceutical companies already do.
damn, nike… now this?
good thing im in near perfect physical health 🙂
*goes to listen to Wu-Tang*
.and don’t sleep on their barbarism in Tibet……………Ernie
Yeah…but they make really cool movies and their women are cute. Go China!
*preorders a shitload of new Hong Kong flicks all for just $25*
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You know what, you’re right…damn right. I am so sick of insurance companies (read-HMO’s) treating people like we are in line at the grocery store…I mean, what the hell? You go in because of an ear ache and leave with an infection in your finger and $80 less in your pocket…
What was it called when Black people were given outrageous standards to meet in order to vote? Well Co-pays are like that…
@ Ernie-yeah! Tibet is turning into Kenya or some shit huh?
Interesting topic indeed. The thing I find SO interesting is that while the media pumps up all the BAD shit that may come from the cheap labor/materials in China, nobody EVER points their fingers at the companies and corporations who HIRE THEM.
You know TAM takes personal interest in the Asian shit, cuz they’re talkin about MY people…
People are directing their anger and concerns to the WRONG people. Our economy sucks ass because of corporate outsourcing. And even though I find it disgraceful that companies would turn to a place like China to purchase bootleg pharamaceuticals when they KNOW the risk to human lives.
Now people can talk shit about all the fake stuff coming from Asia, but I doubt that will stop folks from rockin those bootleg Nikes and carrying those bootleg ass Coach bags.
^ superstar blogger That Girl Tam on the check-in.
Tam, You are half right. It is the corporations that are the bastards, but they are in bed with the vile Chinese government and the equally soulless and worthless American Politicians. So the Axis of Evil (borrowing a term from dumbo W) is all three, add American greed to buy cheap aka non-union swag and it is the perfect storm. Peace, Ernie