You do realize that, a lot of products you are purchasing (at least electronic wise) are probably assembled in the US but I would gather that some insane percentage of the parts were made/fabricated/assembled in India/China/Malaysia etc.In fact, I wonder if Colgate purchases something from other countries, or manufactures the plastic tubes in house.
FTA "The poll was conducted with 1,004 telephone interviews between June 7 and June 10." ......WTF, 92% of almost 300 million is not 1004 people... i understand about sample size etc, but this is rediculous.... out of the 4 people i asked no one cared so does that mean that 100% of the world population thinks this is stupid
The people are the market. Look at cigarettes. EVERYONE knows they're terrible for you, and yet people continue to buy them. Logically most of big tobacco should have gone out of business decades ago, and yet they're thriving. The Federal Government stepped in and forced them to add health warning labels to every pack, yet people STILL buy cigarettes. Why would labels for food be any different?On the opposite side of the coin is organic foods. The market there is growing at an incredible rate as the market responds to new health information. I buy organic milk because I know that it's not full of hormones (plus it tastes better).If the food companies find that the cost of adding the labels would be less than the extra profits (or deferring of losses, depending on how the market reacts) then they'll do it. It's up to the people, not the government!
I live near a great supermarket called Super King here in Los Angeles. It apparently caters to the local Armenian and MIddle Eastern communities - and I can't tell where the hell most of the food comes from. I think I'd like to know if I was eating strange cheese from Iran or if it was strange cheese from China.
kardallJul 12, 2007
You do realize that, a lot of products you are purchasing (at least electronic wise) are probably assembled in the US but I would gather that some insane percentage of the parts were made/fabricated/assembled in India/China/Malaysia etc.In fact, I wonder if Colgate purchases something from other countries, or manufactures the plastic tubes in house.
skyfire1Jul 13, 2007
I love Canada.
libertaoJul 13, 2007
You never read what's in your food?
pfinnJul 13, 2007
FTA "The poll was conducted with 1,004 telephone interviews between June 7 and June 10." ......WTF, 92% of almost 300 million is not 1004 people... i understand about sample size etc, but this is rediculous.... out of the 4 people i asked no one cared so does that mean that 100% of the world population thinks this is stupid
pktgumbyJul 13, 2007
And for being utterly useless.
rspeedJul 15, 2007
The people are the market. Look at cigarettes. EVERYONE knows they're terrible for you, and yet people continue to buy them. Logically most of big tobacco should have gone out of business decades ago, and yet they're thriving. The Federal Government stepped in and forced them to add health warning labels to every pack, yet people STILL buy cigarettes. Why would labels for food be any different?On the opposite side of the coin is organic foods. The market there is growing at an incredible rate as the market responds to new health information. I buy organic milk because I know that it's not full of hormones (plus it tastes better).If the food companies find that the cost of adding the labels would be less than the extra profits (or deferring of losses, depending on how the market reacts) then they'll do it. It's up to the people, not the government!
oana77Jul 17, 2007
Healthy and delicious food is enough I thinkOana,<a class="user" href="http://benvarim.blogspot.com/">http://benvarim.blogspot.com/</a>
citizenrobotSep 11, 2008
I live near a great supermarket called Super King here in Los Angeles. It apparently caters to the local Armenian and MIddle Eastern communities - and I can't tell where the hell most of the food comes from. I think I'd like to know if I was eating strange cheese from Iran or if it was strange cheese from China.