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Chinese Goods Flunk Gov't Safety Tests

Nearly 20% of domestic consumer products can't meet quality standards

By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 4, 2007 3:08 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Chinese government acknowledged today what people around the world suspected—many products manufactured by the world's largest exporter of consumer goods are unsafe. One-fifth of its manufactured wares fail to meet government safety standards, a regulatory agency said in a posting on its website.... Read full story »

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