On 7/31/2015 12:38 PM, John McCoy wrote:
Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote in
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On 7/31/2015 10:32 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
In article , lcb11211
@swbelldotnet says...

On 7/31/2015 6:26 AM, J. Clarke wrote:

Can the Chinese meet the new standards?

The Chinese are in outer space, why would they not be able to make
such a simple change to meet this standard?

The same reason they don't seem to be able to keep lead out of toys?

Well they would if the importers specified that. We get from China
what our importers specify. If we leave the specifications of the
paint up to the manufacturer, regardless of where the manufacturer is,
they are going to use what they want and that is typically going to be
the cheapest.

It's less a case of the importers not specifying, as it is
the importers being unable or unwilling to verify their
specs are met. The Chinese know that most of what they make
isn't tested for compliance, and a lot of them are willing
to take a chance on using whatever's cheap, whether it mets
spec or not.

Which is business 101 for any company anywhere. If no specifications
are requested they use what it takes to get the bid. China offers cheap
labor and importers go for that. If the truth were to be known the air
quality from off gassing of products at the Harbor Freight stores might
be more dangerous than eating lead. ;~)


This is a bigger problem for the Chinese than us, tho. We
get an infinitesimal amount of lead in some toys. They get
melamine in baby formula.

We get defective air bags from Japan. Countless recalls on tainted
meats and vegetables. Thank you Blue Bell.