The consequence of rapid economic growth has had its pitfalls in China. This has been the second time in as many months that we have heard about a Chinese company being involved in some sort of food-related contamination. The first contamination was with dog food, which caused the death of many American Pets. Now, the infraction is contaminated Heparin, a pharmaceutical blood thinning agent used by hospital patients with blood clotting problems. The contaminated Heparin was traced back to a major Chinese supplier, who also got its supplies from smaller Mom and Pops distribution shops, (David Barboza, New York Times, March 22, 2008). China has experienced rapid economic growth ever since it reconstructed the Yanse river for ships to travel. Since then, China has had experienced one of the fastest economic growth in history; people are driving cars to work instead of riding bicycles now-a-days! This in itself has created another big problem on the streets of China--crashes and more crashes! Drivers aren't getting enough time to learn to drive before they get behind the wheel and as a result are ending up as casualties. Therefore, the consequence of rapid economic growth comes with a price, and where are seeing it every day on the streets of china and in the food products produced by China. China hasn’t been the first country ever to experience economic growth, The United States of America did too! Many people developed lung cancer from asbestos and other carcinogens in early and late 1900s when industrialization in America was at its peak. So, we shouldn’t be too quick to blame China for things it cannot totally control. We should give it time to get used to such rapid economic success, which will help it. For more details on this story, please click here!

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