China makes 70 percent of the world's penicillin, 50 percent of its aspirin and 35 percent of its acetaminophen (often sold under the brand name Tylenol®), as well as the bulk of vitamins A, B12, C and E.
.. and from the same source..
BEIJING — An investigation by The Beijing Times reported today that about half of the bottled water coolers here may be using bottled tap water or bogus water, a July 10 Associated Press story in International Herald Tribune said.
The cooler bottles may have been filled with either tap water or purified water from small producers, and then sealed with bogus “quality standards” labels.
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According to the story, officials shut down a bottled water station, confiscating safety seals and labels which bore the names of local brands.
The watchdog agency insisted that the falsely certified water represented only a small portion of water consumed from coolers by 10 million Chinese daily.
Ian: makes you just shake your head and feel grateful for being Australian.
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