Check out this link:
http://www.senser.com/bu2.htm
I love the graphic.
"China is now by far the world's largest manufacturer of toys, with exports worth some $3 billion a year. But, says the Coalition report, the thriving industry's 1.3 million workers, mostly females in their teens or slightly older, "fail to gain their due rewards" and are grossly exploited in other ways--to the point that their "lives are even sacrificed for the sake of economic interests." Since the toys are made in China under contract, the foreign company buying the toys "focus only on design and the marketing of its products," and seldom concern themselves with how the workers making the product are treated. "
Who knew.... boycotting Chinese made products also gets in feminist points. ;-) Rock on.
(Thanks Laureen for the headsup on the link)
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Somewhere I have a link saved to a website with toys made in the USA. Also, www.oompa.com has a lot of European toys. We are trying to ditch China too so this blog is perfect timing!
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