What we need is more laws like California's. Buy no products from any company that doesn't comply with the standards of the buying country. As I understand it, when Arnold brought in the legislation that sset pollution caps etc, it included not buying from those who exceeded those standards even if they were in another country. The Alberta oil industry just about had a fit. We'll see where that goes.
>Here is some information on the health and environmental issues:
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http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/text_version/location.php?name=maquiladora>
>An article on Zenith factories in Mexico:
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http://zena.secureforum.com/znet/zmag/articles/july94gates.htm>
>Environmental issues:
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http://www.american.edu/TED/border.htm>
>U.S. Jobs Lost:
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http://www.coalitionforjustice.info/CJM_Website/New_Sites/Graphs_Charts/MichStats_Jobs_Lost.htm>
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http://sonic.net/~doretk/Issues/96-01%20JAN/gattupdated.html>
General Motors now operates 37 maquiladora plants with over 42,000 workers and plans to build more as it closes additional plants in the U.S. and Canada. U.S. corporations along the border who contaminate the environment or fail to provide decent standards of living, health, safety and fair employment, are Zenith, Quimica Fluor (a DuPont subsidiary), Stepan Chemical, Allied-Signal, AT&T, Baxter International, Chrysler, Ford, GE, ITT, Johnson & Johnson, Parker Hannifin and Pepsico. >
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>>>>Hershey’s
>>>>120 S. Sierra Ave.
>>>>Oakdale, California. 95361
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>>>Thanks. Not that they'll give a crap, but I'll write too.
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>>It will make me feel better to write to them. At least they will be receiving two letters on this subject! :) Thank you for joing me.