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lizzle 
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Posted: 20 August 2007 at 7:57am |
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making any changes to the way you shop?
Just read on stuff that two boys were injured when their "low flame risk" pjs caught fire - the same brand that Jake and taine wear. And with that formaldehyde stuff in the clothing - not even Kiwimade clothing was exempt. I'm feeling a little bit like "what the hell?" no idea what to buy that is safe. taine has had a rsah on his back pretty much since birth that comes and goes. i've always put it down to asthma, but what if its the clothes?
I think that some oif this may be scaremongering, but it hits in a place where people aren't always necessarily rational - their kids.
scary scary stuff
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Posted: 20 August 2007 at 9:15am |
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I agree, Liz. Both my kids have dry skin/rash/exzema and now, I can't help but think???
I have to say, though, that there was an episode of NCIS or CSI or something a while back that had all these girls sick, and one died, maybe? because of sprays on some jeans they were all wearing. And, since then, I have always made super sure I wash and line dry before my kids wear any new clothes, hard as itmay be sometimes...
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Posted: 20 August 2007 at 9:21am |
it HAS made me think about the products and clothes i buy for the girls. but the problem is, of course i would love to buy new zealand made clothing, but the cost!!! compared to imported stuff, there is a big difference.
what childrens wear IS made in nz, from nz made fabric? i imagine that a lot of what is made in nz would be using imported fabric.
i will be following this news story with interest, as i am already starting to get concerned with the imported food issues. maybe its time to go hippy??? (organic cotton and merino clothing  )
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Posted: 20 August 2007 at 6:39pm |
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A pity it is soooo expensive to use organic cotton and merino clothing.
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Posted: 20 August 2007 at 7:15pm |
The stories have def made me re-evaluate things. I'm going to be more careful buying toys in the future and I think when the next bub arrives I'll buy some organic cotton and merino to wear while newborn. We have heaps of PP stuff (not that cheap either) and of course that's made in China too!!! And don't get me started on the food from China - it's really getting quite ridicilous to have to check ALL the "made in" labels! 
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Posted: 20 August 2007 at 7:36pm |
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What makes it even harder is that if you buy food that says Made in NZ, a lot then also say made with local and imported products, so no idea where it came from. And clothing may be made here but fabric from elsewhere. I guess if you buy merino you know its from NZ!
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Posted: 20 August 2007 at 8:36pm |
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but then some products are manufactured in NZ and then sent to china for putting together. Makes me wanna join a commune...
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Posted: 20 August 2007 at 9:08pm |
Annie - it was House
Liz - I'll join your commune!! I'll make all the kids homemade clothes out of potato sacks and they'll be outcasts at school... so we'll pull them out and homeschool them. YUSSS!
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Posted: 20 August 2007 at 9:14pm |
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yeah, it was house. Good geekin' Nikki. Can I join the commune? I'll make banana cakes and lead the singalongs (and the air guitar practice)
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Posted: 21 August 2007 at 7:14am |
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who knows the words to "kum ba ya"?
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Posted: 21 August 2007 at 8:27am |
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me.
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Posted: 21 August 2007 at 9:02am |
Me too! I wanna join your commune too, I can grow the veges. But Nikki, where are the potato sacks from?! 
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Posted: 21 August 2007 at 9:49am |
 aimeejoy wrote:
What makes it even harder is that if you buy food that says Made in NZ, a lot then also say made with local and imported products, so no idea where it came from. And clothing may be made here but fabric from elsewhere. I guess if you buy merino you know its from NZ! |
Not necessarily - our merino wool is often sent overseas to be made into garments.
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Posted: 21 August 2007 at 12:03pm |
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True, you just made me think about all the "NZ" brands that get their stuff made overseas...
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Posted: 21 August 2007 at 7:14pm |
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I am seriously considering taking all my warehouse pjs into the store and asking them about the low risk fire warning. my kids only wear warehouse pjs (thanks to nana buying up large), and now I'm realy stressing about them bursting into flame...which is weird cause i'm usually quite blase about things.
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Posted: 21 August 2007 at 7:30pm |
I don't know what to do about this either I feel like we should be able to trust what is imported (in large) to NZ, but I dunno how the Government (or anyone) could even start to try to regulate that! So much of our day to day stuff has had something to do with China....
I'll teach maths in the commune 
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Posted: 21 August 2007 at 8:07pm |
busymum wrote:
I don't know what to do about this either I feel like we should be able to trust what is imported (in large) to NZ, but I dunno how the Government (or anyone) could even start to try to regulate that! So much of our day to day stuff has had something to do with China....
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i feel the same way, i feel like i should be taking notice of this wakeup call, but dont know how to do that. do i search for NZ made manufacturers, and ask them if they fabric used is sourced from overseas or made in nz - and pay the increased price for those items, or do i suck it up and wash wash wash the clothes and pretend it is enough.
life certainly just got a bit harder for the ecologically aware average joe!
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Posted: 21 August 2007 at 9:03pm |
I was quite shocked today - I walked around the Warehouse and couldnt find a single thing (towels, sheets, blankets, clothes, underwear etc) that WASNT made in China. Then popped into the baby factory and a similar thing there - all the merino woolen singlets were made in China too.
Fundamentally I am opposed to buying products that are potentially unsafe and I have always had a "thing" about buying chinese made products (am a BIG advocate of basic human rights!!!) - but realised sometime ago that unless I win lotto then I dont have an awful lot of choice.
I just cant seem to find a cost effective way to buy kiwi-made when chinese made products are so much cheaper and more accessable.
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Posted: 21 August 2007 at 9:38pm |
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China is copping a bit of a bad wrap at the moment, you can't play with their toys, wear their clothes or fly their airplanes LOL!
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Posted: 21 August 2007 at 10:15pm |
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yep simsam it is a real dilemma...
i brought towels the other day from briscoes...i think i got the only ones not made in china...they were the nicest too luckily.
and am going to make sure i only buy non made in china peanut butter...
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