Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns (R) says the US should look into banning Japanese cars

[Gonad the Barbarian]

http://www.usatoday.com/MONEY/usaedition/2010-03-03-banjapan03_ST_U.htm?csp=34

LOL, that's prettty funny actually. Those that live in paper houses shouldn't throw stones.

It's not really funny that the FDA prohibits voluntary safety testing. This is something us folks should really kind of be upset about maybe.

 

[sandorski]

http://www.usatoday.com/MONEY/usaedition/2010-03-03-banjapan03_ST_U.htm?csp=34

LOL, that's prettty funny actually. Those that live in paper houses shouldn't throw stones.

Did you catch this part?

"As for banning Japanese-made vehicles: All 2.4 million Toyotas recalled Jan. 21 due to sticky gas pedals, and most of the 5.6 million vehicles recalled because floor mats might jam pedals, were assembled in the USA."



Not that he was being serious or that it absolves Toyota from guilt, but it adds to the Irony on the discussion.

 

[rudder]

I heard on the news that the cause of the Toyota gas pedal recall was due to a part manufactured in Indiana. Is this true?

Not sure about Indiana... but definitely from the U.S.... the Toyotas made in Japan did not have this problem.

 

[nobodyknows]

Did you catch this part?

"As for banning Japanese-made vehicles: All 2.4 million Toyotas recalled Jan. 21 due to sticky gas pedals, and most of the 5.6 million vehicles recalled because floor mats might jam pedals, were assembled in the USA."



Not that he was being serious or that it absolves Toyota from guilt, but it adds to the Irony on the discussion.

Yes, but if you make the parts and build a bad design, it's still a bad design.

 

[nobodyknows]

It's not really funny that the FDA prohibits voluntary safety testing. This is something us folks should really kind of be upset about maybe.

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/FactSheets/Bovine_Spongiform_Encephalopathy_Mad_Cow_Disease/index.asp

How does one test for BSE?
Currently, there is no test to detect the disease in a live animal or in muscle meat. Veterinary pathologists confirm BSE by postmortem microscopic examination of brain tissue using sophisticated laboratory techniques, such as a histopathological examination to detect sponge-like changes in the brain tissue and immunohistochemistry to examine the BSE fibrils. These are "gold-standard" tests, and they take more than a week to run. More rapid tests that provide results within 36 to 48 hours have been developed to detect the abnormal prion in brain or spinal cord tissue of dead animals. Rapid tests can be used to determine if BSE exists in a population and to obtain an indication of its prevalence or detect animals with the disease which are not yet showing clinical signs.
.
.
.
Are humans susceptible to BSE?
Although not scientifically proven, there is strong epidemiologic and laboratory data linking a rare, degenerative, fatal brain disorder in humans called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) to the consumption of BSE-contaminated product. This type of disease begins primarily with psychiatric symptoms and affects younger patients (median age, 28 years).

How many cases of vCJD have there been and have there been any in the United States?
As of December 1, 2003, a total of 153 cases of vCJD had been reported in the world: 143 from the United Kingdom, six from France, and one each from Canada, Ireland, Italy, and the United States.

(Note: The one case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United States is in a young woman who likely contracted the disease while living in the United Kingdom. Symptoms appeared after she moved to the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not found additional cases in the United States through its surveillance program.)

I'm not too worried. One case in a human in the US and it was likely contracted while living in the UK? Big deal.

Like I said, people who live in paper houses shouldn't throw stones.

 

[Carmen813]

Pshhh, who needs free markets?