Consumerista Quotes & Sayings

China uses about half of the world's cement for its new roads and buildings.
According to the World Bank in 2007, China had 16 of the world's 20 most polluted cities.
One day in January 2013, the air pollution index in Beijing was 755 - measured on a scale of 0 to 500!
In late 2012, 16,000 dead pigs were found floating in the river that supplies water to
Shanghai, the PRC's largest city.
For 2010, a ministry of the Chinese government estimated the monetary cost of the environmental damage caused by rapid industrialization at $230 billion, which is 3.5 percent of China's gross domestic product.
Air pollution from Chinese factories wafts over to the Koreas and Japan. Sometimes, upper atmospheric winds carry the sulphur dioxide from China's coal-burning clear over to North America's west coast. — James Peoples

I peeked under the covers. Susan was naked except for a pair of thick white athletic socks. This was another good sign. Susan — Robert B. Parker

After the wada is complete, we shall use it ourselves. We shall live, move and play there, embrace each other and be happy. — Jaya Wahi

It's like you said all those months ago - people expect the Vagabond to be a hero. I have to act like one. -Kara — S.M. Boyce

If you fall out of the boat put your feet up, lie back and relax. Your life jacket knows which way is up. Let the river hold you. You won't drown." -Zambezi River Guide. — Brenda Davies

Condoms aren't completely safe. A friend of mine was wearing one and got hit by a bus. — Robert Rubin

I'm smiling because I know perfectly well what I am and I honestly don't give a damn what you think of me — Adam-Troy Castro