I was reading an article about a manufacturing city in China that had air pollution that was the equivalent of smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day for the inhabitants. And what really bothers me, we're buying their products because without clean air restrictions they are able to produce them for less money, and that polluted air gets in the jet stream and comes over here for us to enjoy.
There was also an article about an Idaho manufacturer of pumps that was out-sourcing to China. He patented a new process for pumps, and before he received his product from China his competitors were offering pumps with his new process and they had product in stock.