1 Every time I buy something made in China I wonder if it will end up poisoning me.

2

We're kind of shopping for new dishes at the Davis's. We see something we like. We check. Yep: Made in China. We keep looking. (And since we're inveterate bargain hunters, this could take awhile, sigh. Any morons got any suggestions?)

...if a product goes near something that might be foodlery or food prep, we quit buying the Chinese version years back, when we found out they were using lead in kid's toys. We figured if they'd do that with kid's toys fer chrissakes, they wouldn't hesitate anywhere else. It's meant a whole class of stuff we don't buy at the usual outlets. And it has us haunting antique shops.

(And yeah, I did consider it was on purpose then ...I've read the history of leaded glassware in re: the fall of Rome after all ...and whether the Chinese government was aware of it or no, don't matter).

...that embargo don't go for tools and tech stuff btw. I'm not going to serve crepes suzette on my welder anyways, so it's alright (not that I wouldn't like to sometimes, however messy the cleanup ...it's a really nice little crackerbox and it's on a [serving] cart: but I just know my wife would throw a hissy fit, for some unknowable female reason).

Full disclosure: we reject ceramics & food prep tools from a lot of places besides China (I'm looking at you, Mexico), for the same reason.

3 I got some plastic cooking utensils once from Walmart, spatulas, regular and slotted spoons, a ladle, that stuff. They were very cheap and I still hadn't realized that everything cheap and plastic comes from China, so I bought them.

I made fettuccine alfredo with them.
You cook the pasta, drain it, keep the pot hot and throw the fettuccine back in, add the cream and cheese (and egg and ham if you feel like it) and stir until it's food and then eat it.
When I was done, half the spoon was gone.
Just gone.
Sonamabatch.

I saw this old timey, cowboy, looking coffee pot I wanted to buy to be able to put in the fire when I'm camping.
Made in China. It would probably melt in the fire and at least leech the "paint" into my coffee.
Right now I need a sleeping bag, they're all made in China. Each and every one I've found. Even the high-end ones.
I might have to spend $200+ at Cheaper than Dirt for some Swiss Army-surplus one.