vievie hoo, do you know what you are talking about? 'Toxic' materials are produced to improve quality and cause no harm if used by responsible people. What you say, stop making bleach, clorine, alcool, petrol? oops i forgot: what about the killing material you're selling to sudan? enjoy your olympic

liubei, beijing,

As I know all the materials are imported from ohter countries, not from China. Of course, the Chinese manufacturers should check the quality of materials when they receive them. But after all who manufacture these toxic material?

Vievie Hoo, LInyi,

China's food, toys, & now their couches are unsafe. Who knows how many other products are unsafe!

Yet.....we continue to buy there!

What will it take before we finally stop buying ANYTHING from China?

Everytime something like this happens I wonder if China is doing this intentionally!

G G, Nevada, US

What do you do if you eat a rotten apple & suffer diarrhea?
You sue the apple ventor, or go yelling at the farm house the rottern apple came from? My 6 yrs old son can get this right.

It's Argos' duty & responsibility to inspect "apple", to buy it, price it & resell it to the public. Blame whom?

Hu, London, England

What a ridiculous comment by Jinyu NI. Are you saying that western companies have a monopoly on greed? What are you so sensitive about? The article doesn't blame anyone--it merely states facts. Do you not have an ounce of sympathy for the victims of this situation, regardless of whose fault it is?

Gerry, Canberra, Australia

The Chinese goods are imported by western companies and it is those western companies compromised those standards by cutting cost to gain more profit.
It is not because it is made in China to cause those problems, it is because greeds of profits from those firms.
To blame your own people.

Jinyu NI, Sydney, Australia

Stop whining and live by this "what is cheap is not good and what is good is not cheap!" Want good stuff, then bring back all the manufacturing jobs to "not cheap UK labour," and then perhaps you might see real quality like mad cow disease.

Billum, Edmonton,

I have been boycotting made in China,i was surprised to see Marks and spencers selling clothes and even shampoo from China..how does this make environmental sense?
China brutalises the Tibetan people,it has no respect for human rights or any animal welfare laws..its time to buy british again!!

Jean , London, England

I’ve recently been in SE Asia where countries are flooded by dubious products from China. I often saw reports, in the local media, of people, from babes to the aged, dieing or being hospitalised due to Chinese grown or manufactured products.
Now, I avoid anything that may be from China.

R Harvey, Hitchin, UK

I think all of you should know that most of those factories doing export in China were set up by foreign investment. It is you who want to make money as much as possible, then you use those old skills which also polluted the enviornment in China and posioned people there. Well,it is your human right

Jake, London,

Sorry.
If you want to buy cheap, buy Chinese.
If you want to buy quality, buy British or Italian.

Its not just a customer choice, but the choice of the retailer as well. Quality checks should be made through out all levels of the supply chain.

Sounds like everyone is abit cheap though.....

Chun Li, Nottingham, UK

China has been doing everything just to earn money. they dont care anything about wellbeing of consumer so long as they are able to make money out of that mischief.

Before Chinese compnay produced toothpaste with poison and children^s doll with chemicals.

yontne , zurich , switzerland

How did a Swdish University come to conduct a study concerning a UK problem? Who funded the study? It wouldn't be Russell, Jones and Walker by any chance.

C Byrne, Pinner, UK

People should now boycott any product made in China, that is, where possible. Why are they allowed to import furniture that if made in Europe would put the Company Director in prison?

Matt, Naples, Italy

These companies should be ashamed at selling people dangerous rubbish at costly prices. Europe should impose the same stringent quality controls on imports as it does on European companies. Otherwise the competition is unfair.

Sara, Kent, UK

Argos, World of Leather and Walmsley Furnishing - Innocent UK companies - poor things got mis-sold dangerous products despite the suppossedly high health and safety standards in the UK. These are sofa's and not toys which are hard to do quality assurance on so where was the Health and Safety Agency

Glynn, Kingston,

Calls into question the quality of Chinese products yet again.

Richard, Ipswich,

Will this country not wake up and return to a manufacturing base, instead of being reliant on cheap dross from China and countries East? Imports should be banned, for all retailers, including M&S, seek profits as the ultimate aim, rather than quality and supporting this England.

JB, Mundesley,

I wonder if this will be the only downside to the flood of cheap Chinese imports?

David Russell, Sheffield, UK