"Huang, who is from China, said the U.S. lags behind other countries in regulation and consumer awareness of the dangers of certain chemicals in building materi

"Huang, who is from China, said the U.S. lags behind other countries in regulation and consumer awareness of the dangers of certain chemicals in building materials. In China, we're very aware of those harmful chemicals," she said. "When they buy a home, people wait three or four months to move in. In the U.S., people don't care about it" Yeah I'm not sure how much I buy this. Asbestos is still a common building material in China, and the west had to specifically lobby to prevent China from using it when they built the Olympics infrastructure. China consumes more than 1/4 of the world's asbestos. Additionally, China only adopted a lead paint standard last year, something that the US has had in place for ~50 years. It is estimated that 10% of Chinese children today suffer from lead poisoning. https://ipen.org/news/china-adopts-new-lead-paint-standards-protect-children%E2%80%99s-health https://ipen.org/news/china-adopts-new-lead-paint-standards-...