story1_1 photo courtesy Garrett Brown Worker placing shoe parts covered with chemicals in a drying booth in a Dongguan City sports shoe factory, which made sport shoes for U.S. and the world.. The worker is wearing a gauze mask commonly used in China, with a center section of activated charcoal. This mask, according to industrial hygienist Garrett Brown, does not have an airtight seal and provides no protection to the worker. story1_2 photo by Loretta Tofani Patients in the Guangdong Hospital for Treatment and Prevention of Occupational Diseases. The patients in this photo had been poisoned by carcinogens and other toxins while making cell phone shells, sport shoes and batteries for American consumers. The woman knitting, Xu Genyi, worked in a metal products factory that supplied cell phone shells to U.S. companies. Xu suffered from ethane poisoning. story1_3 photo by Loretta Tofani The Helixing factory in Shenzhen, (red sign on the building) , which exports metal goods to many U.S. companies, does not have guards on its metal cutting machines. As a result workers' fingers have been amputated while they make kitchen and bathroom accessories for American consumers. story1_4 photo by Loretta Tofani Carpenters in China often lose fingers or arms while making furniture for the U.S. as a result of using old, outdated machinery that lacks safety equipment required under international conventions. story2_1 photo by Loretta Tofani Wei Chaihua, 44, dying from silicosis as a result of making parts for Charbroil gas stoves, was given oxygen from a tank next to his bed at the Guangdong Hospital for Treatment and Prevention of Occupational Diseases. Chinese workers also get silicosis while making jewelry, tiles, countertops and tool and dye parts for U.S. export. story3_1 photo by Loretta Tofani Ms. He suffers from myelodysplastic anemia, a precursor to leukemia, as a result of painting furniture and varnishing it for American consumers. story 4_1 photo by Loretta Tofani Ho Yongjiang recuperates at Shenzhen Renan Hospital after losing part of his thumb in an old bandsaw. Ho made furniture for export to California and New York at the Shenzhen New Nantian Factory. story4_2 photo by Loretta Tofani Li Xueping, who lost three fingers while making kitchen and bathroom equipment for U.S. export, is consoled at Shenzhen Renan Hospital by Yu Wanglin, who lost part of his index finger in a primitive machine while making furniture for U.S. export. story4_3 photo by Loretta Tofani This machine, inside the Xin Chang furniture factory in Shenzhen, amputated fingers from at least two carpenters within one year: Yu Wanlin and Wang Suona. The factory has exported furniture to the U.S., to Nebraska and New York. story4_4 photo by Loretta Tofani Zhu Qiang, 24, lost his right arm while making plastic bags for American supermarkets and clothing stores in a factory in Dongguan. Zhu's job was to place small plastic pieces into a machine that made bags. The machine's suction force grabbed Zhu's arm inside of it, tearing the arm off. The same accident happened to another worker with the same machine 15 days later, Zhu said. story5_1 photo by Loretta Tofani L-R: Chen Honghuan, Liu Hongmei, and Xie Xinrong made nickel-cadmium batteries by hand for U.S. export to at least 20 different companies in the U.S., including Rayovac and Eveready. Each is suffering from cadmium poisoning, with some renal damage and severe bone pain. From left, xxxx, Liu Hong Mei, and xxxxx. Here, they are photographed during a visit to Hong Kong, where they asked the owner of the battery factories, GP International, to reimburse them fairly for their expenses associated with the poisoning. (GP had given them a little money but the women said it was not enough.). story5_2 photo by Loretta Tofani Xiang Zhiqing, who made batteries for U.S. export, was hospitalized for a year because of renal damage as a result of handling cadmium. story6_1 Huntington , UT--9/14/07--7:11:16 PM-- Glenn Sebring poses with a Genco Underground Mantrip at his factory in Huntington. Sebring imports mine vehicles directly from a plant in Beijing. Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune story6_2 Bill Freedman sorts through clothing that was made in China at the DownEast outlet store in Draper. DownEast Outfitters is a Utah business that self audits factories it uses to make its goods in China. Al Hartmann/Salt Lake Tribune 10/5/07 story6_3 Huntington , UT--9/14/07--6:58:54 PM-- Glenn Sebring poses with a Genco Underground Mantrip at his factory in Huntington. Sebring imports mine vehicles directly from a plant in Beijing. Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune story6_4 Bill Freedman sits beside furniture that was made in China at the DownEast outlet store in Draper. DownEast Outfitters is a Utah business that self audits factories it uses to make its goods in China. Al Hartmann/Salt Lkae Tribune 10/5/07