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Multimillion dollar factory in maryland which can produce up to 2400 candles an hour. >> this new word is now popping up called reshoring. reshoring refers to the fact that offshoring in the past, of jobs to china, jobs to india, is coming back. >> reporter: the american anti-dumping trade policy is a significant reason why mei xu is reshoring her production to the usa. but its not the only reason. >> shipping costs have increased more than 30% every year due to fuel costs. >> and actually shipp...

>> im not saying that its impossible. its kind of improbable if you are an entrepreneur without a very strong financial background. and dont have customers lining up yet. >> you have to have an iron will, and rhinoceros hide to get through the process of establishing a new manufacturing facility. >> reporter: looking at this place now, youd never guess that 17 years ago, mei started out pouring the wax herself and making the sales calls from her own home just a few miles from here. >> it took of...

>> im not saying that its impossible. its kind of improbable if you are an entrepreneur without a very strong financial background. and dont have customers lining up yet. >> you have to have an iron will, and rhinoceros hide to get through the process of establishing a new manufacturing facility. >> reporter: looking at this place now, youd never guess that 17 years ago, mei started out pouring the wax herself and making the sales calls from her own home just a few miles from here. >> it took of...

They claim it could cause cancer. richard lui joins us now. you have the goodies with you. >> yeah. the 40-year-old watchdog says these common every day colas have one thing in common, a dark color. we associate this with a refreshing taste. the color could cause cancer. its in these sauces and whiskey, too. if you take a look at the ingredients here, you wont see it. if you see caramel coloring, think twice they say. it could mean two carcinogens and 2-mei and 4-mei are in your soda. they cause...

Some have eight times that amount right now. one expert says that wont hurt much, though. >> you would have to drink 10,000 bottles of coke a day or a lifetime to get that amount to see any effect. >> the amount they are warning or cspi right now is equivalent to 16 specks of dust, its that little. they call it a scare tactic saying theres no evidence 4-mei cause cancer in humans. coca-cola says the caramel we use does not cause cancer or contain the 2-mei alleged by cspi. cspi offered pragmatis...

Under high heat and pressure. the result is a reaction that creates chemicals, including one called 4-mei. government studies show 4-mei causes cancer in mice. just last month, california listed the chemical as a carcinogen. >> i dont want to exaggerate the potency. youre not going to get cancer if you drink a soda, you know, once in a while. the more you drink, the greater the risk. >> reporter: but some independent experts say consumers should relax. >> just because something happens at a very...

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Multimillion dollar factory in maryland which can produce up to 2400 candles an hour. >> this new word is now popping up called reshoring. reshoring refers to the fact that offshoring in the past, of jobs to china, jobs to india, is coming back. >> reporter: the american anti-dumping trade policy is a significant reason why mei xu is reshoring her production to the usa. but its not the only reason. >> shipping costs have increased more than 30% every year due to fuel costs. >> and actually shipp...