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Posted on 09/21/2008 4:27:07 PM PDT by Schnucki
Nearly 13,000 children in China have been hospitalised due to tainted Chinese milk powder, officials say.
China's health ministry said 104 out of 12,892 babies showed serious symptoms.
Four infants have died after drinking the milk of the Sanlu Group containing the industrial chemical melamine, which could cause urinary problems.
Meanwhile, in Hong Kong, a toddler has been diagnosed with a kidney stone after drinking the powder - the first such case outside mainland China.
A number of Asian and African countries have now banned Chinese dairy imports following the scandal.
Chinese police have arrested 18 people in connection with the scandal.
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At a regular news briefing in Beijing, officials from the Chinese health ministry said 12,892 infants were currently being treated in hospitals around the country.
They said that 1,579 babies had been treated and discharged, adding that hospitals had checked nearly 40,000 baby patients.
Meanwhile, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said that the authorities were doing everything possible to "prevent this happening again, not just with milk products, but with all foods".
In Hong Kong, a three-year-old girl was diagnosed with a kidney stone after drinking Chinese milk powder, the government said.
It said the toddler, who had drunk China's Yili milk every day for 15 months, had not developed kidney disease and had been discharged from hospital.
Melamine was first found in baby milk powder made by the Sanlu Group. In total, melamine has been found in products made by 22 companies, including Yili.
Suppliers are believed to have added melamine, a banned chemical normally used in plastics, to diluted milk to make it appear higher in protein.
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Melamine.
Sounds familiar.
I checked, that was the chemical in Chinese food products that caused last year the biggest recall of pet food.
Many dogs died. I recall it was imported via Canada.
Someone is going to be shot, and the widow presented with the bill for the bullet. I am sure that milk was meant for overseas and not local consumption.
The Chinese —they can’t make their food safe, yet they want to Drill off Florida’s coast for Cuba — and we - with our safety record can’t!! Thanks Dems — good job!!!
Is that wrong?
Same treatment for CEO, CFO, Board of Directors... and Senate committees involved with Fanny and Freddy. Anyone that received a bonus...
Can someone please tell me how melamine is being “accidently”
put into food products. I thought the Chinese were the Wonders of Wisdom.
Population control....
Melamine is a chemical that gives a false high protein reading during testing and allows the perps to get away with watering down milk and etc.
Evil greedy bast*rds!!!
It wasn’t enough to kill cats and dogs in the US. Oh, no.
Now they are killing their own babies!! They knew what they were doing!!!! No Excuse!!!!
And we have our own kind of evil greedy bast*rds, don’t we?
Come, Lord Jesus, Come Soon!!!!
Wrongo! My relatives in Hong Kong said all the packaging showed Chinese labels and the milk products were available in upscale grocery stores throughout China and Hong Kong. Talk about killing off the bourgeoisie (a longtime goal of Mao’s).
Many countries in the area have tariffs on non-native dairy products.
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Yep, the authorities will shoot a few people until the next time it’ll be over
And with China, you have to use the X10 factoring, they report 10% of reality.
I guess we bombed the wrong baby milk factory.
Sort of ironic how the Chinese kept blaiming Western companies for not doing quality control on their Chinese suppliers for food items.
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