[BykrBayb]

It's a shame this article has to be exerpted. Every word is worth reading.

Here's another sample:

Hong Kong television broadcasts and newspapers were full of lurid accounts today of pigs staggering around with blood pouring from their bodies in Gaoyao and neighboring Yunfu, both in Guangdong Province. The Apple Daily newspaper said that as many as 80 percent of the pigs in the area had died, that panicky farmers were selling ailing animals at deep discounts and that pig carcasses were floating in a river.

I hope they're not selling those ailing pigs to us.

[Cyropaedia]

Just ban all food imports from China.

[Global2010]

/Luau

[Malsua]

Having spent plenty of time in the Guangdong province, I suspect the pollution has severely weakened the immune systems of these animals as well as the locals. This will ultimately lead to some massive die-offs. Lets just hope the die-off doesn’t make it to our shores.

[metmom]

Sounds more viral than melamine poisoning.

Great.

[darth]

Sounds like it could be Ebola or some or other hemoragic (sp?) virus. The Chinese better start applying some of their newfound wealth to better environmental and health issues before they de-populate their own country.

[redgolum]

That sounds familiar (grew up as the son of a hog farmer). I should know some of those symptoms, but can’t quite place it.

If I have time, I will call my Dad tonight and see if he knows.