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US parents want answers after China milk scare(adopted babies w/ kidney stones)
WP ^ | 01/02/09 | DEANNA MARTIN

Posted on 01/05/2009 11:22:22 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster

US parents want answers after China milk scare

By DEANNA MARTIN

The Associated Press

Friday, January 2, 2009; 1:58 PM

-- Beth Flanders was on her way to China to adopt her 17-month-old daughter in September when she received a warning from her adoption agency: An industrial chemical that can cause kidney stones had been found in Chinese baby formula, and parents should not feed it to their new children.

Flanders' daughter had no symptoms. But in November, an ultrasound revealed two kidney stones, which are unusual in children. Now the Los Angeles-area nurse wonders if melamine is to blame.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adoption; china; kidneystone; kidneystones; melamine

1 posted on 01/05/2009 11:22:23 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; maui_hawaii; Jeff Head; Tainan; hedgetrimmer; Unam Sanctam; taxesareforever; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 01/05/2009 11:22:58 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Our friends, the Chinese.


3 posted on 01/06/2009 2:36:49 AM PST by gridlock (QUESTION AUTHORITY)
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To: gridlock

The Chinese make cheap crap and poison us, our dogs and our children...brought to us by the US globalists and poor trade policies. We must push for country of origin labeling (cool).


4 posted on 01/06/2009 5:11:24 AM PST by bronxboy
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