Melamine Contaminated Milk

Posted in Science at 10:00 am by David Bradley -- 20 Comments; add yours  

chinese-boyA brief summary and update to the Sciencebase original posts on Melamine in Milk and Melamine Scandal Widens.

Dairy farmers have been feeling the squeeze for years, particularly in parts of the world where technological advancement has been slow in coming and so their profit margins on their milk output have not been lifted by improved efficiency. In order to boost profits milk has been diluted. However, …

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Melamine Scandal Widens

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chinese-babyFour infants in China have died and at least 53,000 are reportedly ill, many seriously so, having been fed milk powder contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine. A three-year old girl in Hong Kong is also ill, but has now been released from hospital, she was the first reported case outside mainland China. Major formula milk producer Nestle says none of its products in China has been contaminated with melamine, …

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Melamine in Milk

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melamine-structure-3DUPDATE: Melamine Milk Update, January 22, 2009

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Several thousand babies in China became ill, having suffered …

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