My Succes Life: Chinese children sickened by milk powder

Monday 22 September 2008

Chinese children sickened by milk powder

I see a serious problem in Chinese country , it is about milk powder. It said that nearly 53,000 Chinese children sickened by milk powder. It is a very sad news I ever heard. How can it happens ?
From today's news on Yahoo I looked that Nearly 53,000 children in China have been sickened by milk powder contaminated by an industrial chemical, the government said Monday, dramatically ramping up its previous figures.
A total of 52,857 children had been brought to hospitals after falling ill, an official in the health ministry spokesman's office told AFP.
Melamine, which is normally used in making plastics, was first found in infant formula in Chinese markets but has since been detected in a wide range of products with dairy ingredients both in China and abroad.
The scandal stems from the practice of adding melamine to watered-down milk to give it the appearance of higher protein levels.
The discovery has led to mass product recalls both in China and in several other countries that had imported the tainted goods.
The Chinese government also has announced tighter quality inspections across the dairy sector

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