POISONED MILK

Recently a scandal about poisoned milk reared its ugly head in China. Milk and powder milk was mixed with Melamine. This is an industrial chemical used in the production of Melawares. It is also used in home decoration and the production of furniture.

Why is Melamine added in milk powder? The most important nutrient in milk is protein. And Melamine has the same protein that contains "NITROGEN". Adding Melamine in milk reduces milk content and it is cheaper then milk so it lowers capitalization. It can give the business man more profit, it doesn't have any smell, so cannot be detected.

In 2007 cats and dogs died suddenly, they found that pet food from China contains Melamine. Starting 2008, in China , an abnormal increase in infant cases of kidney stones was discovered. In August 2008 China Sanlu Milk Powder tested with Melamine. In September 2008 the New Zealand government asked China to check this problem and in Taiwan many food products tested with Melamine.

Melamine remains inside the kidney. It forms into stones blocking the tubes. Pain will be eminent and person cannot urinate. Kidney will then swell. Although surgery can remove the stones, it will cause irreversible kidney damage.  It can lead to loss of kidney function and will require kidney dialysis or lead to death because of uremia. Dialysis in fact should be called "blood washing", it is filtering all of the body's blood into the machine and then go back to the body. The whole process takes 4 hours and it is necessary to dialysis once every 3 days for the rest of your life. It is more serious in babies because the kidneys are very small and babies drink a lot of milk powder.

China currenty has 13,000 infants hospitalized. It does not matter how much Melamine a human being took. The important point is "It cannot be EATEN!"

Many international brands have suffered damage through the use of milk powder from China: Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Unilever, Nestle, Maxwell House to mention some. Many products were hastily taken of the shelves of supermarkets as soon as the scandal broke.