Daily Archives: October 9, 2008

Hey! How’d that melamine end up in my milk?

Over 10,000 Chinese children were sickened after drinking milk powder contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical used in products including plastics, paint and adhesives. Melamine is added to milk – or fed to animals used for food and milk – to raise the protein content in foods. It can cause major kidney problems in both [...]

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