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"More Chinese milk products possibly tainted; 4th infant dies, probe widens; Arrests made, key official fired" by Edward Wong, New York Times News Service | September 19, 2008
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What monsters in this world would allow the poisoning of children for a buck?
Oh, yeah, right.
BEIJING - China's adulterated-milk scandal continued to widen yesterday, as the authorities arrested a dozen people, fired a senior government official, and acknowledged that a wider range of milk products showed traces of a chemical used to disguise its poor quality.
Investigators have discovered traces of melamine, an industrial chemical, in batches of powdered baby formula made by the 22 dairy companies, all of which have said they were recalling their milk products. Producers trying to cut costs often dilute milk with water, which lowers the nutritional content. But the addition of melamine, which is high in nitrogen, helps the milk appear to meet nutrition standards by artificially raising its protein count.
This last paragraph was cut. Why?
Babies drinking the tainted milk over the course of several months can develop kidney stones or suffer kidney failure. Chinese officials said more than 6,200 babies developed kidney stones after drinking Sanlu's baby milk formula, and four have died.
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