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CHRISTINE

Tainted Milk Powder

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China: Hundreds of babies fed tainted milk(September 13, 2008 -- Updated 1129 GMT (1929 HKT))

Chinese officials said Saturday that 432 babies now have kidney stones after being fed with contaminated baby milk powder, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

One baby in Gansu province has died as a result of kidney stones related to the milk powder, the news agency said.

"It is a severe food safety accident," senior Chinese health ministry official Gao Qiang told a news conference, in a statement reported by Xinhua.

The manufacturer has already recalled more than 8,200 tons of the tainted formula following reports of babies developing kidney stones, Xinhua said. Sanlu Group, one of China's leading dairy producers, has also sealed off more than 2,100 tons of contaminated product and another 700 tons still need to be recalled, the news agency said.

Testing by Sanlu found melamine in 700 tons of its product, the news agency reported.Zhao told the news agency that the suspects added water to the milk they sold to Sanlu

to make more money, then added the chemical so the diluted milk could still meet standards.

Health experts say ingesting melamine can lead to kidney stones, urinary tract ulcers, and eye and skin irritation.

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Vocabularies

contaminated 受汙染的milk powder 奶粉kidney stones 腎結石recall 回收tainted 受汙染的 ; 有毒的

formula 配方diary 牛奶的 ; 奶製品的seal off 封鎖melamine 三聚氰胺

ingestion 攝取irritation 刺激 ; 發炎 ; 惱怒 ; 疼痛

urinary tract ulcer 尿道潰瘍

suspect 嫌疑犯diluted 稀釋過toxic 有毒的

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Questions

What’s your attitude toward the tainted powder scandal?

Did you found you have eaten anything contaminated by the industrial chemical melamine?

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