http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/world/asia/16milk.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin
Chinese Baby Formula Scandal Widens as 2nd Death Is Announced
By JIM YARDLEY
Published: September 15, 2008
BEIJING — China’s Ministry of Health announced on Monday that a second baby had died in recent months and that 1,253 others had been sickened by contaminated milk powder in a widening food safety scandal that has exposed persistent weaknesses in the country’s regulatory system.
More than 340 infants remain hospitalized, including 53 in serious condition. Inspection teams are visiting dairy farms and processing centers in the country’s four main milk-producing provinces to ensure that producers are not violating safety standards.
The Chinese authorities have confirmed that the tainted baby formula was laced with melamine, a chemical additive sometimes used to make plastics and fertilizer. Last year, after thousands of pets became ill in the United States, the same chemical was found in pet food and traced to a Chinese ingredient.
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(First several posts will be out of chronological order. ...just me getting up to speed after an especially large and good batch of writing (and tragic events around the world)
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