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Sep 21, 2008

Nearly 53,000 Chinese children sick from milk

The number of children in China sickened by dairy products tainted with the banned industrial chemical melamine has jumped to nearly 53,000, the government said Sunday as it vowed to crack down on those responsible for one of China's worst food safety scandals in years. More than 80 percent of the 12,892 children hospitalized in recent weeks were 2 years old or younger, the Health Ministry said in a statement posted on its Web site late Sunday. Four children have died and 104 of the hospitalized children are in serious condition.

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Sep 22, 2008
 
Sounds like the government did something.

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Sep 22, 2008
 
China must make a stand on this and make sure that everyone involved is made an example of.

That includes the FAT CATS AT THE TOP IN PARTICULAR.
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Sounds like the government did something.

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i know china has a population problem,,,,, and if the government have done something to these poor babies,,, they need to be shot!!!
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stacked and proud wrote:
i know china has a population problem,,,,, and if the government have done something to these poor babies,,, they need to be shot!!!
You have a distorted view.
The Government wants to shoot the greedy saboteur
who mixed the milk with melamine.

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I can see no reason why you would have melamine
in a baby milk factory.

Interestingly enough, according to Wikipedia seems that this is the same chemical that was discovered in the pet food we had last year.

It seem plausible that someone is either using melamine has a filler with gluten to stretch the supply or somebody has made a very dire mistake.
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Sep 22, 2008
 
Isn't it amazing the damage and suffering we humans bring upon ourselves for the almighty smucking dollar!
HATE AMERICA - VOTE OBAMA

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In China, heads will roll or people will commit suicide from this. In America, people who sack companies (like the Democrats and NOBAMA's friends did with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) simply get big bonuses when they quit and then get another high-paying job elsewhere. Bankrupt AIG is handing out 25 billion dollars in bonuses... hunh???? Politicians like from both parties are guilty of turning a blind either or being directly involved. Time they a pay, take back their homes, fire them, take back their bonuses... they are not worthy of our trust. Tar and feather them, they are pariahs and should be treated as such.

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OMG thoes poopr babies and parents. Speedy recovery to them all. Glad I live in the US. NOW DO WE THIMK IMPORTING FROM cHINA IS A BAD IDEA?

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And some people want to import more and more crap from China....Is it worth the price?
I don't think so.
Buy American made products as much as possible.

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Those poor babies.

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Leave it to the Chinesse to screw up their children.
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Sep 22, 2008
 
Their dog food sickened my two dogs with the same ingredient in it (remember the dog food incident two years ago?). I just can't believe China and their lack of respect for life in general. These are their very own, their future....and they are killing them for what reason?????? This is all beyond me.
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stacked and proud wrote:
i know china has a population problem,,,,, and if the government have done something to these poor babies,,, they need to be shot!!!
No early retirement and golden parachute for this guy.

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July 10, 2007 - The former head of China's Food and Drug Administration was put to death Tuesday for approving untested medicines. The incident highlights a series of environmental and industrial scandals in China, and growing pressure on the government to make changes.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php...
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Dave Dischord wrote:
Those poor babies.
Well, it's certainly not the most "kid friendly" place in the world.
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"BEIJING, May 21 — An intensive campaign to enforce strict population-control measures, including forced abortions, prompted violent clashes between the police and local residents in southwestern China in recent days, witnesses said Monday, describing the latest incident of rural unrest that has alarmed senior officials in Beijing."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/world/asia/...
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Sep 22, 2008
 
Looks like China's finally seeing the horrible repercussions caused by poor quality inspections.

I'm not saying I don't feel sorry for the babies affected by these horrible factories because I do feel sorry for them. I do however NOT feel sorry for the people who have been causing these poor quality decisions.

Karma will bite you in the ass every time and it hurts worse when your innocent children are the ones suffering from your poor decisions.
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If you believe that only 4 kids have died from this carp, I got a bridge to sell you.

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HATE AMERICA - VOTE OBAMA wrote:
In China, heads will roll or people will commit suicide from this. In America, people who sack companies (like the Democrats and NOBAMA's friends did with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) simply get big bonuses when they quit and then get another high-paying job elsewhere. Bankrupt AIG is handing out 25 billion dollars in bonuses... hunh???? Politicians like from both parties are guilty of turning a blind either or being directly involved. Time they a pay, take back their homes, fire them, take back their bonuses... they are not worthy of our trust. Tar and feather them, they are pariahs and should be treated as such.
If you are so smart (which it very well seems you are), can I ask why is it "Vote Obama" is in you name rather than "Vote McCain". Is Obama the worse of two evils?
C'MON PEOPLE! VOTE INDEPENDENT!!!

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RACE wrote:
If you believe that only 4 kids have died from this carp, I got a bridge to sell you.
I think it was 4 in the US. China will never give a truthful answer. I am with you, this is so sad.
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Sep 22, 2008
 
Mad Dog USN wrote:
I can see no reason why you would have melamine
in a baby milk factory.
Interestingly enough, according to Wikipedia seems that this is the same chemical that was discovered in the pet food we had last year.
It seem plausible that someone is either using melamine has a filler with gluten to stretch the supply or somebody has made a very dire mistake.
It's no mistake. It's basically caused by crooks out to make a profit through illegal means.

They need to be brought to justice and made an example of.
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Orthopod1 wrote:
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I think it was 4 in the US. China will never give a truthful answer. I am with you, this is so sad.
No babies died in the US.
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