Possible Cover-up in China Milk Scandal

More babies are getting sick from tainted Chinese milk power. And as the confirmed number of sick continues to rise, some details of the scandal suggest that communist officials may have known about the tainted milk over a month before they notified the public. Here's more:

STORY:
Chinese officials have said that roughly 53,000 children have been affected by drinking tainted baby formula. Over 100 are said to be in critical condition and to date there have been four confirmed deaths.

The poisonous powdered milk was produced by Sanlu Group, one of China's largest dairy distributors. The formula was made toxic by the addition of melamine, a substance used in various plastics and flame retardant materials. Ingestion of melamine has been shown to cause the formation of kidney stones and, in some cases, acute kidney failure.

[Chen Junshi, Researcher, China Center for Disease Control]
"It's much scarier with young infants because their urinary tracts are very narrow, so they are easily blocked, and once they are blocked that leads to acute kidney failure."

The Associated Press reports that Sanlu Group had notified some of its distributors as early as July that some of its milk was tainted and should be pulled from the shelves. There is evidence suggesting that Chinese officials were informed at about the same time. But the contamination was not made public until September 11—over a month later— and that raises questions of negligence and possibly a cover-up.

According to AP, there are retailers with warehouses full of tainted Sanlu milk who have been unable to get refunds from the company.

So far only a small handful of countries--including Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Malaysia--have barred dairy imports from China, but that may change.

With lead in toys, toxic cough syrup, melamine-laced pet food and now melamine-tainted milk powder, questions about China's ability to regulate the safety of its exports loom large.

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[BunnaySango]

China needs to be called onto the carpet and pay for all the people they've made sick with their toxic products. This happens again and again and nobody does anything to make China stop. There needs to be a worldwide boycott of Chinese products until they can prove that they can make safe and healthy products.

[Suzannahdannah07]

I feel horrible for those babies. =[

I hope they get better.

[wagdawgwag]

Was Benzai dubbing that Chinese guy?! o_o

[philmartellus]

really sad for the liitle ones: that they were victims of some peoples greed, incompetence, and unscrupulous drive to make a quick buck with nary a thought for the consequences. Hope the kids that survived are big and healthy now.

[marcusyuguang]

@BunnaySango

Why do Americans keep saying 'I'm getting poisoned by China!', when the people being poisoned are Chinese. You say boycotting Chinese products? Then don't use basically everything in your home. So if less than 0.000000001 percent of China's products are faulty, then you blame the whole of China. This is when the victims aren't even American, but Chinese, and that the people making these products work for 14 hours a day with meagre dollar pays, for you who lazes on your couch.

[GeneralHoohah]

@kounodaisaikou And you NEVER should. Many people in China believe that sadistically torturing animals and chopping them up alive makes the meat tastes better. They actually skin animals while they're alive, after they're beaten and stomped on, and their bones broken. I fucking hate china and don't buy anything made in china. There's a few good people there, but most of them are sadistic savages. Animals have no rights there, and any animal product out of that country comes from torture.

[Bennedro]

eh I came from China, if you do something bad, give a bribe and it'll be fine. Several of my parent's friends are embezzlers lol

HOWEVER this doesn't make China a bad country, it is a big country, few, if not many, of its occupants are corrupt but that doesnt mean rest of the Chinese are monsters.

From what your saying, the babies affected by the tainted milk products are "cockroaches" as well? Blame the select few that did this, not the race.

[mukatsukuful]

these chink fuckers are not even human beings. they are like cockroaches, no rules, no conscience, no moral.