3 babies dead, more than 6,000 ill in China milk scandal

Three babies died, 158 are in hospital with acute kidney failure and thousands of others fell ill after drinking tainted milk in China, Health Minister Chen Zhu said on Wednesday.




Giving the government's first detailed account of a scandal that erupted last week over milk powder contaminated with a chemical used to make plastics, Chen said 6,244 babies had fallen ill after consuming the product.




While many of those had recovered, 1,327 remained in hospital and 158 of those were suffering from acute kidney failure, Chen told reporters.




Three babies had died, he said, updating the previous toll by one.




The head of China's quality watchdog body, Li Changjiang, told the press conference that 22 companies nationwide were found to have produced the milk powder that contained melamine.




Melamine is normally used for making plastics and glues, but authorities have said it was put into the milk powders to make it appear the product had more protein.




The industrial chemical is being blamed for causing kidney stones in the affected babies, a condition that is rare in infants but which causes a range of health risks.




Babies have reportedly been taken to hospital unable to pass urine and suffering severe vomiting.




The scandal is the latest to rock China's food industry, which has been tarnished by a series of health scares over dangerous products, some of which have been exported.

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[avntz1]

communist china never admits wrong doing.

always liar,hide, cover up,cheat,corruption....to them nothing wrong with tainted milk ,maybe something wrong with the babies,that why they died.

Chinese should kick their communist gov out.

[bluebirdkid2000]

CNN is biased? how come? CHINA INVENTED CIVILISATION IN THE EAST BUT AS WELL AS IT INVENTED CORRUPTION FOR ALL OF THE HUMAN CIVILISATION BECAUSE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IS THE REAL CANCER OF OUR WORLD IT IS A VERY BIG FACTORY OF DEADLY PRODUCTS LET THIS BE A LESSONS TO ALL THE CONSUMERS ALL OVER THE GLOBE LET US STOP BUYING CHINESE PRODUCT

[iZMuSiCFoELiFe]

Poor Babies :'(

[andyhwang2009]

These poison products are made by American companies in China , not made by Chinese companies.

[tiwschiq]

This is another one-sided video report about China! Open your mind people!

[Han08Seokkyu]

ccp is killing chinese babies.

coz they must decrease the huge population.xp

[dakarateboi]

china1fan: you are an example of stupidity!

[LAvietguy]

wow! u are an idiot.

[dakarateboi]

Communist Chinese cheated Chinese that they love Chinese so very much, but they killed a lot of Chinese babies by poisonous toys, tainted milk, fake toothpastes and drugs, contaminated materials..Still a lot of Communist crimes are hiding in secret by Communist government.