Chinese Baby Formula Blamed for Premature Breast Development

There's another health safety concern in China over infant formula. Chinese health officials say they are investigating whether hormones in dairy products are causing baby girls to develop breasts.

Three baby girls from China's Hubei province have started to develop breasts—many, many years too early. They're between just four and 15 months old. China's Health Ministry says it's investigating whether it's because they've all been drinking a particular brand of milk formula.

Tests showed that the babies' hormone levels exceeded those of typical adult women, according to state-run China Daily.

The babies' parents have been advised by their doctors to stop using the milk formula. The formula is produced by Synutra, a NASDAQ-listed company based in eastern Shandong province.

On Tuesday, China's Health Ministry said it had asked Hubei food safety authorities to investigate the cases.

Since the initial three cases, there have been scattered reports of other babies around the country showing signs of sexual prematurity. Those infants have all been taking Synutra products.

The dairy manufacturer insists its infant formulas are safe, saying it does not add hormones to their products.

Despite the reassurance, the company's shares plunged by nearly 27% on Monday. It's Synutra's biggest fall since 2008, when a massive tainted milk scandal embroiled the Chinese dairy industry.

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[alayluya]

what's wrong with early breast development? we all prefer big boobies, right?

[ThySweetAffairs]

 wtf this is bullshit.

[Dontgetyouppl]

That's why breast is best . It's made for human babies ! Dairy is for cows babies ! Yall are turning yall children into fuckin cows !

[real998877]

Nonsense. No conclusions can be drawn when only 3 babies are affected out of millions. Nothing harmful was ever found in Synutra's milk in 2010.

[omfgNstfu]

Oh my?

[giactaudoban]

@mohaghanyfarrjones: very good ! You should go and live in China if you think the pot and the kettle are the same.

[mohaghanyfarrjones]

@giactaudoban Are you fucking kidding me? I'm an American & I know damn well that statement is "The pot calling the kettle black"

[mohaghanyfarrjones]

@chinkratforever Dumb bitch they put hormones in EVERYTHING here! (meat,milk,baby formula,etc) Girls have been going through pre-mature puberty for a long while in the US some as young as three! Go look it up you ignorant racist faggit.

Only difference is, over there in China the ones responsible were put to death.Over here NOBODY is doing a damn thing about it.

[chinkratforever]

vile and disgusting chink rats!!!!! shame on you!!!!

[KatiushaVN4]

Damn China