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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Animals Sick From Chinese Milk

Health & Wellness (tags: Animals, China, sickness, poison, milk, health )

Maryann
- 52 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk

Two baby orang-utans and a lion cub have become the latest victims of China's contaminated milk crisis. The animals, at at Hangzhou Zoo near Shanghai, developed kidney stones after being fed milk powder tainted with the industrial chemical me

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Suzanna van der Voort (131)

Friday September 26, 2008, 3:15 am
Quote: Melamine, an industrial chemical used in making plastics, has been found in a growing range of Chinese dairy products.

"The head of China's food authority has been forced to resign and the government has promised to tighten up its safety standards."

The promise of the government of China...?? Their promise is as empty as usual. Stop buying their products, until they show the entire world that they are become a civilized nation with respect for people and their fellow species!!

Thanks Maryann!