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Six Busted in China Milk Scandal

Men nabbed in main dairy region

(Newser) - Six people have been arrested in connection with the tainted milk scandal in China, Reuters reports. The arrests were made in Hohhot, capital of China's main dairy producing region. Thousands of Chinese children have developed kidney problems from drinking milk formula contaminated by melamine. Four have died.

China Sees First Tainted-Milk Lawsuit

Courts have yet to accept case in melamine scandal

(Newser) - Parents of a sick 1-year-old filed the first lawsuit in China's melamine scandal today, reports the Wall Street Journal. The case, yet to be accepted by China's courts, seeks $21,900 from the makers of Sanlu milk powder for expenses related to the kidney stones they say their son developed...

Tainted Tea Pulled in Hong Kong

Latest product recalled for melamine traces

(Newser) - Lipton Milk Tea is the latest product to be recalled in the melamine scare that started with tainted infant formula in China. Unilever is recalling the tea brand from stores in Hong Kong and Macau after finding traces of the industrial chemical in it, CNN reports. Company officials described the...

China Pulls Tainted Candy
 China Pulls Tainted Candy 
Sep 26, 2008 4:09 AM CDT

China Pulls Tainted Candy

Sales of candy made with contaminated milk halted as crisis spreads

(Newser) - Dozens of countries are hopping to get China-made White Rabbit candy off store shelves after the milk-based treat was found to contain melamine, the BBC reports. The company has halted sales worldwide, and issued warnings about candy remaining in stores. The chemical has also been found to have sickened two...

Wet Nurses Milk China's Tainted Formula Crisis

As babies fall ill, the rich turn to a stranger's arms, rented breast

(Newser) - Many Chinese mothers are returning to breastfeeding as infant formula sickens thousands of babies, reports the Wall Street Journal, but in a growing number of wealthy families the breasts are rented. The ancient practice of wet nursing has been reborn, but with a capitalist bent: "Many people look down...

53K Tots Now Sick on Tainted Chinese Formula

PM: manufacturers are 'heartless'

(Newser) - China's quality-control chief has stepped down as the number of Chinese babies reported sickened by contaminated formula has soared to 53,000, CNN reports. Some 13,000 have been hospitalized; 40,000 more have been treated as outpatients. One ill toddler has been reported in Hong Kong. Chinese premier Wen...

China: Tainted Formula Hits 13K Babies

(Newser) - The number of Chinese babies hospitalized with kidney problems after drinking contaminated milk formula has skyrocketed to 13,000, the country's health ministry said today —more than double previous estimates of 6,000. Four children have died so far, AFP reports, in the outbreak blamed on melamine, the same...

Chinese Recall Milk as Tainting Scandal Spreads

Melamine found in 10% of milk from top dairies; massive recalls begin

(Newser) - Milk from some of China's biggest dairies has been found to contain poisonous melamine, prompting authorities to clear shelves of dairy products, in addition to the earlier recall of tainted infant formula, the BBC reports. A watchdog group found the banned chemical in 10% of samples from three dairies, including...

Toxic Milk Poisons 6,000 Babies
 Toxic Milk Poisons 6,000 Babies 
Sep 17, 2008 3:48 AM CDT

Toxic Milk Poisons 6,000 Babies

Outrage over escalating scandal as 3 die

(Newser) - The toll from contaminated infant formula in China continues to mount alarmingly, with more than 6,000 babies poisoned and at least three killed, reports the BBC. Another 158 are suffering from acute kidney failure. The chemical melamine—which caused widespread pet deaths in contaminated food last year—has now...

Tainted Baby Formula Kills 2 in China

Dairy farms probed after banned toxic found in milk powder

(Newser) - Two Chinese babies have died, 53 are in serious condition and 1,253 others are sick from widespread milk powder contamination, the New York Times reports. The baby formula laced with melamine—the same additive behind last year’s US pet-food recall—was recalled just last week by Sanlu Group,...

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