MELAMINE - ADDED TO FOODSTUFFS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS - CAN BE FATAL...





Melamine - added to foodstuffs can cause serious health problems to children...



Melamine - a chemical proven fatal when added to foodstuffs:


A melamine-resin plateMelamine resin or melamine formaldehyde (also shortened to melamine) is a hard, thermosetting plastic material made from melamine and formaldehyde by polymerization. This plastic is often used in kitchen utensils and plates (such as Melmac) and is the main constituent of high-pressure laminates, such as Formica and Arborite, and of laminate flooring. Melamine-resin tile wall panels can also be used as whiteboards. Melamine resin often is used to saturate decorative papers that are directly laminated onto particle board; the resulting panel is often called melamine and commonly used in ready-to-assemble furniture and inexpensive kitchen cabinets.

A melamine-resin ladleA special form of melamine resin is melamine foam, used mainly as an insulating and soundproofing material and more recently as a cleaning abrasive.

Melamine resin utensils and bowls are not microwave safe, as they absorb the microwave radiation and heat up. As with all thermosetting materials, melamine resin cannot be melted and, therefore, cannot be recycled.

This is the chemical that has been added to foodstuffs and milk products in China. Some food products and childrens sweets have been found in a number of countries in recent times.

Four children have died and well over 40,000, perhaps over 50,000 children have become extremely ill through ingesting this product. Many children have developed kidney stones over an unknown period.

It appears that milk had been watered down and the melamine chemical was added to bring the milk product back up to an acceptable but false reading.


A health notice has been issued by food safety officials in New Zealand warning parents not to let their children consume Chinese made 'White Rabbit Creamy Candies', because they contain an acceptably high levels of melamine.

Melamine may cause health problems such as kidney stones; and the NZ health authorities have warned parents to seek medical advice if they are aware that their children have consumed these and similar products.


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THE CHINESE BABY MILK SCANDAL HAS WIDENED AND NOW INVOLVES GLOBAL GIANT SWISS COMPANY NESTLE...

The Chinese baby milk scandal has widened and now involves giant Swiss company, Nestle.

The death toll is now four and the number of ill children exceeds 40,000.

Twelve more people have been arrested and another seventy eight questioned in connection to the scandal.

There have been reports of other milk products being contaminated by melamine in overseas countries, including New Zealand where a number of milk products originating from China have been taken off the shelves after tests have shown they have been contaminated as well, and also in Hong Kong where products have been removed from two supermarket chains.

This scandal has a long way to run, in my opinion, and will continue to harm innocent foreign companies through their association with their guilty Chinese counterparts.

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