Melamine Fuss

Here's attachment i received from emails about melamine threat....don't know how true the info about the product involved but it's good to know melamine catastrophe effects.....

China milk poisoning incidents make everyone afraid to look at the daily news report. Every day, the reports are changing. No one can clearly tell us what to eat and not to eat.

1. What really is poisoned milk
It is the milk powder mixed with "MELAMINE"
What is Melamine use for… ..It is an industrial chemical use in the production of melawares.
It is also used in home decoration. "US resistant board"
Melamine is use in industrial production and it cannot be eaten.


2. Why is Melamine added in milk powder

The most important nutrient in milk is protein. And Melamine has the same protein that contains "NITROGEN".

Adding Melamine in milk reduces milk content and it is cheaper then milk so it lowers capitalization.It can give the business man more profit! Melamine doesn't it look like milk it doesn't have any smell, so cannot be detected.

3.When was it discovered
Year 2007 US cats and dogs died suddenly, they found that pet food from China contains Melamine.
Starting 2008 in China, abnormal increase of infant cases of kidney stones.
In August 2008 China Sanlu Milk Powder was tested with Melamine….
Sept. 2008 New Zealand government has asked China to check this problem…
Sept. 21, 2008 lots of food products in Taiwan tested with Melamine

4. What happens when Melamine is digested
Melamine remains inside the kidney. It forms into stones blocking the tubes. Pain will be eminent and person cannot urinate. Kidney will then swell.

Although surgery can remove can remove the stones, it will cause irreversible damage to kidney.It can lead to loss of kidney function and will require kidney dialysis or lead to death because of uremia. What is dialysis In fact, it should be called "blood washing" It is filtering all of the body's blood into the machine and then go back to the body.
The whole process takes 4 hours and it is necessary to dialysis once for every 3 days for the rest of your life. Here is a dialysis center....
Large dialysis center....
A small hole is required in the arm to insert the sub-dialysis catheter.
Why is it more serious in babies. Because the kidney is very small and they drink a lot of milk powder.Here is a baby undergoing dialysis.
China currenty has 13,000 infants hospitalized
It does not matter how much a human being took Melamine. The important point is "It cannot be EATEN!"

5.What are the foods to be avoided?
Foods that contain dairy products should be avoided.
Remember: Foods with creamer or milk should be avoided.


6.Which companies are affected
Hereunder are the companies affected with Melamine.

7.What do we do next

Avoid the above foods for at least six months.If you have snack bar, restaurant or coffee shops. Stop selling dairy products for the meantime.If you have infants at home, change to mother's milk or find other substitutes. Finally, share this information with friends so they will understand the risk of milk poisoning.

8. Official test failures of the 2008 Chinese milk scandal