BBC: Chinese baby milk toll escalates (22 brands involved. 3 dead, 6,200 ill)

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Source: BBC News

Page last updated at 03:16 GMT, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 04:16 UK

Chinese baby milk toll escalates

More than 6,200 babies have fallen ill after
drinking milk made from contaminated powder,
Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu has announced.

The figure is five times higher than previously
announced.

Mr Chen said a third baby had now died - with
the latest fatality occurring in the Zhejiang
province of eastern China.

Chinese state television reported that the
chemical melamine had been found in 22 brands
of powder - not one as previously thought.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7620253.stm