Can it happen in a McCain deregulated America? Tainted Chinese Milk Leaves 6,200 Babies Sick, 3 Dead

[gatorboy]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/17/tainted-chinese-milk-leav_n_127087.html

BEIJING — More than 6,200 babies have been sickened by tainted milk formula and dozens of infants are suffering from acute kidney failure, China's health minister said Wednesday as the death toll rose to three children.

Health Minister Chen Zhu said he expected the numbers of affected babies to increase as "more and more parents take kids to the hospital."

Meanwhile, the head of China's quality control watchdog agency, Li Changjiang, said that 5,000 inspectors will be dispatched nationwide to monitor companies after government testing showed that 20 percent of the companies producing milk powder had dairy products with melamine.

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Suppliers to the dairy companies are believed to have added the banned chemical, normally used in plastics, to watered-down milk to make it appear higher in protein. Inspectors will now start testing for melamine in all dairy products, Li said.

[tblue]

1. Yes! Absolutely! De-regulation = No law = Lawless = No protection

Hang that albatross around McLiar's neck. McLiar is BAD for babies!!!

[magellan]

2. It's already happened to our pet food, so yes.

With Republican-style regulation and oversight of imports this can easily happen here.

[LostinVA]

3. That's the exact same shit they poisoned our pets with