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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:08 PM Original message |
3 Million Melamine Tainted Chickens in Our Food Supply |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. It kills pets, but no risk to humans???? Sure. |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. woe to us who fed our animals meat to keep them safe. |
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DawnIsis (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. The FDA already said there has never been a study on melamine and humans so I guess |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. At last, the Colonel's secret recipe is out in the open! n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. What's the concentration? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Among 3 million chickens, that's bound to vary. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. What, then, is the average concentration? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. As far as I've heard, the FDA hasn't made any effort to determine that. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:56 PM Original message |
It's rather important. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. The levels that killed the dogs and cats weren't considered |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. What were the levels in the cats and dogs? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I've never seen a number. All I heard was that melamine, at the levels |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Well then, if melamine's not the agent causing the problem.... n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. It clearly is causing the problem. The newer results -- the animal |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. So then what were the levels? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Why do you keep asking me after I told you I've never seen them? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Because you keep referring to them. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. You're twisting my words. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Well, if somebody wants to know what the health effects are... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I agree. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. He's not really interested in the issue, you know. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Liars. There is no way to determine the health risks, |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. The LD50 for melamine's ~3000 mg/kg |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Yes, we've just had a giant uncontrolled experiment on animals. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. And the people that died were probably elderly, ill, immunocompromised |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Kidney disease is often a long process. More likely they just got somewhat |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Or the ones who already had kidney disease died of kidney failure |
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central scrutinizer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Man, I love globalization |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. Gheesh! |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. yes, last week, last month, last year. It's apparently pretty widespread |
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Lurking Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. There goes the make-your-own pet food argument. |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Yeah, except what the hell do we feed our pets NOW? |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. go organic. you never know what's in baby food. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. The Bush administration wants to basically eliminate organic |
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Lurking Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
47. Are you saying you refuse to buy |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
48. then we will fight it. Lame Duck * admin doesn't have time does it? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Excellent! Solves The Unemployment Problem |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. sonofabitch! |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. Our dogs eat a chicken-based food |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. The problem is, there is usually no labeling - NO way of knowing where the ingredients in your food |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #19 |
50. Go with WELLNESS Venison and Brown Rice. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yeah, sure it's safe. Until the first healthy person |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Kidney disease is rarely so sudden in a healthy person. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. Yeah, I know, they'd be symptomatic. I was just thinking about all the |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's 2,999,999 now |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. there's soon going to be nothing to eat. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. So my kidney hurting me 2 nights ago after eating |
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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
34. Not in my food supply, I don't eat that shit. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Unless you eat no meat, fish, poultry, dairy, eggs, and NO processed foods, |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's to a point that nothing is safe to eat. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
37. Makes me wonder if we just found the cause for the increase in |
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133724 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
43. WTF I just had KFC.....n/t |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Look on the bright side! KFC now has no trans fats!! |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #44 |
52. AND they probably ONLY took out the trans-fat because |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
54. Woo hoo! Free Trade! Yee Haw! De-regulation! |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
55. The Melamine Combines Nicely with the Arsenic they Feed the Chickens! YUM! |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
56. fucking repuke capitalist assholes |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
57. The Melamine Combines Nicely with the Arsenic they Feed the Chickens! YUM YUM YUM! |
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