China is having some issues. While the Beijing Olympics were pretty much a hit, they were critiqued for subjecting a young girl to the harsh reality of the entertainment industry (re: lipsyncing) and also for their highly shady documentation of their national gymnastics team. Their human rights practices in Tibet are a national tragedy. We here in the States are pretty upset over their tainted dog and cat foods which are poisoning our pets. I'm sure the Communists are upset that they can't just make us all shut up, because the sh*t has really hit the fan over there now. Tainted baby formula has been found in Chinese homes and has contributed to acute kidney failure in as many as 158 babies. The total number of babies sick from a poisonous additive - melamine - in the formula has risen to 6,244.
Melamine, an industrial chemical usually used in non-food products like fertilizer, glue and flame retardants, was the chemical that was found in the poisonous pet food that gave us a big scare earlier this year and led to the deaths of more than 8,000 pets.
Sanlu, the parent company of the tainted milk powder suppliers, has seen 22 of their brands contaminated with melamine, mostly in the Gansu province of China (picture above).
China (no matter what they think) is still a developing nation and does not have the regulatory controls set in place to oversee all the milk formula factories. It's like Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" over there. My opinion of China and their governmental policies is clear - they have changes to make and those changes will cost them their status if they do not give freedom to their people.
"Authorities are bracing for possible long-term effects from the children's exposure to tainted milk, and pledging free health care for the affected children, many of whom live in poor rural areas where families are less able to afford imported milk brands. Many of the children are suffering from kidney stones, which otherwise rarely occur in infants"
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