Chinese Milk Tainted with More than Just Melamine Medical Video by Public Health

Chinese Milk Tainted with More than Just Melamine

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CHAN: And now for an update on China's poisonous milk scandal. The poisons in some milk might not be just from pure melamine, but actually from melamine scrap that has other chemicals in it. Melamine is a nitrogen-rich chemical. It is normally used for processing products like plastic, glue, textiles, flame-retarding agents and rubber antioxidants. It does not have any nutritional value, but it can be added to milk or animal feed to make it look like it has more protein when tested. By itself, however, melamine is not toxic in low doses, so it's still not clear how the tainted milk has caused kidney stones and kidney failure in thousands of babies. But melamine scrap—which is a leftover by-product of processing coal into melamine—may contain more than just melamine itself. Because of the way it's processed, it can also have residue from toxic chemicals like urea, ammonia, acetic acid, and sodium nitrite in it—and this may be why it's been so toxic for so many children.