Monday, December 1, 2008

China reports huge increase in children sickened by tainted milk (AFP)

A toddler drinking from a bottle. China said Monday that a total of 294,000 children had fallen ill from consuming dairy products tainted with the industrial chemical melamine, with 154 of them still in serious condition.(AFP/File/Mychele Daniau)AFP - China has dramatically raised the tally of children sickened by dairy products laced with the industrial chemical melamine to 294,000, more than five times the original figure.


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