A friend, Ka Bernie of PICPA-Riyadh/BBMC, forwarded me an e-mail with a Subject: Must Know for Your Own Safety - China Poisoned Milk.

I was impressed with the quality of the information provided that I am posting it here for the benefit of all Expat Pinoys, Kababayans, and the general public who may happened to visit my blog.

Thanks to the one who created this e-mail. You really made a great service for creating this melamine information campaign. As you wished, it is shared here at expatpinoy.com without changes.

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1. What really is poisoned milk?

It is the milk powder mixed with “MELAMINE”

What is Melamine use for? It is an industrial chemical used in the production of melawares.

It is also used in home decoration like “U.S. resistant board”.

Do you understand? Melamine is used in industrial production? It cannot be eaten?

2. Why is Melamine added in milk powder?

The most important nutrient in milk is protein and Melamine has the same protein that contains “NITROGEN”.

Adding Melamine in milk reduces milk content and it is cheaper than milk so it lowers capitalization. It can give the business man more profit! Below is Melamine. Doesn’t it look like milk? It doesn’t have any odor hence cannot be detected?

3. When was it discovered?

Year 2007? U.S.’ cats and dogs died suddenly, they found that pet food from China contains Melamine.

Starting 2008 in China, an abnormal increase on cases of kidney stones on infants.

August 2008 in China, Sanlu Milk Powder tested with Melamine

Sept. 2008, New Zealand government asked China to check this problem.

Sept. 21, 2008, lots of food products in Taiwan tested with Melamine.

4. What happens when Melamine is digested?

Melamine remains inside the kidney. It forms into stones blocking the tubes. Pain will be eminent and person cannot urinate. Kidney will then swell.

Although surgery can remove the stones, but it will cause irreversible kidney damage. It can lead to loss of kidney function and will require kidney dialysis or lead to death because of uremia.

What is dialysis? In fact, it should be called “blood washing” it is filtering all of the body’s blood into the machine and then go back to the body.

The whole process takes 4 hours and it is necessary to have dialysis once in every 3 days for the rest of your life?

Here is a dialysis center

Large dialysis center

A small hole is required in the arm to insert the sub-dialysis catheter.

Why is it more serious in babies? Because the kidney is very small and they drink a lot of milk powder.

Here is a baby undergoing dialysis.

China currenty has 13,000 infants hospitalized.

It does not matter how much a human being took Melamine. The important point is “It cannot be EATEN!“

5. What are the foods to be avoided?

Foods that contain dairy products should be avoided.

Remember: Foods with creamer or milk should be avoided.

6. Which companies are affected?

Hereunder are the companies affected with Melamine.

7. What do we do next?

Avoid the above foods for at least six months? If you have snack bar, restaurant or coffee shops, stop selling dairy products for the meantime. If you have infants at home, change to mother’s milk or find other substitutes.

Finally, share this information with friends so they will understand the risk of milk poisoning?

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Again, thanks to the creator of this information campaign and to Ka Bernie for forwarding it to me. Cheers!

This post was submitted by ExpatPinoyAdmin.