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Many people agree that the most powerful nemesis of Mother Nature is progress. Progress has occured to a chain of events involving environmental issues like global warming and the greenhouse effect, the exhaustion of natural resources like minerals and gases, flora, fauna, marine life and the displacement of other living creatures, among others. These human-caused phenomena have resulted in man to explore survival methods at the expense of others.

The whole world was disgusted by numerous infant formula manufacturing companies in China which turned out to be using a harmful chemical in its products, in September 2008. This

news was actually supported evidence, and was not just a marketing ploy by competitor companies.

In December 2008, about 300,000 people, of whom 50,000 were infants, resulted in the death of six of the babies due to the consumption of contaminated milk. It turned out that the milk products were tainted with melamine way beyond the legally allowed amount. The chemical has been said to have been added to milk products to raise its protein content. This chemical is a durable plastic material that was utilized to allow milk manufacturing companies to get the approval of the Chinese government in terms of protein requirements in milk products.

The fact that was more disconcerting was the magnitude of the contamination, not just of milk products but also of other dairy and farm products. In fact, about 20 percent of dairy companies tested in China sold products that were positive of melamine. Animal feeds and meats such as pork, fowl and fish tested positive for the chemical too. However, it was unclear if this was because of the illegal reuse of previously recalled contaminated products which had escaped government scrutiny.

Studies reveal that melamine is the primary cause of kidney problems particularly among children three years old and below, an age bracket where milk consumption is essential for growth and development. Exposure by means of ingestion is said to have increased the occurence of kidney stones and eventually, renal failure. Kids exposed to melamine are 1.7 percent more at risk compared to those who are not. After the finding of the melamine adulterated milk products, 683 children below the age of 3 years old in Beijing were clinically determined to have kidney stones, and this was attributed to the consumption of melamine-tainted formula products. The actual possibility of long-term complications, however, still remain to be not known as cases are still being studied as of this moment.
Melamine is not even the only harmful component of most of these items, so if you have babies and toddlers at home, make sure everything is safe. Toddler beds and cloth diapers are just some of the products you can be at ease with, considering that young children instinctively put things into their mouths as part of their development.

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