Baby Formula Contamination May Be Linked To Pet Food Contamination
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 11:21
in Biology & Nature
A new study in Toxicological Sciences describes the kidney toxicity of melamine and cyanuric acid based on research that was done to characterize the toxicity of the compounds that contaminated pet food in North America in 2007. This research points to a possible link between the pet food contamination that occurred in North America in 2007 and the recent adulteration of milk protein and resultant intoxication of thousands of babies from Asia.
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