Comments on: A New Culprit in China’s Tainted Milk Saga: Gut Bacteria http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/13/a-new-culprit-in-chinas-tainted-milk-tragedy-gut-bacteria/ A science salon hosted by National Geographic Magazine Thu, 23 May 2013 23:55:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2-alpha By: Lindum http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/13/a-new-culprit-in-chinas-tainted-milk-tragedy-gut-bacteria/#comment-44474 Lindum Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:42:01 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151921#comment-44474 The companies that introduced the melamine did so because they knew that it masked the protein tests, enabling them to cheat by watering down the milk. As to whether they knew it was harmful: they didn’t care. This is a typical cultural attitude found in Asia and especially in China – if it’s not harming my family – why do I care? The Chinese will put anything in food in the name of profit. By the way, even when they found out it was damaging children – they still continued to do it.

]]> By: volannteer http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/13/a-new-culprit-in-chinas-tainted-milk-tragedy-gut-bacteria/#comment-40937 volannteer Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:43:38 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151921#comment-40937 The Chinese additives killed my cat in 2007. I still miss her, still feel angry for her suffering and death. I can’t imagine how I would feel if my baby had died because of ignorance and greed. It is good to know parents are taking necessary precautions to take care of their babies. I suggest they keep them away from lead paint too. That means toys and jewelry. My pets no longer get the brand of food (Eucanuba) which poisoned my cat and I no longer buy things manufactured in China. Brother, that is one difficult goal!

]]> By: Martyn Cornell http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/13/a-new-culprit-in-chinas-tainted-milk-tragedy-gut-bacteria/#comment-40266 Martyn Cornell Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:46:43 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151921#comment-40266 It’s not just in Australia that mainland Chinese buy baby formula because they don’t trust their own manufacturers. In Hong Kong, buyers are now restricted to two timns of baby milk at a time, because mainlanders were buying it in vast quantities and taking it back across the border.

]]> By: Isabel de Castro http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/13/a-new-culprit-in-chinas-tainted-milk-tragedy-gut-bacteria/#comment-40149 Isabel de Castro Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:05:45 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151921#comment-40149 I like the story. You’ve summarized the findings perfectly. I am going to follow your blog because I like the way you write.

]]> By: Virginia Hughes http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/13/a-new-culprit-in-chinas-tainted-milk-tragedy-gut-bacteria/#comment-40137 Virginia Hughes Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:03:44 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151921#comment-40137 Hi Erica,

Thanks for reading. You’re right, and thanks for pointing it out here. I just didn’t feel like that extra detail was necessary in the text, so I wrote “artificially boost” as a shortcut. Cheers

]]> By: Erica Mitrano http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/13/a-new-culprit-in-chinas-tainted-milk-tragedy-gut-bacteria/#comment-40133 Erica Mitrano Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:29:08 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=151921#comment-40133 Interesting story. But there’s an error in paragraph three: Melamine is not a protein, so it can’t “boost the protein content.” Instead, it was used to boost the nitrogen content, where nitrogen tests were used as a quick-and-dirty surrogate for protein tests.

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