It has been over a week since the China tainted milk scandal exposed to the press. The scandal is about that the milk produced by different dairy producers may contain melamine, a compound that is used in making plastics and tanning leather.
According to Bloomberg, the scandal has spreads outside of China, where a girl in Hong Kong got sick (developed kidney stone) due to the drinking of milk made by Yili. The girl is only a three-year-old kid, who has been drinking the milk for the past 15 months.
So far, the milk has caused death of 4 poor child. And the number of people got sick because of the milk powder is over a staggering 12,000 people.
From Bloomberg's news, "China's milk-contamination scandal was exposed on Sept. 11 when the Beijing-based Ministry of Health said it found melamine in baby formula made by Sanlu Group Co., a domestic producer that's 43 percent owned by Auckland, New Zealand-based Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd. It's since widened to include 21 other Chinese dairy producers after tests found the chemical in 69 batches of formula and 24 batches of liquid milk and yogurt......China's three biggest dairy producers by market value -- Yili, China Mengniu Dairy Co. and Bright Dairy & Food Co. -- are among companies whose products contain melamine, according to the government."
China has promised to punish anyone who is responsible for the disheartening problem.
I honestly don't care if those companies earnings will get eroded because of the scandal. I only hope that no more child have to suffer from these irresponsible manufacturers, who have devastated a lot of families and child's future.
