Word: kidneys
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...That, in brief, could describe the Chinese Product Safety Scandal of 2008. As early as January, infants in China raised on Sanlu brand baby formula began developing kidney problems, and parents raised complaints that were ignored by company and local government officials. When the news finally broke in September, tests found four infants had died and more than 60,000 were sickened from formula tainted with melamine, a chemical used in plastics that can make the protein content of milk - and many other food products - appear higher, and, when consumed, can also cause kidney failure. Expanded inspections found traces...
...Wednesday night faded into indistinguishable chatter, the concertgoers left the hall assured that American-born conductor James Levine was back and had sent the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 128th season off to a rousing start.Levine ascended the podium for the first time after undergoing surgery for kidney cancer. Baton in hand, he bowed his shock of wiry gray hair to acknowledge the standing audience’s warm reception. Earlier that day, Levine told the Associated Press that his doctors caught the cancer in its early stages and that he will need no further treatment. Once...
...Rising demand contributed to the crisis, experts say. Melamine, which is used to make plastics and is banned from food because it causes kidney stones, was added to boost the apparent protein content of milk that was increasingly scarce and of poor quality. "Demand was outstripping supply so rapidly in the market that [producers] tried every way to increase supply," says Philippe Chan, Asia manager for Canadean, a beverage industry research firm. "That resulted in lots of raw milk not being not stringently controlled...
...prototype right now is devised to test for glucose and protein in urine, which are indicators of kidney failure in diabetes,” Martinez said. “We’re hoping to move into much more specific assays...
...supervisors before this whole thing happened?" Zhang's 19-month-old daughter, who had been fed one of the brands on the government's blacklist of tainted products, had to undergo testing after traces of blood were found in her urine, a possible indication that she might have developed kidney stones caused by the addition of the chemical additive melamine. Zhang said he didn't hold grudges against any individual officials but rather the "collective moral corruption of the producers...