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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 05:57 PM Original message |
Nearly 13,000 Chinese children hospitalized in China Milk Scare |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. The difference is the Chinese truly don't care... |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'll bet the parents care......nt |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Probably.... |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. bullshit. Who told you that, the MSM? They care. In fact what is happening is a perfect example |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. You really believe that don't you? |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. This tragedy happened because they DO have regulations... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Sweet, post from China for us to see...n/t |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
62. Thank you, you aren't an apologist, too many here think the Chinese are blameless and bring |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
67. I don't think people think like that anywhere.. |
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xyouth (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. It will be interesting to see how long it takes for the Chinese to find the |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. omigod. This is awful. |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. According to the story..here is the source........ |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Also, the story states that there have been 40,000 children that |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. that's mind boggling. And how many more haven't been brought in? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Nestle I heard |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Nestle also makes a lot of food products in the US that include milk powder. |
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blue97keet (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. melamine, the stuff in the poison dog food too |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. The government of China sucks. |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. and this is the country Bush thinks is the shiznit |
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Pterodactyl (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
68. That is so true. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. It wasn't that long ago that we had the same problem in this country.... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. GOOD POINT. The difference is regulation. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The sad thing is that if you do a little research, it looks like it |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The free market regulates by death. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. 10% infant mortality rate at the time - a lot of the babies were |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Here is another take on the same story from the BBC...very similiar.. |
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LiberadorHugo (557 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. The Chinese have been rotten to the core for decades. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Gee, not much venom is there with you, "The Chinese have been rotten to the core" |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. How about this blast from the past? |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
32. I wouldn't say the chinese are rotten |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
69. "Chilean refugees in their embassy that they sent to Pinochet's death camps at Uncle Sam's behest" |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. Reminds me of the PBB contamination of milk in the 1970's. |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Someone please explain to me like I'm ten years old... |
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DustyJoe (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. Dang |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
25. 5 years ago |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. Number of kids ill from bad milk surges to 53,000 |
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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
31. BBC: China quality chief resigns over milk |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
34. Hong Kong finds melamine in Nestle milk from China |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. N-E-S-T-L-E-S Nestle make the very best |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Nestle's killing babies again? |
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Stellabella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. You know, that was my first thought too. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. It's a marketing gimmick |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. LOL prize inside... inside your small intestine: "Oh look a giant tumor! YAY!" n/t |
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Tutonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. It'll show up at Walmart. How do you think they keep those prices so |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Yep. |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. WTF ? |
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ticked (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. This is getting ridiculous |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. does anyone know why they put this in products? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. It raises the apparent protein level in testing, makes it easier to adultrate or fake products |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Nitrogen level |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Dumb question: Does this stupid trick EVER work? |
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Loudmxr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. My ex gf was always whinning about how Nestle was evil. I thought it was crap. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Why not blame the Chinese managers (of which 19 have been arrested throughout China) |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Because Nestle has a long history of disregard for the health of children in the developing world |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Of course, the Chinese can do no wrong, how ignorant of me to assume otherwise |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Who said that? Certainly not me. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. What does a company do when under best practices, they have all of the documents, |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I was widely known that product adultration with melamine was a problem. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Oh well, I didn't know until pets started to die, silly me I r uninformed |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Ever heard of the Sanlu Group? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Did I EVER ONCE say Nestle held all of the blame? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. It is Swiss, and part of my ancestry is Swiss, so there, we are perfect |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Nestle violates international law and knowingly kills children. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. (sigh) good day, I am sure your purpose is just, but lecture someone else. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Like I said |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. If you don't like MY view put me on fucking ignore, and then just go to hell |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. A question or maybe a statement... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. She posts with blinders on, and her logic is FAIL |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. 53,000 Sick - 13,000 Still Hospitalized - BBC |
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