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How Cheap Powder Turned China's Baby Milk Into a Killer
How Cheap Powder Turned China's Baby Milk Into a Killer
A trusted national brand sold infant formula at roughly half the market price and yet the cheapness hid a deadly shortcut: industrial melamine sold in 25-kg bags was added to milk to fake protein tests, sickening nearly 290,000 children and killing six. How did scrap melamine and cyanuric acid from Hebei farms become kidney-crystal makers in infants - and why did warnings go unheeded?
In this episode, we trace the supply chain from small farms and milk collection stations to Sanlu, outline how melamine fooled protein assays, and follow…
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