Four years to Save the Earth.

"Barack Obama has only four years to save the world. That is the stark assessment of Nasa scientist and leading climate expert Jim Hansen who last week warned only urgent action by the new president could halt the...

Got Milk?

The milk scandal in China, still reads like a horror story. Six babies poisoned and dead, 300,00 thousand babies still critically ill and grieving mothers crying at their precious baby's death beds. The poisonous...

China Dairy Boss Pleads Guilty in Melamine Case

The trial of the chairwoman of the now bankrupt Sunlu Group, a Chinese company at the centre of the tainted milk scandal, started today.  Sixty-six year old Tian Wenhua has pleaded guilty to charges of...

Chinese Dairy Bankrupt after Tainted Milk Scandal

Dairy producer Sanlu Group, at the center of a melamine scandal in September which sickened nearly 300,000 and killed at least 6 babies, has filed for bankruptcy. " A court in Shijiazhuang, China, where the company...

Sanlu Group May Be Sold to Competitors

Rival companies in the massive dairy market in the People's Republic may buy out the disgraced Sanlu Company.  The melamine milk scandal has damaged the reputation of the New Zealand based company beyond...

China Protests Milk Import Bans at WTO Meeting More Milk Scandal

With another recall in the melamine contaminated milk scandal coming today, one that found unacceptable levels of melamine in chocolate candies, you would think that the Chinese officials would be offering abject...

The Sunday Soda Menace: The Surprisingly Controversial History of Ice Cream

Photograph of an Early 1900's Soda Fountain, The Library of Congress Despite moving into towards the cooler days of Autumn, our thoughts return to the all too obvious pleasures of ice cream, which we first wrote about here. Surprisingly, the history of ice cream...

China Says More Dairy Makers Have Contaminated Milk

The Chinese tainted milk scandal continues to spread each day. Today the country revealed that the number of dairy producers who have the contaminated milk is even wider than originally thought."China, embroiled in the tainted milk scandal that has killed four babies, said 15...

China detains 22 suspects over melamine mixing

" Police in the Chinese province at the centre of a scandal over tainted milk powder have detained 22 people suspected of involvement in introducing the chemical melamine into the supply chain, state media said on Tuesday. Thousands of children have been hospitalised with...

Asia Food Tainting Spreads, Leading to Recall in USA...NEWYORK TIMES...

"   Products from the Mr. Brown brand in the King Car Food warehouse in Taoyuan, Taiwan. A nondairy creamer  . Published: September 26, 2008 BEIJING — Two weeks after Chinese companies began recalling infant milk formula because of contamination by...

PETA Asks Ben & Jerry's to use Human Milk- YUCK!

" Burlington, Vt. - This morning, PETA dispatched a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of ice cream icon Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace the cow's milk in their products...

PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk

"WATERBURY, Vt. -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a...

Who Said "Cheaters Never Prosper"?

The latest in a long string of counterfeit and tainted products coming from the People's Republic is the poisoned milk.  It's not just in the baby formula, but has spread to yogurt and ice-cream."The...

Media Controls Over China Milk Scandal

The milk scandal in China is gaining more international attention as the situation worsens. Instead of being transparent, the China government started to enforce controls over media reports and broadcasts about the situation. People are starting to be concerned about this...

Fourth baby dies and 12 more people are arrested in China toxic milk scandal

International, especially in Indonesia scares about toxin and dangerous faults in its food and products in China."A fourth baby has died as the horror of China's toxic milk scandal led to 12 more arrests...

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