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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:22 PM Original message |
FDA Allows Melamine In Infant Formula |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. That stuff will pass through adults, but isn't there a risk it'll clog babies' kidneys? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Not at 1 ppm. And not without the simultaneous presence of cyanuric acid, too. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is how corporations work. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well add that to another thing Obama will have to fix when he starts |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. why not breast feed and skip the toxic forumula? nt |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Many people can't. Gotta get back to work, to survive, to enrich corporations. |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. OR, their bodies just can't produce enough to sustain |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. well |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. before formula... |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. that's what i'm talking about |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. not everyone is able to breast feed nt. |
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ebayfool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Not everyone can breast-feed. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Not always an option. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why don't we just shut down all the regulatory agencies and..... |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. Looks like China really does own us! |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. Sick greedy Republican flunkies to China. (nt) |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. Some formula had cyanuric acid, some had melamine. If your child gets both, it gets kidney crystals |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. And if your kid gets two different products, |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. You're missing a couple of salient points here |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. We allow toxins in food, placing profit ahead of safety. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You can't live your life in a chemical free bubble |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. The FDA allows mercury in seafood |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. FDA just recently allowed melamine in food |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. In my latest pro med email |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. When asked the FDA could not provide sources for it's reasoning that the 'safe' amount is safe |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. it's added |
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More_liberal_than_mo (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Is our own FDA trying to poison us all? |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. yep |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 06:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. most assuredly. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
27. Outrageous. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
30. The FDA: Protecting Corporations from filthy, worthless people for four decades. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
31. Let's see what the "Free Market" says about that. |
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