Sunday, January 4, 2009

Melamine milk

Melamine milk killed six babies and left another 294,000 suffering kidney and urinary troubles.

In all, 22 Chinese dairy firms were found to have sold tainted milk, and the government last week ordered them to pay $160 million (S$230.2 million) in compensation to the families of babies that died or fell ill.

The families and their lawyers criticised the sum as woefully inadequate, with some parents set to only receive about 300 dollars.