Melamine is a synthetic white powder used in plastic making and in fertilizers.
It was first synthesized by a German scientist in the 1830’s. Melamine is used primarily in the manufacture of floor tiles, white boards and commercial filters.
Melamine is marketed under a variety of commercial names used to remove scuff marks and dirt from a range of surfaces. Melamine is also used to produce flame retardant materials such as uniforms worn by firemen.
How did Melamine get in the U.S. food supply?
Melamine was introduced when Chinese dairies began to water down milk to increase its volume. Knowing that the milk would be tested for protein levels by companies who use the milk or milk powder to make products such as baby formula unscrupulous corporations added melamine.
Protein levels in milk and milk powder products are tested by measuring nitrogen levels, adding melamine to milk boosts nitrogen.
The poisoning of Chinese milk products was discovered prior to the Beijing Olympics but was kept quiet as the worlds press did not want to taint the Olympic games. This allowed the tainted milk to travel across China sickening 53,000 children 13,000 of which required hospitalization, four known deaths occurred although the number of actual deaths is likely higher than being reported.
How does melamine harm you?
Because there are no human studies on the effects on melamine the FDA and trade organizations used to shield corporations from liability claim they have no knowledge of melamine being dangerous to humans.
However melamine has proven to cause bladder stones in animals. And when melamine is combined with cyanuric acid, which is often already present in melamine powder, melamine can form crystals that give rise to kidney stones. The melamine can also crystallize in kidney tubes blocking connecting ducts, resulting in kidney damage or renal failure.
As of a month ago 1300 babies in China are hospitalized and suffering from acute kidney failure. All are linked to the consumption of milk products laced with melamine.
Melamine has been introduced into the U.S. food supply
Companies in North America have imported 200 million pounds of Chinese milk powder all which could be laced with melamine. Twenty million pounds by companies in the United States.
The milk powdered is used in a variety of food manufacturing processes. Primarily you will find milk powder used in infant formula, candies, chocolates, and baked goods.
There has been virtually no testing of products imported from China or products made in the United States from the imported milk powder.
Many in the U.S. food industry claim no one wants to rock the boat or upset the public so close to the November elections. Doctors in the United States are reporting they are surprised to see children with kidney stones as young as five or six. These diagnosis Indicate there has been a long term problem with food safety in the United States.
Your child’s Halloween candy may be tainted
There are major concerns about the Halloween candy being sold by major chain stores in the United States. You can go to most any large retailer and find Halloween related candy that was made in China or made with milk powdered imported from China. The problem is none of these stores is willing to conduct any tests to show the product is safe or contaminated with melamine.
Most nations around the world have been pulling products made with imported Chinese milk powder from the shelves but here in the United States little is being done to insure the food supply is safe.
What can I do?
My best advice is first give up any notion of your government or multinational corporations coming to your rescue. Your health and the health of your family is not their primary concern.
I would start by avoiding any candies and confections imported directly form China, the shelves are full of these products. I would also bring these products to the attention of store managers and ask them what they know about melamine poisoning in our food supply and the effect melamine has particularly to the young.
I would also urge you to contact your local media and ask them if they know what melamine is and that it could be in their children’s Halloween candy. Perhaps you could suggest they investigate by buying some samples at the local store and have them tested.
Ultimately the responsibility is ours and we must hold corporations who sell these contaminated products accountable.
Video: Halloween candy may be full of deadly melamine
KWGN News 2 in Denver reports that 25 major metropolitan cities are reporting mood stabilizers, antibiotics, hormones and pain medications are found in the public water.
Pharmaceutical and FDA insiders have confided to Daily Newscaster that the FDA’s clinical review and approval procedure, “does not work.” In candid interviews conducted over the last couple of weeks concerned employees within the FDA and big pharmaceutical cite three major problems all of which have become institutionalized since 9/11.
The first admission FDA sources make, “We do not have good science.”
FDA management cites salary caps placed upon them by Congress are too low to attract and maintain the top scientific talent necessary to conduct competent critical path trials of the multitude of new compounds being submitted. Pharmaceutical company executives confirm the FDA’s lack of scientific understanding, telling us that scientist hired by the FDA cannot comprehend most of the scientific papers presented for drug approvals.
Driven by a lack of knowledge and fear of being wrong the FDA will not allow pharmaceutical companies to explain to physicians’ a drugs side effect prevalence. As a result potential but highly unlikely side effects are added to the warnings associated with any drug approved, causing the public to have a poor understanding of a drugs side effects and the likelihood of occurrence.
One pharmaceutical executive told us, “So for a single medication you may have a warning of nausea and sudden death what that does not tell you is that 30% will experience nausea with .01% at risk of death.”
The second revelation made, “We have no standardized methodology for comparing the final results of our scientific studies.”
There is a real question within the ranks of the FDA on what standards should be adopted for the scientific studies formalized review process. One source says, “For example what are the measures if we have A equals B then approved, if not then we proceed to C. We lack a structured process for making decisions so decisions are being made by a review team … nothing on paper exist that says, this is how we make decisions “
Not having a standardized written review process for decision making means if a new compound is being approved or existing compound needs a safety language update the FDA has no procedure for that.
As a result the risk information now exceeds the amount of time spent on benefit analysis, thus decreasing the relevant understanding of a drug’s effectiveness and decreasing the public’s faith in drugs that are useful while being taken under a doctor’s administration.
The third admission is, “Every aspect of the drug approval process is stymied by a ‘cover your ass’ mentality within the Food and Drug Administration culture.”
A concerned FDA source said, “There has been a stark difference in the level of conservativeness [in the FDA] since 9/11.”
All of the industry and government insiders who spoke to us mentioned that there is an attitude of relying on big brother for everything including that all drugs should be 100% safe all the time and guaranteed by the government.
“Since the attacks on 9/11 the public looks to the government to keep them safe from everything.” , Says an FDA manager.
Our FDA sources also expressed alarm that consumer laws allowing direct public advertising has had a negative effect on the entire drug process and culture of the FDA.
Overall the FDA is concerned about the decrease in the number of innovative medical products being submitted for approval in a time of unprecedented advances in the biomedical sciences.
I am convinced the confidential sources interviewed for this article have a genuine concern for the public health and are troubled about the rising challenges and unpredictability of medical product development.
Clearly the Food and Drug Administration is defunct federal agency that simple does not possess the skills to carry out its regulatory mandates. These confessions only prove further that big centralized government creating massive bureaucracies to oversee virtually every aspect of American life is a complete failure and massive overhauls are required.
Brain cancer in a can or as one singer song writer calls it, Stoopid juice.
Drinking a lot of diet soft drinks lately? Not feeling so well, experiencing headaches, migraines, dizziness, unsteadiness, confusion or memory loss. Concerned about brain tumors, brain lesions and lymphoma?If so you may want to check your favorite soft drink for aspartame, an artificial, non-saccharide sweetener. Marketed under the trade names; Equal, NutraSweel, Tropicana Slim and Canderel it is used as an ingredient in approximately 6,000 consumer goods. Most commonly used in soft drinks it is also in chewable vitamin supplements and sugar-free chewing gums.
In 1995, FDA Epidemiology Branch Chief Thomas Wilcox reported that aspartame complaints represented 75% of all reports of adverse reactions to substances in the food supply from 1981 to 1995.Concerns about aspartame frequently revolve around symptoms and health conditions that are allegedly caused by the sweetener. A total of 92 different symptoms and health conditions were reported by physicians and consumers.
A brief history of this substance begins with a 1980 FDA Board of Inquiry confirming that aspartame “might induce brain tumors.” The FDA actually banned aspartame based on this finding but fortunately for Monsanto which purchased the patent in 1985, then Searle Chairman Donald Rumsfeld ( Yes the former Sec. Def.) vowed to “call in his markers,” to get it approved. The FDA panel upheld the ban in a 3 - 2 decision, but FDA commissioner, Arthur Hayes Hull, Jr. appointed a sixth person to the panel creating a deadlock, Hull then stepped in to break the tie in favor of approval. Hull was later rewarded by Monsanto with a contract to perform duties as chief public relations. Hull has never spoken publicly about aspartame.
Still thirsting for that diet drink?
You may want to listen to this original song by CC Williams, Stoopid Juice.
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