Wednesday, September 17, 2008

18 Arrested After Tainted Chinese Baby Formula Kills 4, Sickens 6,000


SHIJIAZHUANG, China — Police arrested 12 more people Thursday as China expanded a crackdown in a scandal involving tainted milk powder as a fourth death was announced and more than 6,200 other babies were sick from the powder. The government in the Xinjiang region said a person died there after taking tainted milk powder. A notice on the government Web site did not say if the victim was a baby. The other three deaths were infants. Meanwhile, dozens of parents, some cradling babies, lined up outside the Hebei province headquarters of the dairy company whose milk powder has been linked to most of the illnesses. They wanted refunds. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Picaboo