Contamination of Food - Melamine Contamination Due to Chinese Factory Criminal Activity

Do you suspect that you, your family or especially your children have ingested food products contaminated with Melamine? You are correct to be concerned but before you panic, we hope this article can at least give you knowledge about what is fact and what is fiction where this Melamine menace is concerned.

Despite what you may have heard or even read your body is capable of expelling Melamine, as long as the level of ingested contamination is not too great. Low levels of melamine taken in the course of a normal diet are not expected by doctors and the FDA to accumulate. You body should be able to remove any amounts currently in the body fairly quickly. The bad effects associated with ingestion of Melamine become evident when the amount ingested is greater than our bodies can expel in a normal manner.

Since we have been told for years how poisonous melamine is, for example OSHA standards for finishing furniture prohibit use of melamine; you may still be very worried about any melamine your family may have accidentally or unknowingly ingested. Your doctor can run urine, blood or even ultrasound tests to help determine if there is anything you need to be concerned about.

If none of the symptoms of melamine poisoning are evident; those being irritability, blood in urine, greatly reduced urine flow, or kidney area pain, then you should ask your doctor about tests to determine the level of contamination. Normally a doctor will ask you to choose one person in the family to test first before considering tests for the entire family.

You should be aware that infants can be significantly more sensitive to melamine and thus making sure that nursing mothers are clean of melamine contamination is important. As well it is important that formula products used for newborns or infants be cleared and checked to be melamine free. One indication that the milk you are giving your child is contaminated is that the child will consume significant amounts above normal levels, when considering their height and weight.

The bottom line here is that awareness and watchfulness are what is most important. Ignorance of the danger can be lead to the serious consequences that over exposure to melamine can cause. These are cancer, reproductive system problems. Tests are currently underway to determine the actual extent of problems in humans that over exposure to melamine can cause. In animals there are a wide range of problems caused by melamine over exposure including crystal development that leads to kidney stones. The problem is determining what the correct definition of "over exposure" is for different age and size of various individuals.

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