Good info Marshall...... Whatever it is, it did make an awful lot of kids sick in China along with killing a bunch. Better to be safe than sorry, the more information you can read through the better, thanks,
Kurt ---- Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me say that first of all, that the guy in the video is wrong about > them using scrap melamine polymers in the China milk. Melamine polymer > is a very stable plastic which not only would pass through one's > digestive system unchanged and unabsorbed, but also would not yield any > increase in detected nitrogen when testing for protein which was the > purpose of adding the melamine. In addition, it would form a kind of > grit, which would be very easy to detect, it is insoluble, and all you > have to do is mix the milk powder with water, and if it is there, it > will be on the bottom and easily detected. > > What they were adding is melamine MONOMER. This is the liquid which > polymerizes when heated to form melamine plastic after crosslinking with > formaldehyde. The stuff is very dangerous from a health standpoint, > just as other monomers are, such as styrene, methyl methacrylate, and > polyester resin (Bondo and Clear Cast for example). Just breathing any > of these monomers can make you sick, yet the plastics themselves are ALL > FDA approved for use with foods. Heck, most of us have counter tops > made of melamine ( Formica and Micarta are examples), and most plastic > dishes are made from it as well. When the monomer is ingested, the > kidneys will remove it, and it is toxic. But also when combined with > urea and in the environment of the urine, it tends to polymerized, > forming plastic inside the kidneys and kidney and bladder stones. Also > it can produce cyanuric acid crystals which can lead to kidney failure. > The stones are not only very serious, but unlike most toxins that will > eventually be flushed out, will likely remain there for the rest of the > entity's life. > > However, that being said, there CAN be some leaching of unpolymerized > melamine monomer and formaldehyde used to crosslink in melamine > plastics. There is an article on this at > http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/tfac/2006/00000023/00000009/art00010 > > . Thus I would highly recommend washing any melamine dishes in a > dishwasher, and using the heated drying cycle before using them. Using > scrubbing pads made of melamine properly should not be a problem, but I > would not put it in my mouth since very small amounts of both > formaldehyde and melamine monomer could leach out. > > Also see > http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/melamine-and-kidney-failure.html > for confirmation of what I am saying. > Melamine monomer, as opposed to the plastic used to make kitchen > utensils and table coverings, itself also has irritant properties. It > has been added to various food products to illicitly and fraudulently > boost the measured protein content without the expense of actually > improving the food’s nutritional value. > > Marshall > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > Another alert > > All of my clients have and use with bare hands that little white pad > > known as mr clean or any number of brands, it is made from malamine. > > > > I have seen children use it and than put their hands in their mouths, > > I try and warn anyone but everyone loves the poison. > > > > I cannot get anyone yet to throw it away. My clients wonder why their > > children are sick. > > > > This poison and many others are just a few feet away, under every > > sink,in every utility room in America. > > > > Mary > > > > -------------- Original message from <[email protected]>: > > -------------- > > > > > > > > > > From: Brasscheck TV > > > Date: 10/29/2008 8:36:14 AM > > > To: Linda > > > Subject: Brasscheck TV: NEWS BULLETIN > > > > > > > > > I don't often send bulletins, but this is > > > potentially very serious. > > > > > > You have probably heard of the deliberate > > > adulteration of infant formula with melamine > > > in China. > > > > > > It killed and injured thousands of children > > > there. > > > > > > What you don't know - because the FDA and others > > > don't want you to know - is that as much as > > > 20 million TONS of Chinese manufactured milk powder > > > and products containing milk powder were imported into > > > the US from China this year. > > > > > > Now please read the next part very carefully: > > > > > > The US...is the ONLY country...including China... > > > that has NOT pulled food products containing > > > milk powder manufactured in China off its > > > shelves. > > > > > > Please re-reread the previous paragraph carefully. > > > > > > The person blowing the whistle on this is > > > an expert in toy manufacturing who stumbled > > > on this while researching this season's > > > Halloween candy offerings. > > > > > > He has found candy manufactured in China > > > with milk powder widely being sold in > > > US stores. > > > > > > Obviously, I have not had time to check all the > > > facts, but knowing the parties involved - China, > > > the FDA, the Bush administration, and corporate > > > America - I have no doubt that this is not only > > > highly plausible, it's highly likely. > > > > > > It's serious. > > > > > > http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/460.html > > > > > > - Brasscheck > > > > > > P.S. Please share this with friends and colleagues > > > so they can make informed decisions about what > > > they eat. > > > > > > Do not eat or feed to your children any food > > > made with milk powder manufactured in China. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Brasscheck > > > > > > P.S. Please share Brasscheck TV e-mails and > > > videos with friends and colleagues. > > > > > > That's how we grow. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal > > Silver. > > > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > > > > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour > > > > > > > > > >
