2008年9月17日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

China toxic milk powder kills 3, thousands sick (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 04:55 AM CDT

A child receives a medical check for possible kidney stones at a hospital in Suining, Sichuan province September 17, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - China said on Wednesday a third infant had died after drinking contaminated milk, while the number of sick rocketed and an official said the health threat had been hidden for at least a month.


Tainted milk sickens 6,000 babies in China (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 04:19 AM CDT

A Chinese couple with their baby under treatment at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on September 16. China has said that more than 6,000 babies had fallen ill and three had died from drinking milk made from contaminated milk powder as it vowed massive efforts to contain a widening food scandal.(AFP)AFP - China said Wednesday more than 6,000 babies had fallen ill and three died after drinking milk powder laced with a toxic chemical, as it vowed massive efforts to contain a widening food scandal.


China: tainted milk scandal spreads, 3rd baby dies (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 02:31 AM CDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people are offered with ultrasonography check application forms at Hebei People's Hospital in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. China's Health Ministry pledged free health care for all babies sickened after drinking the Sanlu brand contaminated formula milk powder on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gong Zhihong)AP - Tainted milk formula in China has killed three babies and sickened 6,200 in a spreading scandal that prompted three additional companies — including China's biggest dairy — to recall products, the health minister said.


Three dead, thousands sick in China milk scandal: govt (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 12:12 AM CDT

A Chinese couple with their baby under treatment at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on September 16. Three babies have died, 158 are in hospital with acute kidney failure and thousands of others have fallen ill after drinking tainted milk, China's Health Minister Chen Zhu has said.(AFP)AFP - Three babies died, 158 are in hospital with acute kidney failure and thousands of others fell ill after drinking tainted milk in China, Health Minister Chen Zhu said on Wednesday.


China reopens to most U.S. poultry; beef still banned (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 12:02 AM CDT

Reuters - China has agreed to lift a bird flu-related ban on U.S. imports of poultry products from six states but remains closed to all imports of U.S. beef, U.S. trade officials said on Tuesday.

China says two exporting companies produced tainted milk (AFP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 11:22 PM CDT

Li Changjiang (left), head of China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine seen here in July 2007. Two of 22 Chinese companies found to have a potentially deadly chemical in their milk powder were exporting their products to other countries, Li has said.(AFP/Pool/File/Elizabeth Dalziel)AFP - Two of 22 Chinese companies found to have a potentially deadly chemical in their milk powder were exporting their products to other countries, China's quality watchdog said Wednesday.


China paper urges new currency order after "financial tsunami" (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 10:12 PM CDT

A panel displays the morning trading curve at the Hong Kong Stocks Exchange September 17, 2008. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)Reuters - Threatened by a "financial tsunami," the world must consider building a financial order no longer dependent on the United States, a leading Chinese state newspaper said on Wednesday.


More Chinese baby milk powder brands contaminated: state TV (AFP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 01:07 PM CDT

A man shows off a bag of contaminated Sanlu milk powder, believed to have caused his baby to be hospitalised in Wuhan, China, September 13. A chemical blamed for killing two infants in China has been discovered in baby milk products from 22 companies nationwide, state television said Tuesday, in a dramatic escalation of the scandal.(AFP/File)AFP - A chemical blamed for killing two infants in China has been discovered in baby milk products from 22 companies nationwide, state television said Tuesday, in a dramatic escalation of the scandal.


China landslide death toll raised to 259: state media (AFP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 10:13 AM CDT

Rescuers search for survivors after a mud and rock slide in Shanxi province. The death toll from a landslide that engulfed a northern Chinese town grew to 259.(AFP/File)AFP - The death toll from a landslide that engulfed a northern Chinese town grew to 259 on Tuesday with the discovery of five more bodies, state-run Xinhua news agency said.


Probe shows China milk scandal widens (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2008 09:10 AM CDT

Cheng Aobing, an eight-month-old child who suffered from kidney stones, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province September 16, 2008. (Jianan Yu/Reuters)Reuters - Almost 20 percent of Chinese dairy firms probed in the wake of a baby milk health scare have been found to have produced melamine-tainted formula, state media reported.


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