Animals
In another scandal, it has been discovered that the Chinese put diethylene glycol, a prime ingredient used in antifreeze, into many varieties of medicines including cough syrup, fever medication, and injectable drugs. This poison was substituted for glycerin, a sweet-tasting solvent commonly and safely used in drugs, but which is more expensive than diethylene glycol.
Diethylene glycol has killed hundreds of people in Panama, Haiti and other countries. It’s next to impossible to track and verify the Chinese manufacturers and numerous middlemen, as the poisoned medicines traveled through various trading companies and countries, with the labels repeatedly altered.
HT Pet Connection Blog.
- From The New York Times
Contamination with melamine is especially embarrassing. Pet food that included ingredients made in China laced with melamine sickened thousands of pets and killed an unknown number last year in the United States, and the Chinese government promised at...
- Pet Food Recall ~ They Couldn't Be More Wrong ~xenophobia At Heart Of Product Panic In Us
From The China Daily, Debasish Roy Chowdhury whines, But the product scares and recalls the US media seems fixated on are the ones from China. It is the faulty tires, toothpaste, pet food, seafood and toys with a China connection that are making all...
- Pet Food Recall ~ After Killing Our Pets The Chinese Warn The U.s. Against Smear Attacks
The official statement from China said that problematic U.S. imports from China, including the poisoned pet food, toy trains with lead paint, and toothpaste made with antifreeze were “isolated cases” and “hardly avoidable” due to the rapidly...
- Pet Food Recall ~ 4 Months Later And Melamine Is Still Killing Our Pets
The Oregon Humane Society has confirmed the first known death of an animal adopted from the Portland shelter by pet food contaminated with melamine. The six-month-old kitten, named Sushi, left the shelter a healthy animal on April 16th. But about a month...
- Pet Food Recall ~ Ban Ingredients Of Chinese Origin
After dogs began falling ill and dying as a result of eating the food, Royal Canin SA recalled a number of its products, and stated it would no longer use any ingredients of Chinese origin in their foods. The government of South Africa also stopped imports...
Animals
It's not bad enough to poison our pets food, now the Chinese are poisoning medicine
In another scandal, it has been discovered that the Chinese put diethylene glycol, a prime ingredient used in antifreeze, into many varieties of medicines including cough syrup, fever medication, and injectable drugs. This poison was substituted for glycerin, a sweet-tasting solvent commonly and safely used in drugs, but which is more expensive than diethylene glycol.
Diethylene glycol has killed hundreds of people in Panama, Haiti and other countries. It’s next to impossible to track and verify the Chinese manufacturers and numerous middlemen, as the poisoned medicines traveled through various trading companies and countries, with the labels repeatedly altered.
HT Pet Connection Blog.
- From The New York Times
Contamination with melamine is especially embarrassing. Pet food that included ingredients made in China laced with melamine sickened thousands of pets and killed an unknown number last year in the United States, and the Chinese government promised at...
- Pet Food Recall ~ They Couldn't Be More Wrong ~xenophobia At Heart Of Product Panic In Us
From The China Daily, Debasish Roy Chowdhury whines, But the product scares and recalls the US media seems fixated on are the ones from China. It is the faulty tires, toothpaste, pet food, seafood and toys with a China connection that are making all...
- Pet Food Recall ~ After Killing Our Pets The Chinese Warn The U.s. Against Smear Attacks
The official statement from China said that problematic U.S. imports from China, including the poisoned pet food, toy trains with lead paint, and toothpaste made with antifreeze were “isolated cases” and “hardly avoidable” due to the rapidly...
- Pet Food Recall ~ 4 Months Later And Melamine Is Still Killing Our Pets
The Oregon Humane Society has confirmed the first known death of an animal adopted from the Portland shelter by pet food contaminated with melamine. The six-month-old kitten, named Sushi, left the shelter a healthy animal on April 16th. But about a month...
- Pet Food Recall ~ Ban Ingredients Of Chinese Origin
After dogs began falling ill and dying as a result of eating the food, Royal Canin SA recalled a number of its products, and stated it would no longer use any ingredients of Chinese origin in their foods. The government of South Africa also stopped imports...