User:(WT-en) Vincy

Thanks to the Sanlu, we are given a chemistry lesson for free. We know melamine is added for the nitrogen it contains. We also know although it is unsolvable in water, high temperature will help do. There is more: we are happily acknowledged that melamine is harmless to grown-ups if you take less than a hundred cups of milk in a day according to the always-right Xinhua news agency. (Ok I was kidding) And if your baby somehow unfortunately drank too much milk with the substance, a surgery will save him and there will be zero consequences in his later life (For this, I am not). Allan Greenspan wrote in his autobiography, Turbulence, that after he heard about the 911 tragedy, he knew “the world was about to change in ways that I could not yet define.” This time, we already know what are going to change: no milk before you own a farm and a milkman; learn to read the Ingredients before buying any food, leaving all those contains milk or any dairy product; and for those who hold deeper suspicion, they will think twice before taking down any manufactured food if it is safe to do so. However, there are also things we do not anticipate. A debate on breastfeeding is under way and young mothers are under fire. In this country where female discrimination dates back thousands of years, people are angry about young females avoiding breastfeeding in fear of shrinking boobs or fattening bodies, and take formulate milk instead. Also people are reflecting on the changing pace of Chinese society, when many Chinese mothers no longer has the time to actually feed their babies whom are taken care of by grandparents. Formulate milk makes child-feeding much easier to handle for the granddads and grandmas. Will breast-feeding come back in fashion? It could mean change of life style in thousands of Chinese families. The latest news goes that a Wenzhou based company is offering wet nurses with a top monthly salary of 18,000 RMB, twice as much as most white collars in large cities. Although the government prohibited price-raising of formulate milk, people still fear of the possibilities. Parents rush to the nearest supermarkets for uncontaminated products. People are talking about buying formulate milk from Hong Kong or USA. Domestic brands are hard to find in supermarkets for a long time now and even if there do appear, people wouldn’t even bother a look. When will the Chinese people gain back their confidence in domestic dairy companies and products? The answer is blowing in the wind. Milk farmers are pouring their milk. Some plan to slaughter their cows and never raise any again. The government has even held meeting encouraging people buy fresh milk from farmers to help them survive the scandal though the initial rumor goes that it is the farmers who put in the chemical killer. President of Sanlu is now under arrest and faces criminal charges. The Chinese FDA already has its head fired and Shijiazhuang Municipal its mayors. Penalties to other companies found involved will come out soon. Milk callback is already being carried out. What's next? In what ways will it affect us? Would it be just another exposure and cover-up like in the past? We will wait and see.