Melamine
hideMelamine (pronounced /ˈmɛləmiːn/ ( listen)) is an organic base and a trimer of cyanamide, with a 1,3,5-triazine skeleton. Like cyanamide, it contains 66% nitrogen by mass and, if mixed with resins, has fire retardant properties due to its release of nitrogen gas when burned or charred, and has several other industrial uses. Melamine is also a metabolite of cyromazine, a pesticide. It is formed in the body of mammals who have ingested cyromazine. It has been reported that cyromazine can also be converted to melamine in plants.
Melamine combines with cyanuric acid to form melamine cyanurate, which has been implicated as a contaminant in Chinese exported proteins.
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Research leads to new technology to protect human health
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Larry Wackett and Michael Sadowsky, members of the University of Minnesota's BioTechnology Institute, developed an enzyme that is used in Bioo Scientific's new MaxDiscovery™ Melamine Test kit, which simplifies the detection ...
Advance in detecting melamine-adulterated food
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May 13, 2009 |
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Researchers in Indiana are reporting an advance toward faster, more sensitive tests for detecting melamine, the substance that killed at least 6 children and sickened 300,000 children in China who drank milk ...
Researcher: Lasers used to detect melamine in baby formula
Apr 30, 2009 |
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With equipment readily available to health officials and businesses, a Purdue University researcher has found a way to detect trace amounts of melamine in infant formula.
Fast, cheap melamine detector duo will outfox dairy frauds
Dec 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two easy-to-use new ways of detecting melamine on the production line are reported in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemical Communications.
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Long-term complications of melamine consumption in children
Apr 26, 2009 |
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Children with a history of consuming melamine-contaminated milk powder are at an increased risk of developing kidney stones and other urological complications. Researchers presenting two studies at the 104th Annual Scientific ...
Link possible between pet food contamination and baby formula contamination
Oct 15, 2008 |
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A study published in the November issue of a scientific journal, Toxicological Sciences, which is published by Oxford Journals on behalf of the Society of Toxicology, describes the kidney toxicity of melamine and cyanuric acid b ...
More Chinese wheat gluten is recalled
Apr 04, 2007 |
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A U.S. pharmaceutical and nutritional chemicals company has recalled all possibly contaminated wheat gluten it has imported from a Chinese supplier.
Dry dog, cat food products recalled
May 14, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the voluntary nationwide recall of various Sensible Choice and Kasco dry dog and cat food products.
Study: China's regulatory system is flawed
Jul 10, 2007 |
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A U.S. study suggests the recent discovery of contaminated Chinese food exports exposes a flawed regulatory system in that nation.
Chemical combo linked to cat deaths
Nov 15, 2007 |
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U.S. researchers say it appears it was the combination of two chemicals found in pet food recalled this year that caused animals to die.
Food counterfeiting, contamination outpace international regulatory systems
Feb 16, 2009 |
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Intentionally contaminated Chinese milk killed several children and sickened 300,000 more, causing concern around an increasingly connected world economy. Demand for inexpensive products virtually guarantees future repeats ...
Chenango dry pet food recall is expanded
May 21, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the expansion of a voluntary dry pet food recall initiated by Chenango Valley Pet Foods.
'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed
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Nov 18, 2009 |
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The goal of an integrated, miniaturized laboratory analysis system, also known as a "lab-on-a-chip," is simple: sample in, answer out. However, researchers wanting to use these microfluidic devices to analyze ...
2nd lead poisoning case hits China, 1,300 sick
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- China detained two factory officials after 1,300 children were poisoned by pollution from a manganese processing plant, state media said Thursday, days after emissions from a lead smelter in another ...
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