China: 10,700 Children in Hospital Over Milk
Nearly 10,700 Chinese infants and children were still in hospital after drinking toxic milk and milk formula, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday, October 8, 2008. It last updated the figures on September 21, when it said that 12,892 children were being treated for kidney problems caused by drinking milk tainted with the industrial chemical melamine. Local media reports across the country compiled by Reuters suggest the number of affected children has risen to nearly 94,000.