http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/24/content_9492174.htm
After a the massive country wide food safety scandal two years ago, when hundreds of thousands of children became ill due to contaminated infant formula, concerns have been risen again over the safety of consuming milk. According to recent research, one in ten children have been found to still show signs of kidney damage six months afterward. "Researchers from Peking University studying ultrasound images of infants who fell ill in the 2008 contamination found that while most children in a rural Chinese area fully recovered, about 12 percent still showed kidney abnormalities six months later." Parents have expressed worries about long term health and medical expenses, especially since local hospitals are paying little to no attention to the problem at hand. Many people are looking to the government to create a treatment plan so that sick children like his son will be "insured" in case of any future health problems related to the tainted milk.
This is obviously a serious problem for the future health of China, but I can't help but wonder if there is also a correlation to the lactose intolerance history of the Asian ethnic group.
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Although China has made strides in trying to change their health sanctions until stories like this stop plaguing China, they may never leave behind their poor world health image. For the sake of the Chinese people I hope that the government takes the correct action to help protect their people.
ReplyDeleteThe Chinese government needs to take action and make it so that these types of situations can longer exist. This problem is even more severe since it concerns the infant population of China. The population of China already has a very low percentage of young people, the government needs to do all it can to ensure the health and safety of the Chinese youth.
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