China's Dangerous Milk Scam

Nearly 10 percent of milk samples from three top Chinese dairy companies contained toxic melamine, the government quality watchdog found in tests for the banned chemical that has killed four children.

Melamine is a toxic industrial chemical rich in nitrogen. It is added because it can make watered-down milk's protein level appear higher.

Melamine is very dangerous. Four infants have died in China, and hundreds of children have been diagnosed with kidney stones after drinking the contaminated milk. It was linked to the deaths of cats and dogs in the United States last year.

Coffee chain Starbucks fears it may have taken contaminated milk from supplier Mengniu Dairy It has pulled the company's milk from its 300-plus cafes in mainland China.

Source: Forbes, NY, USA