10,000 Chinese children still sick from milk

By Associated Press
Thursday, October 9, 2008 - Updated 89d 21h ago

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BEIJING - More than 10,000 children remained hospitalized after being sickened in China’s tainted milk scandal, eight of whom were in serious condition, officials said.

The Health Ministry said in a statement on its Web site Wednesday that 10,666 children were in hospitals after drinking milk powder contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine, which can lead to kidney stones and possibly life-threatening kidney failure.

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A worker looks over at a large glass bottle collecting milk from a cow at a milking station near Hohhot, northwestern China’s Inner Mongolia province, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008.