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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Marie, IF melamine occured naturally in any way that would put it in the 
food cycle, then I'd accept that "trace" amounts should be allowable. 
However, what is showing up in food is a waste product from the manufacture 
of melamine.  There is no excuse for it to be in the food supply.

AND, they have no idea just how much or how little is safe for an infant. 
The kidneys of an infant are not mature.  Some are far from mature.  Many 
are marginal.  The problem is that melamine doesn't make people "sick."  It 
causes kidney damage, bladder damage, cancer and reproductive organ 
problems.  Some of which won't show up for years.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>


> >From what I've read since the China melamine poisoning, melamine is
> uniquitous, so setting a safe limit is necessary, but banning trace
> levels is neither necessary nor possible. The next best option is to
> set a level that won't kill babies or make them noticeably sick. That
> may not be optimal, but we live in a compromised world.