Reading about the recent infant deaths due to formula tainted with melamine in China just breaks my heart.  I had to write about this story because it hits so close to home with myself having a 4 month old.  I have been so lucky that I have been able to breastfeed both of my children with no problems and no assistance from formula.  So, I can’t even imagine what it would be like to have a child who became sick do to the formula you feed them every day.  These parents put their trust in these companies to provide them a product that they feel will best help their child only to find out they have been betrayed.  

    I just think about what choices those parents have now.  Your baby needs to eat but what can you feel them?  The story I read on CNN.com said that Chinese investigators have found melamine in almost 70 milk products from more than 20 companies.  That is just disgusting.  I can’t imagine what person in their right mind would do something like this.  Are people really so greedy that they don’t care if another human being dies in order to make money?  It just makes me sick to my stomach.

     So, let’s see China provided us with tainted pet food last year which coincidentally enough was also tainted with melamine.  Then we have the wonderful lead paint in toys panic.  Let’s, also not forget the wonderful Aqua Dots toy that turned in to the date rate drug when ingested and the Pokemon Valentine lollipops that contained metal.  Then last but certainly not least they are now killing their own people by tainting their infant formula. 

     I just don’t even know what to say about this except that it is scary………..