What is melamine??????????????!


Question: What is melamine!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
My friend and I are doing a school project on melamine, and we have a few questions we can't seem to find the answer to:
1!. How is melamine made!?
2!. When consumed, how does melamine affect your body!?
3!. Who is responsible for the appearance of melamine in milk!?
4!. What is melamine!?
5!. Where and when did it appear (more specifically, in China)!?
6!. Where (globally) are they selling milk contaminated with melamine!?
7!. Who is affected by melamine (globally)!?
8!. Why do they put melamine in milk!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Melamine is an organic compound that is often combined with formaldehyde to produce melamine resin, a synthetic polymer which is fire resistant and heat tolerant!. Melamine resin is a very versatile material with a highly stable structure!. Uses for melamine include whiteboards, floor tiles, kitchenware, fire retardant fabrics, and commercial filters!. Melamine can be easily molded while warm, but will set into a fixed form!. This property makes it ideally suited to certain industrial applications!. What does melamine do in the body!?
A Cornell veterinarian said last year that melamine is not considered to be “a very toxic compound,” but can result in kidney stones and kidney failure especially in small animals!. Investigators found crystals made up of melamine and its byproducts in the urine and kidneys of in the dogs and cats that were poisoned last year!. Because it formed crystals in the body and was not fully dissolved in urine, the melamine gathered in the kidney, gunking up the organ and forming stones!. The pets that died suffered acute kidney failure!.

This is what is happening to small children who have ingested melamine!.
Who is responsible for this tragedy!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

Try typing each of these questions, individually into Google or Dogpile!. Each of you can take 2 or 3 questions to do this with and read several of the answers that come up for each, then compile your info into a usable form!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I always thougth melamine was a crystalline compound used in tanning leather!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

it is the most damaging element in a child's growth since innoculations!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

it is a bacteria that is found in some lactose (dairy) productsWww@FoodAQ@Com





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