Melamine

Wikipedia by Wikipedia collaborative | Nov. 18, 2008 (Research)
This article is about the chemical substance called melamine. The term "melamine" may also be used to refer to the plastic melamine resin.

Melamine is an organic base and a trimer of cyanamide, with a 1,3,5-triazine skeleton. Like cyanamide, it contains 66% nitrogen by mass and, if mixed with resins, has fire retardant properties due to its release of nitrogen gas when burned or charred, and has several other industrial uses. Melamine is also a metabolite of cyromazine, a pesticide. It is formed in the body of mammals who have ingested cyromazine.[2] It has been reported that cyromazine can ... Full Story »

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 by Marsha Iverson - Nov. 19, 2008

Not so much "journalism" as a quick study in melamine--a substance in the news...also in pet food, baby formula, paint, plastics, and who-knows-what else. This entry gives eye-opening facts about melamine, and causes one to wonder how in the heck anyone thought it would be good as food. It's a good introduction for the non-scientist, and gives abundant links to detailed information.

I grew up eating meals on "Mel-Mac" dinnerware, and narrowly averted losing a pet or three to melamine-laced, contaminated pet food. As the substance is now poisoning babies around the world, I thought it was about time I found out just what it is.

Recent production of melamine in mainland China Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, both consumption and production of melamine grew considerably in mainland ... More »

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