A south China city is considering using milk at the center of a poisoned food scandal to make bricks as a cheap and clean way of disposing of the tainted products.
Guangzhou officials are looking into the viability of dumping the toxic products, found to have been tainted with the industrial chemical melamine, into furnaces that make bricks and cement.
City officials are having a hard time ensuring the milk is disposed of properly. Some Guangzhou garbage stations poured tainted milk into rivers earlier this month, triggering concerns the city’s water supply would be contaminated.
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Using the milk products in the manufacturing process is estimated to cost 700 yuan (NT$3,369) for each ton of milk processed, more than 70 percent cheaper than burning it in garbage incinerators, media reports said.
The reports said that burying the poisoned products was another alternative allowed by the government, at a cost of 200 yuan a ton, but quantities would have to be limited to prevent soil pollution.
In China alone, four children have died and 53,000 have fallen ill after consuming milk or milk products laced with melamine, which can make the protein content appear higher.
Many countries and territories have banned Chinese milk and milk products in the wake of the scandal, one of many involving tainted Chinese-made foods. (AFP)
中國南方一個城市正考慮將這次有毒黑心食品的主角：毒奶拿來製造磚塊，因為這樣處理污染產品既省錢又環保。
廣州政府正在研議將這些遭工業化學品三聚氰胺污染的有毒產品傾倒至熔爐，製成磚塊和水泥的可行性。
市府官員正辛苦地向民眾擔保，會妥善處理毒奶。本月稍早，部份廣州垃圾場把毒奶直接傾倒入河，引發民眾擔心該市水源供應也會遭受污染。
媒體報導，每公噸毒奶進行加工處理的費用，預估是七百元人民幣（新台幣三千三百六十九元），比送到垃圾場焚化爐銷毀便宜七成以上。
報導指出，掩埋毒奶是中國政府核准的另一個替代方案，每公噸需花費兩百元人民幣，但為避免土壤污染，須限制掩埋量。
光是在中國，因食用含有三聚氰胺的牛奶或乳製品而死亡的孩童已有四名，另有五萬三千人出現身體不適的症狀。三聚氰胺能讓蛋白質含量增加。
隨著這起醜聞的爆發，許多國家和地區都已禁止中國的牛奶和乳製品進口；毒奶只是眾多中國製有毒食品之一。
（法新社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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