Researchers find link between pet food, kidney failure

[CHIMO]

Source: CBC News

Canadian researchers said Friday they've made a chemical discovery that may explain how contaminated pet food blocked animals' kidney function, sickening hundred of dogs and cats in Canada and the United States.

University of Guelph researcher Perry Martos said animals likely developed crystals in their kidneys because of a reaction between cyanuric acid and melamine — a chemical used to make plastics and fertilizer, and found in the recalled pet food.

"We knew these two compounds had been implicated, but because neither seemed sufficiently toxic on its own, it was unclear how they might have been involved," Martos said in a statement.

Martos said tests on the affected animals have shown the presence of crystal-like substances in the animals' kidneys and urine samples.



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/04/27/pet-food.html

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Researchers find link between pet food, kidney failure
Last Updated: Friday, April 27, 2007 | 3:47 PM ET
CBC News

[DawnIsis]

1. Wow I wonder how they performed those tests since the FDA maintains only 16 pets have gotten sick?

Beyond the pet food the FDA is investigating pizza dough, baby formula,
bread, cereal, protein shakes, pigs and chickens.

http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2007... /

I think the MSM needs to be held responsible for not covering this story more closely and warning the public. If the media would apply enough pressure to the FDA we could get some answers.

Hey Media! Why don't you investigate what the FDA officials are feeding their own family and pets? Just ask their housekeepers or follow them to the grocery store. Then confront these officials i.e. why do you buy organic milk if the FDA claims commercial milk to be safe? why did you switch pet food last December before the recall? why did you recently stop purchasing pork and chicken? etc etc etc

The MSM has blood on their hands and needs to be held responsible for spreading propaganda.

[ropi]

2. dead link

eom

[BadgerKid]

3. fixed link

http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/04/25/fda_more_animals_got_tainted_food/

[ropi]

5. thanks

:-)

[StarryNite]

4. Thank you

for posting this. It seems to take a village to stay on top of the latest updates and recalls of both pet and human foods these days.