Chinese baby formula scandal widens as 2nd death is announced
China's Ministry of Health announced on Monday that a second baby had died in recent months and that 1,253 others had been sickened by contaminated milk powder in a widening food safety scandal that has exposed persistent weaknesses in the country's regulatory system.
Four years ago, at least 13 Chinese babies died of malnutrition after their parents unwittingly fed them fake baby formula that lacked any nutritional value.
HONG KONG: The governor and deputy governor of Shanxi Province lost their jobs Sunday after at least 254 villagers were killed when their homes were engulfed in a cascade of muddy iron ore waste from the reservoir of an unlicensed mine.
was the latest sign that the authorities in Beijing were assigning personal responsibility to high-ranking members of the Communist Party for their handling of environmental and work safety disasters.
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