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ToxSci Press Release Attracts Media Attention: Link Possible Between Pet Food and Baby Formula Contamination
In late October, the SOT's Toxicological Sciences and Oxford University Press coordinated efforts to send the journal's first press release. This media alert announced a study published in the November 2008 issue of Toxicological Sciences by Dobson et al. that described the kidney toxicity of melamine and cyanuric acid based on research that was done to characterize the toxicity of the compounds that contaminated pet food in North America in 2007. This research points to a possible link between the pet food contamination that occurred in this 2007 incidence and the recent adulteration of milk protein and resultant intoxication of thousands of babies from Asia.
The study was reported in numerous publications ranging from the New York Times to Science Week. The article, posted at the Toxicological Sciences Web site, is being made freely available as a public service. To view the press release, please visit Toxicology News.
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