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Melamine Death Toll Passes 8,000 Pets

FDA says health risk for humans unlikely

By Sarah Levy, Newser User

Posted May 4, 2007 12:17 PM CDT

(Newser) – More than 8,000 deaths of cats and dogs that may be linked to melamine-tainted food have been reported to the FDA in the two months since the pet food recall. The statistics come as the FDA tries to assure Americans that the tainted protein... Read full story »

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