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China probes milk powder link to infant hormone levels

Beijing - Chinese health authorities are investigating milk powder as a possible cause of high hormone levels found in several infants who appeared to show signs of premature sexual development, state media said on Wednesday.

Experts have started testing samples of milk powder produced in 1998 by the dairy company Synutra International Inc in the eastern city of Qingdao, the official China Daily quoted Health Ministry spokesman Deng Haihua as saying.

Deng promised “timely publication of the investigation results,” the newspaper said. The investigation follows reports that at least four baby girls had developed breasts and showed high levels of the hormones estradiol and prolactin...more

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