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Article: Researcher: Lasers Used to Detect Melamine in Baby Formula.
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- AScribe Medicine News Service
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- April 30, 2009
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Byline: Purdue University
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- With equipment readily available to health officials and businesses, a Purdue University researcher has found a way to detect trace amounts of melamine in infant formula.
Using infrared lasers and light spectroscopy methods, Lisa Mauer, an associate professor of food science, was able to detect melamine in baby formula at one part per million in about five minutes or less. Melamine, a synthetic chemical used in plastics and other products, has been found in baby formula and other milk-based products imported from China. High doses of melamine were associated with cancer in ...