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An industrial chemical called melamine is the cause for the tainted milk products that China produced. Recall after recall happening for products that came from China are causing more and more concern over whether people in this country ought to be buying things with the China label at all. Our family has decided that if it’s from China, it is not worth the risk. This newest scare is just one of many causing a scandal of giant proportions involving everything from baby formula to chocolate. Latest testing in batches of the milk powder has proven to be eye opening. 100 batches have been tested, all having the chemical in them. 4 deaths and many illnesses have been attributed to the tainted milk powder.

Often when such stories come out, it is assumed or verified that the cause is an accident. Something in the environment of the factory caused the problem. No so with this particular tainted milk powder story. It is believed that the company involved at the center of the problem and some suppliers were trying to boost sales by diluting the powder with melamine which has high nitrogen content. This fools the testing into showing more protein content. Melamine is normally used to make plastics and fertilizers.

Apparently it wasn’t enough to try to boost sales, the individuals and companies involved were then trying to cover up the situation. Many have been forced to resign. Others were ignoring the safety officials and doctors concerning this very hazardous situation. Included in the scandal is a cheesecake product that was for the Japanese market.

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Social network sites like Facebook and MySpace are great places to meet people and play games. They are also a great place for thieves to mine personal information for identity theft. One of the cardinal rules on the net is to not give out your social security number unless the place is fully secure and you know the website. Social security numbers are key to several things like your driver’s license, passports, banking and school records.

If you follow some precautions, you can have a great time and still keep your identity safe.

1) Don’t click on links coming from popups. Usually, they will have a form to fill out so that you can receive something for free. But there is a slight sting attached. Sometimes these forms are applications for credit to buy things like cars, laptops, desktop computers and many more things. You only get the free item when the application goes through. Of course by then, you now have a new loan or mortgage. They will ask for your social security number and a lot of personal info.

2) The quizzes will mine information out of you. If you play several of them, they can take all info and compile it into one. Marketers are looking for such information. So are the phishers.

3) If you post your phone number, someone can backtrack to get your street address.

4) When posting a photo of you, do not have anything in the pic that can show where you live such as street addresses behind you, some type of background or tshirt that shows anything about where you live.

5) You might not want friend requests from people you do not know. They can get your information easily.

6) Don’t tell people when you are going out of town or leaving home for any length of time. If they have your address, your house could be broken into and robbed.

Protect your identity! Do not allow others access to your personal info even if you think you know someone. If you met them on the net, you do not know them. Period. Chatting for hours is not knowledge of anyone. People will say anything sitting in front of a monitor. Just protect yourself!

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