Tainted milk leaves sad legacy

More than one in 10 children sickened by contaminated milk still showed signs of kidney damage six months afterward, researchers have found, raising concerns about the long-term health effects brought by the country's massive food safety scandal.

At least six children died and nearly 300,000 children fell ill two years ago after consuming infant formula contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine in order to fool inspectors testing for protein.

The study's results point to the possibility that as many as 30,000 children could have suffered health complications for months after drinking the contaminated milk.