Yikes. I found this via John Robbins, who I'm not familiar with. He claims this happened in Puerto Rico, and was traced back to hormones in milk. Added hormones in milk. The same cause is suspected in China.
Unfortunately he doesn't provide a link to support either of his claims. I found the first one, although it comes from the China Daily via AFP via Yahoo, not the Chinese Daily as Mr. Robbins' post claims.
This is most likely the John Robbins that is the son of the Robbins of Baskin-Robbins fame. He's a well-known vegan--in fact wrote the book that turned me into one back in the early 90's.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing you're less inclined to believe this story now... ;-)
Thanks for the comment, Scott.
ReplyDeleteYou're correct, it's that John Robbins. I had checked out his site enough to figure out who he was and what his background was.
You'll note I confirmed the recent version of the story, it does check out. :) I didn't have the time to confirm the older bit, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
Just the fact that he's a vegan doesn't mean he's wrong about everything.