melamine is an organic base and a trimer of cyanamide. like cyanamide,
it contains 66% nitrogen by mass and, if mixed with resins, has fire
retardant properties due to its release of nitrogen gas when burned or
charred. due to this fact it has several industrial uses.
melamine is also a metabolite of cyromazine, a pesticide. it is formed
in the body of mammals who have ingested cyromazine. melamine combines
with cyanuric acid to form melamine cyanurate which has been implicated
as a contaminant in chinese exported proteins. melamine is described as
being "harmful if swallowed, inhaled or absorbed through the skin.
chronic exposure may cause cancer or reproductive damage." however, the
short-term lethal dose is on a par with common table salt with an ld50
of more than 3 grams per kilogram of bodyweight. u.s. food and drug
administration (fda) scientists explained that when melamine and
cyanuric acid are absorbed into the bloodstream, they concentrate and
interact in the urine-filled renal microtubules, then crystallize and
form large numbers of round, yellow crystals, which in turn block and
damage the renal cells that line the tubes, causing the kidneys to
malfunction.




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