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Re:India's farmed chickens dosed with world's strongest anti... by pvelagal on Friday February 02, 2018 @03:03PM (#16293767)
"Adulterated" mostly means "diluted with water".To be honest "diluted milk from milk man" is not news to Indians :) Also, only 8% had residue of detergents mainly due to improper cleaning of the containers (if you buy loose milk instead of packaged). Most families in India make yogurt at home and the typical way to gauge the dilution is to look at the thickness of the yogurt made out of the milk.
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Re:India's farmed chickens dosed with world's strongest anti... by hi41 on Saturday February 03, 2018 @04:34PM (#16299803)
>Adulterated" mostly means "diluted with water

Decidedly false. The milk vendors add chemicals such as boric acid and paint thinners. Extremely harmful to the health.

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Re:India's farmed chickens dosed with world's strongest anti... by 0xmohit on Saturday February 03, 2018 @03:04AM (#16296736)
In the linked article, "adulterated" doesn't refer to "dilute with water". Milk being sold here is mostly synthetic: made out of detergents and vegetable oil. There have been videos of people involved in doing so and they've claimed it's pretty tough to detect as the amount of yogurt or cheese obtained from such milk is often similar to what one would obtain from pure milk or even slightly better.
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Re:India's farmed chickens dosed with world's strongest anti... by pvelagal on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @05:05PM (#16320346)
From the link (http://www.cseindia.org/content/adulterated-milk-what-indian...) you posted, at the bottom :

"Water, most common adulterant

Water turned out to be the most common adulterant in milk. It reduces the nutritional value of milk."

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Re:India's farmed chickens dosed with world's strongest anti... by reaperducer on Friday February 02, 2018 @03:34PM (#16293977)
> Also, only 8% had residue of detergents

Only 8%? Well, then it's all fine then. Nothing to worry about at all.

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Re:India's farmed chickens dosed with world's strongest anti... by pvelagal on Friday February 02, 2018 @05:43PM (#16294819)
Original poster didn't make any mention of water in the 70%, but quoted detergents. I quoted the real value, which is 8%.
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Re:India's farmed chickens dosed with world's strongest anti... by hycaria on Friday February 02, 2018 @04:42PM (#16294428)
How much is it from our own households and silverware?
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