While Lou Fengqin was giving an injection, Lin Shuyue chatted with several parents of children.
These children are between 1 and 3 years old. Some of them are breastfed, some have started eating, and some are drinking formula.
But after learning more about it from various sources, it was found that all of these infants and young children, without exception, were eating products from a company called "Taishida Group".
Taishida Group is a nationally renowned dairy group. Its predecessor was the "Meihao Dairy Production Cooperative" established in 1955. In the 1970s, the cooperative became a dairy factory, mainly engaged in fresh milk and dairy products.
In the 1980s, after the reform and opening up, this cooperative introduced advanced production lines from abroad and developed and produced breast milk-based infant formula before other dairy factories.
In the 1990s, this product was advertised on television and in the media, and its brand influence reached its maximum.
Today, Taishida has become a leading company in the domestic dairy industry. In recent years, their products have also begun to develop baby food, and they have a variety of baby food rice cereals.
Taishida's headquarters is not in Guangdong Province, but they have a branch factory in Guangdong Province, and this branch factory mainly produces rice noodles and rice snacks.
Lin Shuyue went to the supermarket and bought all the rice noodles from Taishida that she had inquired about today. Before leaving, she also bought a few of the best-selling milk powders and sent them to the testing agency that she had inquired about from Huang Qiang for testing.
When they came back, Lou Fengqin had finished the infusion, and Bai Wenhua came to accompany her.
Lou Fengqin's infusion was almost finished: "Your Uncle Bai is here, so you can go to work. Don't delay too much."
Bai Wenhua's supermarket was already under renovation, and he was very busy all day, but no matter how busy he was, he would always take time to accompany Lou Fengqin for dinner and chat. When he just called and learned that she was sick, Bai Wenhua rushed over without stopping.
With Bai Wenhua by her side, Lin Shuyue had nothing to worry about: "Then mom, remember to take your medicine on time and drink plenty of water."
Lou Fengqin smiled and rolled her eyes at Lin Shuyue: "Your mother is not senile yet, how could I not know this?"
"Then I'm leaving. Goodbye, Uncle Bai."
"Drive slowly." Bai Wenhua instructed.
When Lin Shuyue arrived at the newspaper office, Huang Qiang did not go out to report news today. He sat on the stool next to Lin Shuyue with a cup of coffee and chatted with her.
It was about what Lin Shuyue had just said on the phone.
After listening to Lin Shuyue's description and watching it again, Huang Qiang said: "My daughter caught a cold the day before yesterday, so I took her to the clinic for an injection. At that time, many children came with diarrhea and stomach pain. My daughter had a high fever at the time, and I didn't think much about it. Are there so many children like this now?"
"Have they all taken Taishida's products?"
Lin Shuyue nodded: "Yes, I asked children of different ages. According to the different sizes of the children, they are either eating Taishida milk powder, eating Taishida rice noodles, or eating Taishida complementary food snacks."
Huang Qiang's expression turned serious.
With the development of the times, after people have enough food and clothing and a certain amount of money, the quality of life of the next generation is getting better and better.
Especially for infants and young children, people are most willing to spend money on everything from food to clothing.
Taishida, whose products undoubtedly account for the majority of infant food, is praised by the state every year. Last year, it was awarded the title of "China's Well-known Trademark".
It can be said that if you randomly ask passers-by on the street which brand of baby formula they are most impressed with, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely Taishida.
If this product really has food safety issues, it will undoubtedly cause a huge earthquake across the country. The impact of this matter is much greater than the drugs in the Internet addiction school.
Internet addiction schools are only the choice of a small number of students' parents, and the proportion is not large across the country.
But Taishida is different. This is the choice of 80% of parents in China! Once this report comes out, the public's trust in domestic milk powder will drop to the lowest level! There is no doubt that the prospects of the domestic dairy industry will regress by 30 years!
"Ah Yue, if this matter is really Taishida's problem, then after you report it, you will be attacked from many aspects. These attacks are different from the last Internet addiction school." Huang Qiang felt that as Lin Shuyue's master, he needed to explain the dangers of this matter to Lin Shuyue.
Lin Shuyue had certainly thought about the dangers involved. If Taishida was really of the same nature as the milk powder incident in her previous life, then being a reporter who broke the news would definitely be dangerous.
Because she was touching the cakes of an industry, and the owners of these cakes would definitely not let her go.
Just like the whistleblower in the previous life, even though he became famous because of this incident and improved the country's food safety standards on his own, he still left the journalism industry. There were even rumors that he had been killed in retaliation.
"But Master, if we don't expose it, how many children will be harmed?" Lin Shuyue saw more than ten cases in the clinic alone. What about other clinics, other places? What about areas with less developed medical care?
What a huge amount of data that would be!
"Master, if what I guess is true, then this industry has grown a huge abscess. If I don't become the one to pop the abscess, it will affect tens of thousands of infants and young children."
"Master, there has to be someone to expose the darkness beneath their glamorous appearance, right? Isn't that what you told me? Don't forget your original intention and seek truth from facts."
Huang Qiang looked at Lin Shuyue's serious face and couldn't help but think of Chen Jianlong back then.
He patted Lin Shuyue on the shoulder and said, "Then go ahead with confidence. I will help you get in touch with the upper echelons of the newspaper office."
This is no small matter. It is a crowbar that can shake up the entire dairy industry. The newspaper will also face a lot of pressure. This matter must be reported to the big boss.
Only with the protection of the big boss can Lin Shuyue's safety be guaranteed.
"Thank you, Master."
"Come on, I'll go with you. I'll help you with this news."
Lin Shuyue was more than happy to do so. Her ability alone was limited. Pengcheng was so big, with so many clinics and hospitals, she couldn't finish the task in a short time even if she ran herself to pieces.
Li Weisheng was listening to the two talking at his workstation. His sister had just given birth to a little niece, who was at her most adorable. He felt very sad when he thought of countless people like his niece who were harmed by inferior products. So he caught up with the two and said he wanted to join the investigation.
"I'll go with you, too."
Lin Shuyue and Huang Qiang looked at each other and agreed.
Among the three, Li Weisheng and Huang Qiang both have their own cars. Li Weisheng's was bought by his family, and Huang Qiang's was a second-hand Xiali that he bought for the convenience of work.
Lin Shuyue rented a car, and the three of them split up into three groups to investigate three different districts.
In the evening, the three of them went to a food stall near the company to eat grilled fish.
While waiting for the grilled fish to be served, the three of them first made a summary of today's visit;
Li Weisheng was the first to speak: "I have been to various clinics and hospitals in Taijiang District today. In the past three days, there have been about a hundred babies who came to see doctors, and their symptoms were all similar. Taijiang Hospital examined these children and confirmed that they all had food poisoning. They have also sent the food these babies ate for testing."
Huang Qiang said: "The number of people I have visited in Pingjiang District is more than that in Taijiang District where you are, nearly 200 infants and young children. Pingjiang Hospital has sent the food these children eat for testing and has obtained results. The rice noodles that those infants eat contain a large amount of aflatoxin."
"The hospital is conducting further tests on infants and young children who consumed these products."
After he finished speaking, Lin Shuyue said, "There are more people in Pinghu District, with more than 300 children. Pinghu Hospital has detected aflatoxin in rice noodles, rice cakes and other complementary foods. And it exceeds the normal standard. The laboratory department of Pinghu District Hospital has found that the liver function of these children has been damaged to varying degrees."
According to online inquiries, aflatoxin exists in soil, various plants, and various nuts. It is especially easy to contaminate grain and oil products such as peanuts, corn, rice, soybeans, and wheat. It is the most toxic mycotoxin and poses a great threat to human health.
The main raw material of rice noodles is rice. If the raw material used by Taishida Company to make rice noodles and rice snacks is moldy rice, moldy rice will breed aflatoxin.
When aflatoxin is ingested in large amounts, acute poisoning may occur, resulting in acute hepatitis, hemorrhagic necrosis, fatty degeneration of liver cells, and bile duct hyperplasia. When a small amount is continuously ingested, chronic poisoning may occur, growth disorders may occur, fibrotic lesions may occur, and fibrous tissue may proliferate.
From any perspective, this toxin cannot be used in food, especially in infant products.
The grilled fish came up and Huang Qiang ordered a bottle of beer. While eating, they discussed what to do.
Lin Shuyue ate a few bites to comfort her empty stomach, and took out a test report: "This is the test I did on the Taishida product I bought this morning. It's not just the rice noodles that have problems. Chemicals that cannot be used in food have also appeared in the milk powder."
According to Lin Shuyue's investigation in the morning, those infants and young children had eaten rice noodles or rice products. Testing the milk powder was Lin Shuyue's fluke mentality, but the test results made her very sad.
In this era, melamine is still used in milk powder by profit-driven industries in order to make the milk powder have a higher protein content when tested at the factory.
They only think about achieving the greatest benefit with the least cost, but forget what effect these chemicals that cannot be eliminated by the human body will have when they accumulate in the human body. They don't even think about the fact that their customers are babies aged 1 to 3 years old, who are fragile.
Lin Shuyue's mind flashed back to the "big-headed man" she met by chance when she was an adult. They were of the same age, she was healthy, but the big-headed man needed dialysis every year to maintain normal functioning of his body, and he also had to endure the strange looks from others.
Even though they are working very hard, they still suffer varying degrees of discrimination in all aspects of life.
But they are healthy! They are no different from those who discriminate against them.
Li Weisheng and Huang Qiang didn't even have time to eat and took the test report from Lin Shuyue to have a look.
After reading it, Huang Qiang handed the report to Lin Shuyue and said, "Eat first. After dinner, we will go back to the office. You two can write the manuscript. Lao Wang and I will go find the boss. At this time, the boss should not be asleep yet."
Huang Qiang took a sip of his iced drink and said, "Let's make two preparations. If our report is not allowed to be published, we will post it online. The Internet is now more powerful than we thought."
After visiting so many hospitals and seeing so many infants and young children suffering from illness, Huang Qiang and Li Weisheng did this report not for money, but to spread justice to the world.
Huang Qiang's statement coincided with Lin Shuyue's idea. Although it is not the era of the future where everyone is a self-media, there are still many people who spend time online. Take the last controversial Internet addiction school and Yang Haoan's case as examples. Those posts can be turned over several pages in a minute.
Infant and young children's food safety can also attract a lot of attention. As long as there are people paying attention, their goal is achieved.
"Master, I want to go to the rice noodle processing factory in Taishida to take a look. I want to take advantage of the public opinion before it ferments, and go to their granary to see how evil their hearts are."
Taishida's Guangyue rice noodle processing factory is located in Dongguan, not far from Pengcheng, and can be reached in two hours by car.
Li Weisheng immediately followed and said, "I'll go too."
Lin Shuyue wanted to see it, and so did Li Weisheng. He wanted to see who the people were who used moldy rice as raw material. Were there children among their relatives and friends? Didn't they have children themselves?
Huang Qiang looked at the two indignant young men through the smoke from the grilled fish and said, "It's only eight o'clock now. I'll give you two hours to write the report. We'll go together at ten o'clock. I'll meet you outside."
Journalists are all a bit hot-blooded and immature. Even Huang Qiang, who is already in his forties, is the same.
Upon hearing this, Lin Shuyue and Huang Qiang immediately sped up their eating.
On the way back to work, the three of them called home separately.
The lights were still on in the Dingsheng Building at night. Lin Shuyue and the other two found their work badges and swiped their cards to enter.
There are two or three companies working overtime on the fifth floor, and there are also quite a few people working overtime in the newspaper office.
As the editor-in-chief, Wang Mingzheng also had to work overtime. Lin Shuyue and Li Weisheng had a clear division of labor. Lin Shuyue and Li Weisheng went to their workstations to turn on the computer to write reports, while Huang Qiang took the inspection report and today's visit report to find Wang Mingzheng.
Ten minutes later, Huang Qiang and Wang Mingzheng hurried outside.
An hour and a half later, Lin Shuyue and Li Weisheng exchanged reports with each other. After checking each other, they sent the copy to Wang Mingzheng's email.
The two turned off their computers, picked up their bags, and walked downstairs. Wang Mingzheng and Huang Qiang were standing downstairs smoking.
Huang Qiang saw them coming down and put out his cigarette: "Get in the car."
Li Weisheng sat in the front passenger seat, Lin Shuyue sat in the back seat, Huang Qiang opened the driver's door and sat in, rolling down the window: "Lao Wang, I'm leaving, our rear is in your hands."
Wang Mingzheng blew out smoke rings and waved at him.
Huang Qiang stepped on the accelerator and the car drove forward.
Wang Mingzheng also put out his cigarette and went upstairs. The content to be published tomorrow had already been finalized, and now he had to revise it and communicate with the printing department.
There are a lot of things to do, and they are destined to be sleepless tonight.