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<p><strong>Melamine</strong> is an organic base and a trimer of cyanamide, with a 1,3,5-triazine skeleton. 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, and has several other industrial uses. Melamine combines with cyanuric acid to form melamine cyanurate, which has been implicated in the Chinese protein export contaminations.</p>
<p>Melamine is also a metabolite of cyromazine, a pesticide. It is formed in the body of mammals who have ingested cyromazine.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">[2]</sup> It has been reported that cyromazine can also be converted to melamine in plants.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2">[3]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3">[4]</sup></p>
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<li><a class="external text" title="http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/r?dbs+hsdb:@term+@na+Melamine" rel="nofollow" href="http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/r?dbs+hsdb:@term+@na+Melamine" rel="nofollow">NLM Hazardous Substances Databank – Melamine</a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.sciencelab.com/xMSDS-Melamine-9924600" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sciencelab.com/xMSDS-Melamine-9924600" rel="nofollow">Melamine Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)</a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.inchem.org/documents/sids/sids/108781.pdf" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.inchem.org/documents/sids/sids/108781.pdf" rel="nofollow">OECD Screening Information Data Set (SIDS): Melamine</a> (High Production Volume Chemicals Screening Information，PDF, 89 pages). </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html" rel="nofollow">FDA Web Page with Information on Pet Food Recall (due to Melamine contamination )</a> </li>
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