Three babies died in China, and 36 (mostly children) have fallen I'll after drinking tainted milk.

"A small investigation showed that the victims suffered nitrite poisoning after drinking milk, a local government statement said today. The children died yesterday, it added."
- (News.com.au)
"The case is another black eye for China’s scandal-prone food industry and its government regulators, who are still struggling to lay to rest a huge 2008 tainted-milk scandal that killed at least six babies and sickened 300,000."

According to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, nitrite poisoning can result in nausea, dizziness, respiratory distress, loss of consciousness and seizures. Which can easily cause death.

Two dairy farms were shut down and thoroughly investigated. This was a statement from the government of Pingliang, Gansu province in China.

Xinhua NewsAgency said three infants died, while most I'll children were under the age of 14.

A statement from the government includes that ONE of those ill was i'n a serious condition.