As the melamine crisis in China grows, new reports are surfacing that China, in order to conserve precious gold resourses, used the toxic chemical Melamine in the production of the gold medals athletes received at the 2008 Olympics games. While gold medals, unlike milk and baby formula, are not normally ingested, many have expressed concern that athletes have placed their lips on the medals in symbolic kisses, or even put the medals into their mouths in order to bite them (in an age-old test of the soft metal's purity) during photo ops.
Chinese officials have not responded to these latest allegations stemming from what is becoming a national crisis, which began with the discovery of melamine in baby formula produced within China.
Micheal Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals in the Beijing Olympics, has expressed deep concern: "I won eight of those suckers, and I kissed every one of them! Now I'm going to get eight kidney stones!"
So far, the International Olympic Committee has not made any statements, preferring to continue planning for their upcoming announcement, where it is widely believed they will award the next Olympic Games to Zimbabwe.
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