...kitchen counter is made of? It's a fucking plastic, innit?

Ah. OK, so it's not -- not really, anyway: [link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melamine|Melamine @ Wikipedia].

Or maybe it is, after all, in this case: "The practice of adding melamine scrap to animal feed is reported to be widespread in China..." [my emphasis - CRC] How do you add scrap of some chemical to anything? Do chemicals usually come in the form of scrap? Now plastic scrap, OTOH...