Group Wants Warning Labels on Potato Chips (cancer)

[Karmadillo]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la-me-potato17jun17,1,47365.story?coll=la-news-state

A California environmental group filed notices Thursday that it planned to sue food manufacturers to require them to put warnings on potato chips, which contain high amounts of a cancer-causing chemical formed when starchy foods are cooked at high temperatures.

The state's anti-toxics law, Proposition 65, requires companies to warn consumers about products containing chemicals known to cause cancer or birth defects.

The Environmental Law Foundation reported Thursday that it tested a dozen types of potato chips, produced by Lay's, Kettle Chips, Cape Cod and Pringles, and that all of them contained excessive levels of acrylamide. For every product tested, a 1-ounce serving eaten daily exceeded levels that require a cancer warning under Proposition 65, the group reported.

One variety, Cape Cod Robust Russet, contained 6.5 parts per million, which is 910 times more acrylamide than the level that the state's environmental health agency has determined poses an unacceptable risk, the report says. That is almost twice as much as the second-highest level, reported for Kettle Chips Lightly Salted.

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[Dora]

1. Fast-food french fries have it too

Slap a warning on those fat sleeves of fries!

[trotsky]

3. From what I have heard,

it can happen to most carbohydrates that are exposed to high temperatures. Fries, potato chips, even BREAD. Yikes.

[RedEarth]

4. yep...toast is also in that list

[Igel]

23. Not just toast.

Bread. The nice brown crust ...

[trotsky]

2. I remember thinking, "WTF" when the CA rep introduced a similar warning

against trans fats like those found in Oreo cookies.

Now look, the industry recognizes the problem and nutritional labels will soon be required to list "Trans Fat" content.

[vanboggie]

5. Sin tax

Also throw a huge sin tax on them like I have to pay on my cigarettes.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

11. Yeah, and ban potato chip eating from public places

All that crunching is bound to release molecules of potato chips into the air, which will then be breathed in by others!

And when these potato chip addicts die of potato chip cancer, NO TEARS! they deserve it! They knew potato chips weren't good for them!

[jobycom]

15. Yeah, but potato chips don't smell like an oil refinery

and cause your lungs to burn and your throat to tighten when you catch the faintest whiff of them.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

21. Wow! Your lungs tighten and throat burns with the slightest of whiffs?

You ought to see a doctor about that! Sounds like a pretty extreme reaction...

[KLF44]

6. I thought that was proven false

I thought I heard a few weeks ago that it has been porven fasle that potato chips do not cause cancer.

[iconoclastic cat]

7. You know what? I'm going to die from SOMETHING.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

8. So it may as well be in a barrrom brawl with a cat...

nt

[dhill926]

10. Yes indeed....

potato chips and white wine for me....

[ticapnews]

9. Is there anything left that doesn't cause cancer?

[billyoc]

18. Yeah,

Guns. :evilgrin:

[barb162]

22. this is about how I am looking at it. It seems a few times every

day there's a warnings(s) about something(s) I thought was totally safe. Next it will be broccoli or tomatoes we aren't supposed to eat

[DBoon]

12. I've heard that cold beer counteracts the carcinogen

How you eat the chips is very important. Remember to take the antidote!

[doodadem]

13. Pringles Ranch Flavored

Gotta have a daily dose.

[On the Road]

14. Personally, I'm Actually More Worried About Acrylamides

than about second-hand smoke or most substances which supposedly cause cancer.

Acrylamides had already been identified as a carcinogen from industrial workplaces BEFORE they were discovered in chips and other starchy foods. IMO, the industrial hygiene profession is a better guide to serious health risks than the usual consumer alerts in the media.

[TankLV]

16. "WARNING: You might not be able to eat just one"

Product may induce insatiable craving for more product.

Product may induce feelings of extremem satisfaction and pleasure.

Product may result in great taste left in mouth.

[VegasWolf]

17. WARNING: Chip may contain a religious figurine - you win EBay lottery!

[chelsea0011]

19. MMMMMMMMMMM.Cape Cod chips

and a tumor to boot

[Shakespeare]

20. Food you cook at home has this, too.

Are they going to put warning labels on bags of raw potatoes at the grocery store, too? Cooking potatoes (and other foods) at high temps will produce acrylamide.