Emily
08-28-2005, 08:07 AM
:1tombston RIP french fry freak
SAN FRANCISCO — California Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer sued nine snack- and fast-food giants Friday, saying the law requires them to tell the public that their potato chips and French fries contain a toxic chemical.
In a suit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Lockyer sought a court order compelling the companies to place warnings on their cooked potato products because they contain higher levels of a suspected carcinogen, acrylamide, than other foods.
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Acrylamide — known to cause cancer in the reproductive organs of laboratory animals exposed to high levels — has been on the state's list of carcinogens since 1990. However, it was not known to be present in food until 2002, when scientists in Sweden discovered that the substance appeared in starchy foods when cooked at high temperatures.
The lawsuit noted that the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has estimated that consumers of French fries get up to 125 times the amount of acrylamide that requires a warning under state law.
from here: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-potatoes27aug27,1,6654891.story?coll=la-headlines-california
SAN FRANCISCO — California Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer sued nine snack- and fast-food giants Friday, saying the law requires them to tell the public that their potato chips and French fries contain a toxic chemical.
In a suit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Lockyer sought a court order compelling the companies to place warnings on their cooked potato products because they contain higher levels of a suspected carcinogen, acrylamide, than other foods.
<snip>
Acrylamide — known to cause cancer in the reproductive organs of laboratory animals exposed to high levels — has been on the state's list of carcinogens since 1990. However, it was not known to be present in food until 2002, when scientists in Sweden discovered that the substance appeared in starchy foods when cooked at high temperatures.
The lawsuit noted that the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has estimated that consumers of French fries get up to 125 times the amount of acrylamide that requires a warning under state law.
from here: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-potatoes27aug27,1,6654891.story?coll=la-headlines-california