Potato Chip Chemical May Cause 1/3 Of Diet Cancers

June 18, 2005

*Potato Chip Chemical

May Cause 1/3 Of

Diet Cancers

Public Health Advocates Cite Lack Of

Risk Notice On Potato Chip Bags *

News10.net <http://News10.net>

6-18-5 Public health attorneys in California have potato chip makers in

their sights for not listing a cancer-causing chemical present in many

brands. That chemical is acrylamide. It is an industrial chemical used in

plastics, pesticides and sewage treatment that also can occur when starchy

foods, such as chips, are processed at high temperatures. The World Health

Organization has said acrylamide may be responsible for up to one-third of

all cancers caused by diet, as demonstrated by laboratory animal studies.

Acrylamide is already on California's list of chemicals known to cause

cancer, but some chipmakers haven't listed it on their product packaging as

required by Proposition 65 statute. The attorneys have filed Proposition 65

notices with the manufacturers of Lays, Pringles, Kettle Chips and Cape Cod

chips. Research has shown those brands have unsafe levels of acrylamide in

some of their chip varieties. The study looked at one ounce servings, which

ranged from 11 to 20 chips depending on the brand, and determined the

acrylamide content was substantially more than the 0.2 micrograms per day

amount which prompts the Proposition 65 warning. The brands tested and cited

for high levels of acrylamide are: Lay's Baked!, Lay's Stax BBQ, Lay's KC

Masterpiece. Lay's Natural Country Barbecue, Lay's Light KC Barbecue

Masterpiece, Pringles Snack Stacks (Pizzalicious Flavor), Pringles Sweet

Mesquite BBQ, Kettle Chips Lightly Salted, Kettle Chips Honey Dijon, Cape

Cod Robust Russet and Cape Cod Classic Chips. Processed food manufacturers

have reportedly asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for a exemption to

Proposition 65 labeling for foods with carcinogens caused by heat

processing. The governor's office is expected to announce its decision by

August. http://www.news10.net/storyfull.asp?id=11508

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June 20, 2005

Hi, ALL starches, when cooked at high temperature, yield acrylamide, a

deadly neurotoxin and carcinogen. Chips are the worst offender.

This was discovered quite unexpectedly by Swedish researchers a few years

ago and first published in April 2002, as I recall. At that time, the World

Health Organization was quite concerned and immediately funded additional

studies in a number of other countries. All of the studies yielded the same

result.

Do a Google search on acrylamide and also on acrolein for the whole story.

Basically, this is bona fide, world class, mainstream research demonstrating

that a whole class of cooked foods -- across the board -- is seriously toxic

BY VIRTUE OF THE FOOD HAVING BEEN COOKED.

Big stuff for us RFs!

Best to all,

Elchanan

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