California Wins Case for Carcinogens in Potato Chips
An Editorial
My Hats off to California for for fighting the cancer battle in potato chips, but... lets get real here. I love the fact that I see tobacco and other consumable items have warnings on them that say, "This product contains additive that the state ofAcrylamide is a carcinogeous, (cancer causing), by-product of cooking starchy foods at high temperatures, and it even forms in the process of cooking meats and other foods. It is there, and there isn't much you can do about it, especially in your own home. Baked Potato anyone? California wins the case for carcinogens in potato chips and four companies have been named, H.J. Heinz Co., Frito-Lay, Kettle Foods Inc., and Lance Inc. in a 3 million dollar settlement and action taken to reduce the amount of Acrylamide in potato chips over the next three years.
I wish all the states, or better yet the FDA would step up and do their job so we would not have to depend on California to determine what is safe, but California, as long as you are battling for the health of citizens in your quest for a monetary settlement, how about attacking some real offenders. How about warning labels on all products that contain MSG? Some companies put MSG in under the term, "Other natural and artificial flavors". People who are sensitive or allergic to MSG can suffer the consequences when they consume these products and their labeling of it is not always so up front. How about vaccine manufacturers, they are using Neurotoxins, carcinogens, and even ingredients like Polysorbate 80 which when injected into prepubescent female rats sterilizes them from having off spring? That is the first ingredient of chemicals on Gardasil which is focused at young women beginning with prepubescent girls! C'mon California, think of the settlement you could get from these conglomerates, it might be worth more than the lobby money they are giving you willingly to turn your head the other way.
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