Throw Out Those Chips

**mlk_man** · 07-07-2005, 12:56 PM

Consumer group wants warning label on potato chips
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By Nichola Groom
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California consumer legal group is campaigning to require warning labels on potato chips, saying they contain a chemical known to cause cancer and state law requires the warnings.
The Environmental Law Foundation filed notices with the Golden State's attorney general on Thursday against Lay's potato chip maker PepsiCo Inc., Pringles maker Procter & Gamble Co., Cape Cod potato chip parent Lance Inc. and Kettle Chips maker Kettle Foods Inc.
The notices give the attorney general's office 60 days to take up the case on behalf of all Californians. If the state declines to pursue the matter, the group said in the documents that "it intends to bring suit in the public interest" against the companies.
Under California law, companies are required to warn consumers if their products contain known carcinogens.
The chemical in question, acrylamide, is formed when starchy foods are baked or fried at high temperatures. Acrylamide is listed by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a chemical known to cause cancer.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been studying the impact of acrylamide levels in food since 2002. On its Web site, the FDA said that, while the chemical is known to cause cancer in laboratory animals in high doses, it is "not clear whether acrylamide causes cancer in humans at the much lower levels found in food."
"At this point we're still trying to evaluate the effects of acrylamide," said FDA spokesman Mike Herndon.
PepsiCo unit Frito-Lay said in a statement that it has not yet received the notice from the ELF, but said its "food safety standards are very stringent and meet all federal and state regulations."
Pringles spokeswoman Kay Puryear said its products "are as safe as ever" and that Procter & Gamble has been "working to reduce the formation of acrylamide."
A Kettle Foods spokeswoman said the company would not comment on pending litigation.
Officials at Lance were not immediately available for comment.
According to the Oakland, California-based Environmental Law Foundation, tests it commissioned found levels of acrylamide in many of the nation's most popular potato chip brands far exceeded the levels requiring warning labels under California law.
Cape Cod Robust Russet potato chips exceeded the required warning level by 910 times, while Kettle Chips Lightly Salted chips exceeded the level by 505 times, the group said.

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Greg · 07-07-2005, 01:33 PM

Mlk_Dud, Are you a scientologist?

**mlk_man** · 07-07-2005, 01:39 PM

I'm a biologist.

Here ya go, I've got you all figured out now:

Greggy

**TGA** · 07-07-2005, 01:52 PM

Oh no..... I love my chips!!

What next M_M? You gonna take away my beer too??

Tom

**mlk_man** · 07-07-2005, 01:56 PM

Just for you Tom! :^

More Coffee, Beer and Milk, Fewer Stones

Recent research suggests that coffee, alcohol and milk -- fluids once considered taboo for stone formers -- actually are beneficial. Coffee and alcoholic beverages such as beer are diuretics that dilute urine and increase frequency of urination. As for dairy, Dr. Goldfarb recommends that people prone to kidney stones take in 800 mg to 1,200 mg of calcium daily. This is because calcium binds with oxalate (a common stone component), diminishing its absorption by the body, so that stones are less likely to form.

Greg · 07-08-2005, 04:21 AM

mlk_man wrote:

I'm a biologist.

You sound like a scientologist.

**grandma** · 07-08-2005, 11:00 AM

mlk_man wrote:

More Coffee, Beer and Milk, Fewer Stones
This is because calcium binds with oxalate (a common stone component), diminishing its absorption by the body, so that stones are less likely to form.

A glass of lemonade a day is quite helpful...made from real lemons, or Realemon type

juice. Cranberries are oxalate, so use them for UTI's, Not stones !!!

Have I already said this??

M_M - thanx for the info on the chips!

**mlk_man** · 07-08-2005, 11:42 AM

grandma wrote:

M_M - thanx for the info on the chips!

Your welcome. Did I ever tell ya I'm a rocket scientist? :P

M_M

**mlk_man** · 07-08-2005, 12:01 PM

Greg wrote:

You sound like a scientologist.

FYI, a scientologist is one that believes they can obtain "spiritual" fulfillment through self-knowledge. I'm simply trying to provide information to help one physically, mainly through prevention.

Providing helpful information is much more satisfying than trying to impose emotional stress on someone through verbal innuendos. Some of us slower folks may not pick up on it quickly so you'd be wasting your time. Better to just come out and say what you're trying to imply. Come on Greg, let it out. Let us help you help yourself. I'm sure you'll feel much better.

To your health, mental and physical..............:^

M_M

**SkyPilot** · 07-08-2005, 02:15 PM

Greg wrote:

mlk_man wrote:

I'm a biologist.

You sound like a scientologist.

Greg,

It seems as though you are attempting to be humorous. However, religious bigotry will NOT be tolerated on this site. While Scientology may not be a faith choice you can respect, please refrain from using it as a tool of derision. Many hundreds of thousands of souls have come to rely on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard as a path to mental and physical wholeness. Would you also castigate the followers of Mary Baker Eddy, Ellen G. White or Billy Graham or even Ghandi?

Those who would do this have in the past maligned Pentecostal Evangelicals, Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, Catholics, Muslims, Buddhist, etc. Again, I guarantee that you WILL be BANNED should this EVER occur again. You have stepped far over the line.

This is your last and final admonition. :s

Greg · 07-09-2005, 06:48 PM

SkyPilot wrote:

Greg,

It seems as though you are attempting to be humorous. However, religious bigotry will NOT be tolerated on this site. While Scientology may not be a faith choice you can respect, please refrain from using it as a tool of derision. Many hundreds of thousands of souls have come to rely on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard as a path to mental and physical wholeness. Would you also castigate the followers of Mary Baker Eddy, Ellen G. White or Billy Graham or even Ghandi?

Those who would do this have in the past maligned Pentecostal Evangelicals, Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, Catholics, Muslims, Buddhist, etc. Again, I guarantee that you WILL be BANNED should this EVER occur again. You have stepped far over the line.

This is your last and final admonition. :s

Since when does asking a question make someone a bigot?