Study Finds Likely Carcinogen in Many Foods

[Craig Heal]

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Living/reuters20020517_416.html

Britain's food watchdog said on Friday it had confirmed a
Swedish study which found a substance that may cause human
cancer is widespread in foods, but it advised people against
changing their diets or cooking habits.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) found acrylamide, which has
been shown to cause cancerous tumors in rats, in a range of
high-carbohydrate foods including packets of chips,
crispbreads and fresh potatoes once they had been cooked.

[Tsu Dho Ni]

"Craig Health" <CRAIG@noscape.net> wrote:

>http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Living/reuters20020517_416.html
>
>Britain's food watchdog said on Friday it had confirmed a
>Swedish study which found a substance that may cause human
>cancer is widespread in foods, but it advised people against
>changing their diets or cooking habits.
>
>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) found acrylamide, which has
>been shown to cause cancerous tumors in rats, in a range of
>high-carbohydrate foods including packets of chips,
>crispbreads and fresh potatoes once they had been cooked.

"Eating is not a completely risk-free activity. Acrylamide is
one of many things we are exposed to in food that may be
detrimental to our health, including immediate risks such as
food poisoning from not cooking food thoroughly," the FSA said
in a briefing note.

So ... STOP EATING!

Tsu Dho Nimh

The neat thing about free speech, practiced properly, is that
*everyone* gets to do it.

[Nicolas Ma]

In article <ck6feusnthtvmffmf821unpg0k8rndsdq7@4ax.com>, Tsu
Dho Nimh <abacaxi@hotmail.com> wrote:

> "Craig Health" <CRAIG@noscape.net> wrote:
>
> >http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Living/reuters20020517_416.html
> >
> >Britain's food watchdog said on Friday it had confirmed a
> >Swedish study which found a substance that may cause human
> >cancer is widespread in foods, but it advised people
> >against changing their diets or cooking habits.
> >
> >The Food Standards Agency (FSA) found acrylamide, which has
> >been shown to cause cancerous tumors in rats, in a range of
> >high-carbohydrate foods including packets of chips,
> >crispbreads and fresh potatoes once they had been cooked.
>
> "Eating is not a completely risk-free activity. Acrylamide
> is one of many things we are exposed to in food that may be
> detrimental to our health, including immediate risks such as
> food poisoning from not cooking food thoroughly," the FSA
> said in a briefing note.
>
> So ... STOP EATING!
>
> Tsu Dho Nimh
>
> The neat thing about free speech, practiced properly, is
> that *everyone* gets to do it.

The noted biochemist Bruce Ames has estimated that 99.99
percent of toxins in foods are natural.

--
Nicolas Martin Executive Director American Iatrogenic
Association http://www.iatrogenic.org