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The Most Dangerous Potato Chips to Eat

Public knowledge of the serious dangers found in potato chips may finally be surfacing. The California-based Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) has filed notices with the state's attorney general against potato chip manufacturers: Lay's potato chip maker PepsiCo Inc. Pringles maker Proctor & Gamble Co. Cape Cod potato chip parent Lance Inc. Kettle Chips maker Kettle Foods Inc. ... that would require them to place labels on their products warning consumers about the high levels of acrylamide found inside. Acrylamide is formed when starchy foods are baked or fried at high temperatures and is considered a cancer-causing chemical by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Manufacturers ...

Tags: cancer, chips, potato-chips

Written by Felix Ker on September 28th, 2007 with 9 comments.
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