CANCER IN CANS: Acrylamide Chips

Videos For An Earth In Transition – http://www.earth-heal.com/index.php/videos.html  

A 2011 study warns of cancer in cans and bags—in cans of Pringles, in bags of other potato chips, and in french fries.

This disturbing truth about an all-time favorite snack may be forcing food manufacturers to change their processing methods. But can the changes really make a difference?

Researchers find that potato chips, among other processed foods, are loaded with the cancer causing chemical acrylamide. The substance forms when carbohydrate-rich foods are cooked at very high temperatures.

Federal regulations limit acrylamide in drinking water to just over one-tenth micrograms per 8-ounce glass. However, a six-ounce serving of french fries can contain 60 micrograms of acrylamide. That’s about FIVE HUNDRED times over the allowable limit. Scientists find the amount in potato chips is even more staggering. In some cases, more than NINE HUNDRED times the legal limit.