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Date Posted: 13:23:02 05/18/02 Sat
Author: Buffy's vampire
Subject: Cancer in food

No wanting to sound ominous but: here's what I just picked up from news....A worldwide alert was issued yesterday after scientists announced that much of the food we eat contains a chemical known to cause cancer, damage the nervous system and affect fertility.

Britain's Food Standards Agency said its scientists had confirmed recent Swedish findings that "significant levels" of acrylamide occurs in fried, baked and processed foods ranging from biscuits, bread and crisps to chips and possibly meat.

The finding has the potential to change the way some types of food are viewed in much the same way studies in the 1960s changed perceptions of the health risks of smoking.

Acrylamide causes gene mutations leading to cancers in rats, including breast and uterine cancer and tumours in the adrenal glands and internal lining of the scrotum.

among products tested in Britain - some with acrylamide 1,280 times higher than present safety limits - were a range of popular chips, crackers and cereals.

Acrylamide forms naturally when foods are fried or baked. Scientists believe it also occurs in roasted, grilled and barbecued food. It is classified as a probable cancer-causing chemical with no "safe" dose.

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