FDA Warns Fried & Baked Food Will Produce Known Cancer Agents

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by Susanne Posel

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning US citizens about acrylamide (ACL), a chemical that is recognized as a known carcinogen.

ACL forms in baked and fried foods such as:

• Potatoes
• Cookies
• Cereals
• Coffee
• Crackers
• Breads
• Dried fruits

It is known that ACL is accounted for in 40% of the caloric of the American diet.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) stated that “no one is talking about eliminating acrylamide, which is in foods that make up 40 percent of calories in a typical American diet.”

Recently the FDA issued a draft set of recommendations to food processing corporations that detail how to reduce ACL in products sold to the public.

These recommendations include:

• Avoid bruising potatoes
• Avoid cold temperatures when harvesting and storing
• Lessen over-exposure and over-cooking
• Avoid very brown toast

The claim that ACL does not cause cancer is based on insufficient data because this chemical has not been studied extensively in humans.

In laboratory rats, it has been shown by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) state that their studies show the high-risk probability that ACL will cause humans to produce cancerous cells.

ACL can be found in public drinking water “as a raw material (monomer/building block) for manufacturing polymeric coagulant aids for use in drinking water treatment.”

According to the EPA: “Other uses include improving production from oil wells; making organic chemicals and dyes; sizing paper and textiles; ore processing; and construction of dam foundations and tunnels.”

Over long-term exposure, ACL can cause “problems with [the] nervous system or blood, and . . . an increased risk of getting cancer.”

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