Another reason not to eat french fries and potato chips

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Calif. AG Wants Warning Label on Fries

By TIM MOLLOY
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Potato chips and french fries could soon come with a warning label in California if the state's top attorney prevails in a lawsuit filed Friday against nine fast food chains and snack-food makers.

Attorney General Bill Lockyer asked for a court order requiring McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Frito Lay and other companies to warn consumers that their fries and chips may contain acrylamide, a chemical the state says causes cancer.

At least one of the companies disputes that, saying there is no evidence the substance is carcinogenic.

``In taking this action, I am not telling people to stop eating potato chips or french fries,'' Lockyer said. ``I know from personal experience that, while these snacks may not be a necessary part of a healthy diet, they sure taste good.''

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1. Aye

And according to one tv commercial, by the age of 15 months the favorite "vegetable" is the french-fry. :scared:

I'm glad I only eat fries and chips when I get a craving for them, and that my cravings don't occur often.

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

2. yeah, supposedly 25% of all "vegetables" eaten in the US

are eaten in the form of french fries. that's a little disturbing.

[AlCzervik]

3. yes it is, when i was growing up the only veggie served at my best

friends house were potatos, usually fried or baked with tons of sour cream and butter. I never once had a green vegetable at their house.