A Light Delightful, Extinguished
Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011
Tagged: cancer
Kettle Chips’ Cancer Conundrum
Frito-Lay and two other potato chip companies have agreed to reduce the levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their products … Acrylamide is produced when potatoes and other starchy foods are cooked at high...
Wonderful News
Acrylamide, when it was found in food in 2002, seemed to be the ultimate confirmation that everything tasty is bad for you. Here was a compound that was a probable carcinogen and possible neurotoxin,...