Trouble is brewing for coffee lovers in California, where a judge ruled that sellers must post scary warnings about cancer risks. But how frightened should we be of a daily cup of joe? Not very, some ...

When coffee beans are picked and removed from the fruit they're inside, they're a pale color. It's only after they're roasted that they take on a dark or light shade of brown and develop that ...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning people to cut down on acrylamide, a chemical linked to cancer that can form in plant-based, starchy foods when they are cooked in high-temperatures like ...

A judge ruled in March that coffee sellers in California should post warnings about a potentially cancer-causing chemical found in the beverage. The chemical, acrylamide, is produced during the coffee ...

A small research-based Norwegian company has developed a method to reduce the formation of the carcinogenic compound acrylamide during industrial production of potatoes and coffee. International food ...

The California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) recently approved a revised Proposition 65 warning label requirement for the use of acrylamide in food and beverages. California’s Office of ...

Acrylamide is a chemical compound used to make polyacrylamide materials. Polyacrylamide is used to remove particles and impurities in drinking water. Acrylamide is also produced in some foods cooked ...

Acrylamide is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a probable human carcinogen (IARC, 1994). In April 2002, a Swedish food survey created international public health ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Looks like French fries and potato chips will soon pretty much be health ...

On September 16, 2022, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) submitted to the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) a revised Proposition 65 warning label ...