Beware of french fries?

• Position: FOOD - Brief Article

If California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has his way, all french fries and potato chips sold in his state will soon carry a warning label. These foods are loaded with fat, salt, simple carbs, and acrylamide--a chemical that forms when starchy foods are heated at high temperatures. Acrylamide is known to cause cancer in laboratory rats and mice. This has prompted Lockyer to file suit against McDonald's, Burger King, FritoLay, and six other food companies, saying that they should be...