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No cancer warnings required on coffee sold in California after all

By Dan Flynn on June 5, 2019

California is officially taking a “Roseanne Roseannadanna” approach with a big “nevermind” about those cancer warnings that were supposed to go on coffee.

Like burning toast, roasting coffee beans produces trace amounts of acrylamide, a…
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Go ahead, bend your elbows for that morning fix: Coffee’s OK

By Kelsey M. Mackin on April 5, 2018

Java enthusiasts can brew in peace as new research shows that the presence of acrylamide, a known carcinogenic chemical, in nine of the top selling coffee brands is undetectable.

The Clean Label Project – a …
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WHO: Eating Processed Meats Increases Chances of Developing Certain Cancers

By News Desk on October 26, 2015

After reviewing an assessment of the best available scientific evidence, the World Health Organization (WHO) has concluded that the consumption of processed meats can increase a person’s chances of developing certain cancers. WHO, the Geneva-based…
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Letter From the Editor: ‘Super’ Weeds and the C-Word

By Dan Flynn on June 28, 2015

A couple of weeks ago, when I found myself putting a few thousand miles on a new truck in the upper Midwest, I forgot to take enough music along to cover all that distance. That…
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Food Safety for Cancer Patients

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on February 11, 2015

World Cancer Day (Feb. 4) is the perfect time to talk about why food safety is so important for the nearly 15 million Americans who are cancer survivors and the 1.7 million people in the…
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Study: More Red Meat, Greater Risk

By News Desk on March 13, 2012

A new study says the more red meat you eat, the greater your risk of death, and that substituting other types of protein lowers mortality risk.

The study, by researchers at Harvard School of…

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Cancer Patients, Pregnant Woman at High Risk for Listeriosis

By Ross Anderson on December 15, 2011

Pregnant women and people with leukemia and several other types of cancer are as much as 1,000 times more susceptible to Listeria infections, French researchers report.

Doctors at the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance…

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BPA in Canned Food for Kids: Is It a Threat?

By Gretchen Goetz on September 26, 2011

A new study of several leading brands of kids’ canned foods has found various levels of bisphenol A (BPA), an estrogenic chemical that has been linked to breast cancer, in 12 cans tested.

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Study: Limit Meat to Help Prevent Colon Cancer

By Mary Rothschild on May 25, 2011

Tens of thousands of cancer cases could be prevented each year if people ate less red meat and added more fiber to their diets, according to a report released Monday.

The 850-page report, from the…

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UK Issues Warning on Red Meat Link to Bowel Cancer

By News Desk on February 26, 2011

For the first time, the UK Department of Health on Friday advised people who eat a lot of red and processed meat to consider cutting down to about 3 oz. to help reduce the risk…

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