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Topic started on 24-4-2012 @ 02:00 AM by lacrimaererum

UK cancer scare puts Shanghai on alert


www.shanghaidaily.com
Heinz and Nestle were found to have raised levels of acrylamide, a chemical identified as a possible carcinogen.

The UK agency said its findings didn't indicate an immediate risk to public health

However, it also warned that long-term consumption could increase the risk of cancer
(visit the link for the full news article)


reply posted on 24-4-2012 @ 06:53 AM by Flavian
reply to post by lacrimaererum


Not really, no. As long as it is small doses. If you actually look into most food stuffs, there are small amounts of harmful chemicals in pretty much everything. Slightly burnt sausages contain more carcinogens than a cigarette, for example.

What with excessive fluoride in water and toothpaste and dodgy chemicals in pretty much everything else, why worry about one more?
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ETA:

Good spot though. Star and flag.
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reply posted on 24-4-2012 @ 07:23 AM by detachedindividual
Originally posted by Flavian
reply to post by lacrimaererum


Not really, no. As long as it is small doses. If you actually look into most food stuffs, there are small amounts of harmful chemicals in pretty much everything. Slightly burnt sausages contain more carcinogens than a cigarette, for example.


Doesn't this come down to the standards of the manufacturer?

Are you happy for this to be the case if it is easily preventable? Or should people just not care about it at all and let Nestle and Heinz carry on making their profits and not improving their standards?

Is it okay if it's willful rather than a genuine by-product of the manufacturing process?

Oh, and I also agree that this could simply be a part of the "trade wars" going on since '08 (and probably longer too).
National brands are boosted if you can knock a competitor by exaggerating something about their products or business, so I fully accept that this could be all it is.


reply posted on 24-4-2012 @ 07:47 AM by Flavian
reply to post by detachedindividual


Obviously, i would be far happier if all of our food stuffs were as pure as could be. However, that sadly isn't the case. As such, i see little point in worrying about it as that will not achieve anything.

Not been a fan of Nestle ever since the baby milk scandal broke (well, actually before that but that is because they bought out Rowntrees!).

I actually purposefully avoid information these days about what is contained in the food i eat - i would simply rather not know! For example, i have rather a sweet tooth and one of my favourite "crappy snacks" essentially contains loads and loads of crushed insects. Tastes horrible when i think about it, tastes bloody lovely when i don't!

No, to answer your question, if it is willful then that is a different story as that would corporate negligence (or some other fancy sounding charge that would mean little to no prison for any execs found guilty).
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reply posted on 24-4-2012 @ 09:30 AM by marg6043
reply to post by lacrimaererum


Well it has taken the UK a while to start getting with the US cancer epidemic bandwagon, sadly we in the US have cancer poison in everything we eat including lots of pharma drugs and vaccinations.

Hell welcome to cancer haven western way, If you in the UK are getting GMOs you are going to get cancer too.




reply posted on 24-4-2012 @ 09:46 AM by Unity_99
reply to post by lacrimaererum


Well I think we all know, they had to have been put there deliberately. Which means our corporations are trying to give our children cancer. And yet people don't pull the crooks that endorse all of this out of office.

It is a public duty to not allow any corruption or have a zero tolerance to anythign that is going on, to educate yourself past your bubble gum news media, and to demand accountability from your servants you have paid enormous salaries and pensions to, including the corporate heads of various companies who have been enormously enriched by your patronage, and have lobbied and changed rules/laws for average people, to ensure little or no competition exists.

They all need prison sentences. People need to get very riled up and start to act.

Even, letters and some tough line phone calls, in frequently, from large numbers would help. They wouldn't know what to do, if 2/3'rds of the people did this. Of course they can easily ignore 1% or less.
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reply posted on 24-4-2012 @ 09:56 AM by Flavian
reply to post by Unity_99


Whilst i agree with you, that still wouldn't solve the problems of population outgrowing food supply (hence proliferation of chemicals).

Sod faster internet capabilities or smaller, shinier smart phones - we need our scientists to be working towards credible solutions to our problems. If we get new shiny shiny as a spin off then great but it isn't what they should concentrate on. Problem is though, how do we go about ensuring that they look for solutions to problems?
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