California files suit on french fry health warning

Cooking meat at high heat is known to produce carcinogens, but it’s not just meat that we have to worry about. Cooking starchy food at high temperatures may also produce a potential cancer-causing chemical called acrylamide.

California is now suing fast food restaurants that sell french fries (like McDonald’s and Wendy’s), as well producers of potato chips (like Frito-Lay), for failing to warn consumers about the presence of acrylamide in these snacks.