My chemistry teacher was going on today about the fact that potato chips, french fries, and even cereals are potentially deadly.
Potato chips, french friends, and cereals like Cheerios contain potato, which contains starch. When you heat starch at very high temperatures it converts the starch to a very deadly carcinogen called acrylamide.
If 0.12mg of acrylamide is found in water, which is tested every day, a boiling water advisory will be placed or an advisory against drinking any water will be done.
Here are some details about acrylamide:
~50.0mg - found per serving (couple of chips) of Potato Chips
~32.0mg - found per serving of fries
~30.0mg - found per serving of Cheerios
This is shocking considering that only 0.12mg of acrylamide can set off a water advisory, while each of ther above contain atleast 2 times the amount, and that's per serving!
KFC is also going to be the first to put a warning label on boxes of french fries pertaining to the acrylamide issue.
What are your views on this?
References:
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/06/24...erfries_020624
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/06/27/acrylamide_020627