Coffee Requires Cancer Warning, California Judge Rules (cnbc.com)

Scientists haven't rendered a verdict on whether coffee is good or bad for you but a California judge has. He says coffee sellers in the state should have to post cancer warnings. From a report: The culprit is a chemical produced in the bean roasting process that is a known carcinogen and has been at the heart of an eight-year legal struggle between a tiny nonprofit group and Big Coffee. The Council for Education and Research on Toxics wanted the coffee industry to remove acrylamide from its processing -- like potato chip makers did when it sued them years ago -- or disclose the danger in ominous warning signs or labels. The industry, led by Starbucks, said the level of the chemical in coffee isn't harmful and any risks are outweighed by benefits. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle said Wednesday that the coffee makers hadn't presented the proper grounds at trial to prevail.

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Send your garbage to court

[petes_PoV]

the coffee makers hadn't presented the proper grounds

So what do they do with all their waste product?

Re:Send your garbage to court

[Adolf Hitler, Jr.]

It is typically soaked in another potential carcinogen DHMO (unproven thus far) and sold to innocent civilians at less-than-lethal doses whenever a cinnamon roll or bagel is sold on an individual basis.

It is much like how Alcoa took waste from the aluminum refining process 70-80 years ago and managed to sell it to cities to put in their water supplies.

Re: Send your garbage to court

[Anonymous Coward]

Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) can be extremely lethal when improperly dosed, especially as an inhalant. US officials often use it to torture victims at Guantanamo Bay, it's that insidious. Anyone distributing DHMO in a negligent fashion needs to be aware of their implications upon humanity. I must admit, I too sometimes abuse DHMO, but I do so with knowledge of my own risk without putting others at danger.

Pun alert

[computer_tot]

Proper grounds. I see what you did there.

Re:Pun alert

[bobbied]

Guide to opening a coffee shop:

1) Make a list of all the puns you can think of using the words "grind," "grounds," and "bean," e.g. "Stomping Grounds," "The Daily Grind" etc. 2) Cross off every item on the list that is a pun 3) Name your business "Joe's Coffee Shop"

So.. Your motto is... "Get your cup o' Joe at Joe's?" then?

Re:Pun alert

[Anonymous Coward]

Argh! Curses, a stealthy pun slipped in there anyway! Damn you all to hell!!

No can do, McDonalds might sue us for their trademarked "Coffee, hot as hell"...

Re:Pun alert

[TeknoHog]

No can do, McDonalds might sue us for their trademarked "Coffee, hot as hell"...

My hipster friends used to go to McD for their coffee. They wanted to drink it before it was cool.

Everything in California requires a cancer warning

[edtice1559]

I have no idea why anybody would even litigate this. I have yet to see a single thing there that doesn't have this warning.

Re:Everything in California requires a cancer warn

[lazlo]

I'm kind of curious, are doors in California required to have warnings along the lines of "Warning: outside contains sunlight, which is known to the state of California to cause cancer."?

What about warning labels on research?

[houghi]

They should put warning labels on research as well. It has been proven that scientific research causes cancer in rats.

Re:Wish we could stop with "good/bad for you" labe

[vtcodger]

Trouble is that the only good food is kale. And kale is inedible.

Does make an OK packing material if properly dried

Re:Pointless labels

[Oswald McWeany]

I bought a 5' chunk of maple 1x2 and it had the same label.

Trees cause cancer in California... well now I've seen everything.

Some tree based products CAN cause cancer. No idea if any in Maple can, but the wood was probably something that "causes cancer in California". As long as you use the product somewhere other than California though you're probably safe.

That's why I haven't moved to California, I don't want cancer.

Re:L.A.: 120 poisons in the air

[c]

Recently I was looking at an computer item on Newegg. There was a California notice that it was poisonous. How should I understand that???

Chakras, in a nutshell.

California is full of chakras; when chakras mingle with alloys and other man-made materials they generate harmful carcinogenic brain waves which interact with common vaccines to cause autism. The feds have been trying to destroy the chakras with chemtrails, but so far the California strains have been too resiliant.

In regards to coffee, it's probably a side-effect of roasting being done in metal containers rather than all-natural clay.