Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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

Posted by msmash on from the how-about-that dept.

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.

8 of 330 comments (clear)

  1. Send your garbage to court by petes_PoV · · Score: 4, Funny

    the coffee makers hadn't presented the proper grounds

    So what do they do with all their waste product?

    --
    politicians are like babies' nappies: they should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons
    1. Re:Send your garbage to court by Adolf+Hitler,+Jr. · · Score: 4, Funny

      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.

  2. Pun alert by computer_tot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Proper grounds. I see what you did there.

    1. Re:Pun alert by bobbied · · Score: 4, Funny

      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?

      --
      "File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
    2. Re:Pun alert by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      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"...

    3. Re:Pun alert by TeknoHog · · Score: 5, Funny

      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.

      --
      Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
  3. What about warning labels on research? by houghi · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    --
    Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
  4. Re:Pointless labels by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

    --
    "That's the way to do it" - Punch