NOT April Fools - California says Coffee shops must have cancer warning signs

[Jito463]

Since this doesn't fall under "tech" news, I felt it would be more appropriate here.

 

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/30/california_coffee_cancer_warning/

 

California says that a compound called acrylamide can cause cancer in high doses.  The chemical is created when coffee beans are roasted, and when the coffee is brewed it gets into the water.  Ignoring that drinking coffee has actually been shown to reduce the risk of cancer, a judge has ruled that major coffee chains (such as Starbucks) in Cali must put up signs declaring their product contains chemicals that can cause cancer.

 

Talk about your lunacy.  And the funny thing is, the only reason the judge decreed it was because the coffee chains failed to prove they didn't violate the letter of the law in Proposition 65; which is the statue that forces the declarations to be made in the presence of "hazardous materials".

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In short, even though coffee doesn't actually cause cancer, and has actually been shown to reduce your risk of cancer umm, something something letter of the law.

 

"The parties do not dispute that roasting coffee causes the release of the chemical acrylamide, and that brewed coffee contains acrylamide," Berle writes.

 

"Defendants do not dispute that they failed to provide warnings to consumers that the ready to drink coffee they sold contained high levels of acrylamide."

 

[terrytek]

As a guy who lives in california, this is

FUCKING LUDICROUS

Like what the fuck, you gotta say EVERYTHING causes cancer? Sensitive little cunts.

[Tech_Dreamer]

Watch out Florida. Competition.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

You know those Frappuccinos are more likely to cause obesity with the amount of syrups and extra whip cream people order? 

[captain_to_fire]

I guess it’s time to put out a sign everywhere that the sun causes skin cancer because of UV rays and that candy and chocolate bars should bear a warning that those can cause tooth decay, obesity and diabetes. 

 

[Bhav]

7 hours ago, hey_yo_ said:

I guess it’s time to put out a sign everywhere that the sun causes skin cancer because of UV rays and that candy and chocolate bars should bear a warning that those can cause tooth decay, obesity and diabetes. 

 

All food and drink is gonna kill you.

 

So stop eating and drinking.

 

Well, bars of butter don't have a health warning, from now on we can eat nothing but pure butter.

[LoganTNZ]

Its california. What do you expect?

[wasab]

Human cells cause cancer. Let’s warn that too. Inform everyone that every single cell in their can turn cancerous. Let’s start killing these cells and killing yourselves is the best way to prevent cancer.

[Jumper118]

in California breathing gives you cancer. 

[Bhav]

9 minutes ago, wasab said:

Human cells cause cancer. Let’s warn that too. Inform everyone that every single cell in their can turn cancerous. Let’s start killing these cells and killing yourselves is the best way to prevent cancer.

See now, I want to turn this into a dark humour joke on social media and try to get arrested.

 

[Real_PhillBert]

Lol, California...

[Bhav]

'Did you know the number 1 cause of cancer is human cells? **** yourselves to prevent cancer. Guaranteed 100% effective'.

 

Its probably against the rules here too hence I blurred out the naughty word.

[dalekphalm]

This is a case of the legislators basing laws on sensationalist bad science, instead of good science. 

 

What’s bad science? Simple: science that is less rigorous, and that uses the weakest forms of evidence, such as anecdotal, etc. 

 

Most of these “___ causes cancer” studies usually rely on rats or other animals, and they typically give the animals equivalent doses that are so much higher than a human would ever encounter, as to be totally pointless of a comparison. 

 

Just like the MSG bullshit. They feed rats the human equivalent to multiple kilograms and the rat gets fucked up, despite humans never consuming more than a few grams of the stuff. 

 

Spoiler alert, moderation is important. 

 

Literally EVERYTHING is bad for you in too high quantities. That includes oxygen AND water. 

[Syntaxvgm]

isn't the damn law some shit like like lead levels that are significantly lower than those found in natural vegetables have to have lead warnings and shit like that? Because no one bothered to research what's normal? 
Everything causes cancer, i want to know what really causes a lot more cancer in comparison to mild cancer. 

According to cali, coffee shops and sunbathing in xrays are both Cancer/cancer on the caner scale. 

[Keg Ops]

Cancer warning signs should be placed under the "Welcome to California" signs on interstates.

[TechyBen]

12 hours ago, hey_yo_ said:

I guess it’s time to put out a sign everywhere that the sun causes skin cancer because of UV rays and that candy and chocolate bars should bear a warning that those can cause tooth decay, obesity and diabetes. 

 

A warning on your hands "danger, facepalming can cause death!".

[AresKrieger]

They do know by saying everything causes cancer they are lessening the impact of actual carcinogen warning labels, or are they really this stupid?

[Jito463]

3 minutes ago, AresKrieger said:

or are they really this stupid?

Yes.

[Zando_]

so this is why everything says (contains chemicals know to cause cancer in the state of California) on the bottom?

[TechyBen]

Wait... these ONLY cause cancer in the State Of California? I know where I'm never going.

[Murasaki]

california being california

[dionkoffie]

Ye but giving guns to teenagers is perfectly safe oh yeah no lets make a sign for possible cancer in coffee. 

[GoldenLag]

Please include this on every bottle ever due to the fact free radicals in oxygen may cause cancer. This would include oxygen and water due to airbubles. Sealed packaging including air may induce cancer 

[GoldenLag]

Lets not forget the dangerous chemical dihydrogenmonoxide. It has lead to thousands of death yearly. 100% of earths population is in contacts with this substance in high quanteties due to industrilization. The substance will inhibit breathing and may induce death if the quanteties reach a certain threshold

[Blademaster91]

16 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Lets not forget the dangerous chemical dihydrogenmonoxide. It has lead to thousands of death yearly. 100% of earths population is in contacts with this substance in high quanteties due to industrilization. The substance will inhibit breathing and may induce death if the quanteties reach a certain threshold

The potentially dangerous or lethal chemical needs a warning label. Reminds me of this video lol.