{"id":101,"date":"2006-10-05T13:48:26","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T18:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/building.wordpress.com\/2006\/10\/05\/off-topic-now-grilled-chicken-causes-cancer\/"},"modified":"2006-10-05T13:48:26","modified_gmt":"2006-10-05T18:48:26","slug":"off-topic-now-grilled-chicken-causes-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.smalltimelandlord.net\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"Off Topic: Now Grilled Chicken Causes Cancer?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WASHINGTON (AFP) – A US doctors’ group has sued seven leading fast-food chains including McDonald’s and Burger King over their use of a “dangerous carcinogenic” in grilled chicken.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Washington-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) filed suit in California Thursday “to compel the restaurants to warn unsuspecting consumers”.<\/p>\n

The group said every sample of grilled chicken products from the seven national chains “tested positive for a dangerous carcinogenic compound called PhIP” during analysis at an independent laboratory.<\/p>\n

PhIP is one of a group of carcinogenic compounds called heterocyclic amines (HCAs) that are found in grilled meat. In 2005, the US government officially added HCAs to its list of cancer-causing agents, the doctors’ group said.<\/p>\n

“Grilled chicken can cause cancer, and consumers deserve to know that this supposedly healthy product is actually just as bad for them as high-fat fried chicken,” PCRM president Neal Barnard said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“Even a grilled chicken salad increases the risk of breast cancer, prostate cancer and other forms of this lethal disease,” he said.<\/p>\n

Aside from McDonald’s and Burger King, the chains named in the lawsuit were Chick-fil-A, Chili’s, Applebee’s, Outback Steakhouse and TGI Friday’s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\nWASHINGTON (AFP) – A US doctors’ group has sued seven leading fast-food chains including McDonald’s and Burger King over their use of a “dangerous carcinogenic” in grilled chicken.
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