California Chips and Fries

Check out the latest health alert.

From the Los Angeles Times:

California Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer sued nine snack- and fast-food giants Friday, saying the law requires them to tell the public that their potato chips and French fries contain a toxic chemical.

In a suit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Lockyer sought a court order compelling the companies to place warnings on their cooked potato products because they contain higher levels of a suspected carcinogen, acrylamide, than other foods.

Lockyer said he didn't want to tell people to stop eating fries and chips. No, he wants each company to tell everybody that they might get cancer if they eat fries and chips. What a guy.

What is more interesting is the irony represented by this latest action. Arguably, California is a leader in per capita marijuana smoking due to the proliferation of medical marijuana clubs and I've read that the side effects of smoking medical marijuana are arrested by eating fries and chips. So, if one has cancer and uses medical marijuana to ease the pain and then eats chips and fries due to the side effects of using marijuana, one may get more cancer. Or something like that....