{"id":129591,"date":"2017-09-26T15:19:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T20:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=129591"},"modified":"2017-09-26T17:00:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T22:00:35","slug":"coffee-cancer-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=129591","title":{"rendered":"California Cancer Causing Coffee lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-129592\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/coffee2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/coffee2.jpg 281w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/coffee2-275x175.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/>LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Coffee could carry an ominous cancer warning in California if a nonprofit group prevails in a Los Angeles courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>An attorney representing the Council for Education and Research on Toxics is presenting evidence to a judge in a 7-year-old case aimed at Starbucks and distributors and retailers.<\/p>\n<p>The council says coffee companies violated a state law requiring they warn consumers about a chemical created in the roasting process that could cause cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Acrylamide is on the state&#8217;s list of dangerous chemicals that must be disclosed to consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys for about 90 companies acknowledge acrylamide is present but say it&#8217;s at harmless levels and is outweighed by benefits from drinking coffee.<\/p>\n<p>They also claim coffee should be exempt because the chemical results naturally from cooking coffee beans that&#8217;s necessary to make them tasty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Coffee could carry an ominous cancer warning in California if a nonprofit group prevails in a Los Angeles courtroom. An attorney representing the Council for Education and Research on Toxics is presenting evidence to a judge in a 7-year-old case aimed at Starbucks and distributors and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":129593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129605,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129591\/revisions\/129605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/129593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}