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Jul. 22 2009 - 12:20 pm | 2 views | 1 recommendation | 2 comments

Group legal action says hot dogs can cause cancer

Damn.

The Washington, D.C.-based Cancer Project wants to force hot dog makers to use warning labels. The group filed a lawsuit today in Superior Court in Newark on behalf of three New Jersey residents. The defendants are Kraft Foods, manufacturer of the Oscar Mayer brand; Sara Lee; Nathan’s Famous, and the makers of the Hebrew National and Sabrett brands.

The lawsuit cites a report by the American Institute for Cancer Research that concluded regular consumption of processed meat can increase the risk of colorectal and other forms of cancer.

via Hot dogs can cause cancer, group’s lawsuit says | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press.


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    Next thing you know Washington will be taking away my polish sausage,SPAM with VELVEETA sandwiches and my LUCKY non filters.I can’t go to a baseball game and eat a turkey dog washed down with a lite beer.This sounds like a plot hatched by Limbaugh so he can have all the good stuff for himself.Stop it fatso!
    Pass the mustard!

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    I don’t really think when someone scoffs down a hot dog they think they are eating health food.

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