Guest guest Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Lawsuit: All-American Hotdogs May Cause All-American Cancer Are hotdogs the new cancer sticks? A lawsuit claims there’s a hidden link. By Emily Main Topics: organic food, food labeling, eat healthy .. -- Experiment with veggie hotdogs; save the real thing for special occasions, and keep your overall processed meat intake low. .. Bad dog: Hot dogs should come with warning labels, according to a new lawsuit. RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—It’s been a bad week for America’s favorite foods. First, Denny’s gets hit with a lawsuit over its use of salt in its sandwiches. Now a health advocacy group, The Cancer Project, has filed a lawsuit against the makers of hotdogs for not disclosing the links between their products and colon and rectal cancers. THE DETAILS: The Cancer Project is a nonprofit group dedicated to preventing cancer and supporting research that will improve survival rates for people who get the disease. In their lawsuit, they named five companies that manufacture hotdogs: Kraft Foods (Oscar Meyer), Sara Lee (Ball Park), Con Agra Foods (Hebrew National), Nathan’s Famous (Nathan’s Famous brand), and Marathon Enterprises (Sabrett). If they’re successful, the Cancer Project hopes that the suit will result in the requirement of cigarettelike warning labels such as Warning: Consuming hotdogs and other processed meats increases the risk of cancer. “We wouldn’t take processed meats away from ballparks,†says Susan Levin, MS, RD, director of nutrition education at The Cancer Project. “We just want to give people the information so they can make informed choices.†Rodale.com attempted to contact each of the companies named in the lawsuit; Nathan’s Famous was the only company to reply. Representatives there say that they’re still reviewing the suit and have yet to come up with a response. " Hobbes: Do you think there's a God? Calvin: Well, SOMEBODY'S out to get me. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 They probably have the same additives that other smoked flavoured meats have - and I think that causes cancer (stomach cancer anyway). Jo , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: > > Lawsuit: All-American Hotdogs May Cause All-American Cancer > Are hotdogs the new cancer sticks? A lawsuit claims there’s a hidden > link. > By Emily Main > Topics: organic food, food labeling, eat healthy > . > -- > Experiment with veggie hotdogs; save the real thing for special > occasions, and keep your overall processed meat intake low. > . > Bad dog: Hot dogs should come with warning labels, according to a new > lawsuit. > RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA†" It’s been a bad week for America’s favorite > foods. First, Denny’s gets hit with a lawsuit over its use of salt in > its sandwiches. Now a health advocacy group, The Cancer Project, has > filed a lawsuit against the makers of hotdogs for not disclosing the > links between their products and colon and rectal cancers. > > THE DETAILS: The Cancer Project is a nonprofit group dedicated to > preventing cancer and supporting research that will improve survival > rates for people who get the disease. In their lawsuit, they named > five companies that manufacture hotdogs: Kraft Foods (Oscar Meyer), > Sara Lee (Ball Park), Con Agra Foods (Hebrew National), Nathan’s > Famous (Nathan’s Famous brand), and Marathon Enterprises (Sabrett). If > they’re successful, the Cancer Project hopes that the suit will result > in the requirement of cigarettelike warning labels such as Warning: > Consuming hotdogs and other processed meats increases the risk of > cancer. “We wouldn’t take processed meats away from ballparks,†says > Susan Levin, MS, RD, director of nutrition education at The Cancer > Project. “We just want to give people the information so they can make > informed choices.†Rodale.com attempted to contact each of the > companies named in the lawsuit; Nathan’s Famous was the only company > to reply. Representatives there say that they’re still reviewing the > suit and have yet to come up with a response. > > > > > > " Hobbes: Do you think there's a God? Calvin: Well, SOMEBODY'S out to get me. " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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