On Aug 8, 8:56*pm, Salmon Egg > wrote:
> In article
> >,
>
> *spamtrap1888 > wrote:
> > > It seems almost all food is carcinogenic. Wheatena is essentially banned
> > > in California because it has the same carcinogen as most baked wheat
> > > products. Even broccoli and other brassicas. considered by many to be an
> > > anti-cancer food, has carcinogens in it.
>
> > Wheatena isn't banned -- they just have to disclose the amount of
> > carcinogen/neurotoxin it contains.
>
> I used the word "essentially." How many bread or melba toast purveyors
> tell you how much carcinogen is in their product.

Actually Melba toast's levels are relatively modest. Ry-Krisp is the
one to avoid.

Wheatena is well up there, though. Other people pledged to cut down
the amount of acrylamide in their products, and many are at
undetectable levels. It has 5 to 30 times the amount of other cereals.

http://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/f.../ucm053549.htm

> If you were selling a
> product that has been on the market for well over a hundred years, how
> would you like to print a "cigarette label" on your product. I am
> willing to sign a health disclaimer when I buy Wheatena for my
> consumption even though it does contain a carcinogen even if the
> producer will not admit it.
>
> For now, it seems that the manufacturer is not whipping Wheatena into
> California, and a few other states.

The people voted for notification. You can't go anywhere without
seeing a Prop. 65 warning though, so I don't know what Wheatena's
problem is. Let their Calif distributor slap stickers on, if they
don't want to let other states know.