New research involving 100,000 women found no evidence of a link between consumption of acrylamide, a chemical found in french fries and other foods, and breast cancer. The study was presented Tuesday ...

Acrylamide is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a probable human carcinogen (IARC, 1994). In April 2002, a Swedish food survey created international public health ...

Foods that contain acrylamide are unlikely to cause breast cancer in women, according to preliminary results of a new study involving 100,000 US women. The finding is the largest epidemiological study ...

Dietary intakes of acrylamide are not related to increased risks of brain cancer, says a new study from Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Acrylamide intake, at levels commonly consumed in the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Seven years ago, alarms were sounded that acrylamide, a compound found in foods heated at high temperatures, could cause cancer. However, studies have not uncovered links ...

Acrylamide is a chemical formed when frying, roasting, grilling or baking carbohydrate-rich foods at temperatures above 120°C. Acrylamide is thus found in a number of foods, such as bread, crisps, ...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning people to cut down on acrylamide, a chemical linked to cancer that can form in plant-based, starchy foods when they are cooked in high-temperatures like ...

Two preliminary studies suggest that eating foods containing acrylamide, recently discovered to be common in fried foods rich in carbohydrates, does not increase the risk for several types of cancer, ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- High levels of acrylamide have been found to cause cancer in animals, and scientists say it is likely to cause cancer in humans, U.S. health officials say. Lauren Robin, a ...

April 29 -- TUESDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) -- Acrylamide, a food byproduct that some research has linked to certain cancers, doesn't raise the risk of lung cancer in men and may even offer slight ...

A recent document issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) indicates that acrylamide found in fried food can increase the risk of cancer. FDA suggests that cutting down on some fried foods ...

Acrylamide intake, at levels commonly consumed in the US diet, had no impact on the risk of pre-menopausal breast cancer, according to findings of a study with 90,628 women published in the American ...