Didn’t know chips could cause birth defects

farmers_daughter

I have eaten a few bags of chips over the last couple weeks thinking the ingredients were cleaner than saltine crackers or Triscuits. The sweet potato chips I bought contain the ingredients: sweet potatoes, avocado oil and sea salt. Underneath the ingredients is a warning label that they are known to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. 

I’m not normally a junk food eater but I was eating 2-3 servings a day due to loss of appetite and nausea.  

harpseal135

They do that to cover their asses since we live in a sue happy country.  You are fine, baby is fine.  If concerned talk to your doctor. 

farmers_daughter

Okay, thank you!! I’m not going to eat them anymore but it’s reassuring to hear they’re likely just covering their behinds. 

virtaur

I’ve literally seen that warning on most things I wouldn’t worry 

harpseal135

Look up proposition 65.  

rdothoward

I work in a field where I have to be conscious of products and prop 65 labeling. There are 900+ reasons why that bag could have the labeling, from the factory being close to highway (exhaust triggers a prop 65) or because it is transported in a cardboard box that has something in it, but not have anything to do with the actual product itself.  If you are in California you will see it a lot. I believe they used to put that warning on door signs as you walked into coffee shop because coffee could potentially cause cancer. You and the baby are probably fine and all is well. I totally understand if you don’t want to eat it any more, but hopefully this will help ease any concern. 

meggyme

Just don’t eat the plastic bag and you should be fine.

farmers_daughter

Thank you for the reassurance!! 

farmers_daughter

This is only the second time I’ve seen the warning on food. The first time was on a dried sweet potato snack in which the only ingredient was sweet potato. 

knottie1c4340178da1b6bf

CA resident and someone who works in supplement manufacturing here! It has to do with heavy metals. 

Everything has heavy metals in it—even your produce at the grocery store. Supplements and chips and foods pretty much all have to have that disclaimer on it (esp if packaged in CA) as part of standard regulations. We’re gonna get cravings no matter what but when you’re feeling OK, just choose the “cleanest” option you can to minimize the yuck in processed foods.  

humanprinter

It looks like nobody noticed the prop 65 warning says "acrylamide". It's a compound that naturally forms when some foods are cooked at high temperatures, like grilling, baking, or frying. So, the absolute fear-mongeringest nonsense.

There aren't even consistent human studies to corroborate an elevated cancer risk from it, according to cancer.gov, and it's basically in much all French fries, chips, crackers, cookies, coffee, etc.

finalcountdown5

@humanprinter the fear mongering the world has cowered to is atrocious. Then what we should really fear they have gas lighting words for to down play it. It's amazing to watch, a real time psyop.  Interesting time to be alive. 

jforjanelle

I’d be scared all the time if I lived in California. The labeling there is wild!  

knottieknottieknottie

It's impossible to avoid everything that MIGHT be a risk. We can just do our best, particularly avoiding things that are known or very likely to be major risks, and skip the "might bes" that are easy to skip.

As I understand it, acrylamide occurs during any very high temperature cooking such as baking or frying. It's in coffee as well. Probably very few of us are avoiding this one completely. Moderation is more realistic.

harpseal135

Breathing fresh air is a risk - traces of CO2 and many other "bad things"