Koreans unaware that coffee may cause cancer
Roasted coffee, containing acrylamide that possibly causes a cancer, is causing concern among Koreans, who drink a large amount of coffee compared to people in other countries. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukBy Ko Dong-hwanThree months after the state of California mandated local coffee shops to post a warning sign about acrylamide ― a chemical formed while roasting coffee beans that possibly can cause cancer ― a Korean TV show reported on the danger last weekend.The warning on “Consumer Report” on KBS 1TV is a shock because Korea is one of the world's most serious coffee-drinking countries ― one Korean drinks an average 512 cups of coffee per year.The International Agency for Research on Cancer, an arm of the World Health Organization under the United Nations, categorizes acrylamide on the “Group 2A” list of probable carcinogens, or any substance, radionuclide or radiation that promotes the formation of cancer. Agents in this group, however, have shown limited evidence of carcinogenicity in humans, although there is sufficient evidence in experiments on ani
Jun 25, 2018
