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Boise State Researcher Studies Acrylamides In Food

Boise State University
Dr. Owen McDougal - professor and chair, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Boise State University

Boise State University's Owen McDougal has been researching how acralymides develop in cooked foods. Acralymides can have carcinogenic effects on the human body and in California, a judge recently ruledcoffee growers need to label the acralymide content of their beans. Idaho Matters will talk with McDougal about his work on acralymides and potatoes.

 

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