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Can chips give you cancer? Warnings after tobacco chemical is discovered in fried food

Eating chips and other fried food have been linked to cancer after a study discovered they contain a harmful chemical usually found in tobacco smoke.

Acrylamide - or AA - forms when foods are cooked at high temperatures such as when they are fried.

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