How to Use acrylamide in a Sentence

acrylamide

noun

• But in high doses, acrylamide has been found to cause cancer in mice.
  — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2018
• Coffee is listed as one of the major food sources of acrylamide in humans.
  — Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 30 Mar. 2018
• One of the arguments against the acrylamide warning is that the health benefits of coffee outweigh the risk.
  — Sarah Rense, Esquire, 8 Feb. 2018
• The good news is air fryers appear to produce lower amounts of acrylamide.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 6 Dec. 2021
• The chemical acrylamide is used in all kinds of industries to make dyes and plastics.
  — Alix Wall, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019
• When food is cooked at very high heat, an amino acid called asparagine can react with sugars to produce acrylamide.
  — Alix Wall, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019
• The saga began as early as 2002, when researchers found the chemical acrylamide in an array of foods.
  — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 16 June 2018
• One of them is acrylamide, which is created when coffee beans are roasted.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 30 Mar. 2018
• The coffee makers did not deny that the chemical acrylamide was found in coffee.
  — Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2018
• In Chung's new version, there's a high concentration of acrylamide, which results in a tangled set of long polymer chains with links that slip and slide around.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 18 June 2020
• One of them is acrylamide, which is created when coffee beans are roasted, reports Newsweek.
  — Emily Price, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2018
• The same group took potato-chip makers to court in California years ago because acrylamide is present in fried potatoes.
  — Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2018
• In the first phase of the trial, Berle said the defense failed to present enough credible evidence to show there was no significant risk posed by acrylamide in coffee.
  — Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• But experts say that the carcinogenicity of acrylamide in people is still up for debate.
  — Kendall Powell, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2018
• Acrylamide, especially the acrylamide in coffee, isn’t even close.
  — New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018
• Like many foods that are cooked, coffee-roasting creates a chemical byproduct called acrylamide that is a carcinogen.
  — Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2018
• At issue is a chemical called acrylamide, which is created when coffee beans are roasted.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2018
• Rothamsted Research this month applied for a permit to field test wheat edited to contain less asparagine, an amino acid that becomes the carcinogen acrylamide when baked.
  — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 26 May 2021
• Berle said scientists who testified on behalf of the coffee companies failed to prove that there was an acceptable level of acrylamide.
  — Victoria Kim, latimes.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• Finally, Schiff said that potatoes should not be stored in the refrigerator because this could lead to producing more acrylamide when the potatoes are later cooked.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 14 June 2017
• When consumed by the human body, acrylamide is converted into a compound called glycidamide, which can cause DNA mutations that may lead to cancer.
  — Alix Wall, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019
• The problem stems from acrylamide, which is on a California’s list of chemicals that could potentially cause cancer.
  — Emily Price, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2018
• After losing an earlier phase of the case, the companies argued at a trial last fall that they should be allowed to come up with an alternative risk level for acrylamide in coffee.
  — Sara Randazzo, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018
• Rodents fed massive amounts of acrylamide do develop cancer.
  — Ben Guarino and Eli Rosenberg, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• For some perspective, acrylamide can also be found in potatoes, breakfast cereal, crackers, cookies, and prune juice.
  — Emily Price, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2018
• Metzger also claims that the legal battle led chip maker Frito-Lay to preemptively reduce acrylamide levels in its products.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 June 2019
• Many coffee shops have already posted warnings that say acrylamide is cancer-causing chemical found in coffee.
  — NBC News, 30 Mar. 2018
• The companies say that trace amounts of the chemical acrylamide in their brew doesn’t justify a warning to consumers in California—an important market for food and beverage brands.
  — Annie Gasparro, WSJ, 16 Apr. 2018
• The complaint filed by the nonprofit in the coffee case argues that a 12-ounce serving of coffee contains a statistically significant level of acrylamide.
  — Michael Russell, OregonLive.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• Big Coffee didn’t deny that acrylamide was found in the coffee, but argued it was only found at low levels and was outweighed by other benefits such as antioxidants that reduce cancer risk.
  — Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2018

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