Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle said in a proposed decision that Starbucks and other coffee companies failed to show the threat from a chemical compound produced in the coffee roasting process was insignificant. A non-profit group had sued coffee roasters, distributors and retailers under a state law that requires warnings on a wide range of chemicals that can cause cancer. One is acrylamide, a carcinogen present in coffee.

Source: Irish Independent March 29, 2018 21:42 UTC