California
lawmakers are seeking to ban decaffeinated coffee or force companies to
change their recipes to remove a chemical linked to cancer.
The
majority of decaffeinated coffees are made using methylene chloride, also
found in paint stripper, which is used to remove caffeine from the coffee
beans during the manufacturing process.
Both the EPA and
International Agency for Research on
Cancer have
labeled methylene chloride as a 'probable carcinogen', after studies
linked it to cancers
in the blood, breasts and other parts of the body.
But under new
legislation, filed by
Democrat
Assembleymember Eloise Reyes, the state would ban decaf coffee produced
using this chemical — forcing manufacturers to switch recipes or face a
$10,000 fine.
Decaf is an abomination, but so is this law.
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