My drill bits cause cancer?

[oosik]

Maybe it's just the folks who reside in CA and not so much the product. And, No, James - I missed that movie. However, I've seen others and that fellow has a real warped sense of reality.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Probably because peanuts are a legume whereas nuts are a fruit.

FYI, Peanuts Aren't Even Nuts, And THIS Is How They Really Grow
It's probably not what you think.
By
Julie R. Thomson
10/11/2016 06:00am EDT

The average American eats three pounds of peanut butter a year ― that’s a whole lot of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Most of those peanut butter consumers know that the beloved spread is made from ground peanuts, but do you know how those peanuts grow? Have you ever even thought about it?

Peanuts, unlike almonds and walnuts, do not grow on trees. They’re actually not nuts at all, but legumes like peas and lentils ― and they grow in the ground.

From the Huffington Post

 

[dmccarty]

A year or so ago, a coworker bought a bag of dried ginger which had the prop 65 warning sticker. We buy dried ginger from CostCo and I had been giving the coworker ginger when she wanted some. She saw the sticker and we looked at the Costco bag, which surprisingly, did not have the stupid sticker. She called up the company and they said they put the sticker on the bag so they can sell in CA.

The list of ingredients was the same on both bags and they were pretty benign. The worst ingredient was sugar. I guess sugar could cause cancer, it sure causes problems if one eats too much, so maybe CA should just ban sugar...

Later,
Dan

 

[DarkBlack]

Probably because peanuts are a legume whereas nuts are a fruit.

Peanuts are neither colored or shaped like peas, and do not taste like them or grow above ground like them. They are not a nut either. So we named them peanuts. Silly English language.

 

[DarkBlack]

California propositions come from the people (special interest groups). A bunch of signatures and it gets put on the ballet. Then lots of money for scare tactics ads. Spook the sheeple to vote and you get prop 65 cancer warning stickers on everything.

Other places where the bureaucrats and scientists actually know reality make the regulations you get less of this sky is falling labels.

I read California introduces over 1,000 new laws every January 1st! No bull. I had to double check to see if it was true, and it is. Simply amazing.

 

[Jstpssng]

Probably because peanuts are a legume whereas nuts are a fruit.

Yet you are a lot more apt to have a peanut allergy than from tree nuts.... and unlikely to have the latter unless you are also allergic to the former.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Peanuts are neither colored or shaped like peas, and do not taste like them or grow above ground like them. They are not a nut either. So we named them peanuts. Silly English language.

Down South they are known as Goober Peas.

 

[goeduck]

Don't worry about it, it only causes cancer in California. But, when in California....don't touch or eat anything, it's one big cancer ball!

Prop 65 escapees to other states after a rare CA snow..

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Just bought and installed an in-line electric lamp switch...it had the same warning. What, did they think the buyer was going to suck on the thing instead of install in on the lamp cord? In any case, a set of instructions would have been much more helpful, in spite of the fact that installation appeared to be intuitive. Thank goodness for online How-to-do-it videos!

 

[Jim Nelson]

Probably because peanuts are a legume whereas nuts are a fruit.

Now you are going to have Ca. renamed "The land of fruits, nuts,and legumes".

 

[dragoneggs]

Now you are going to have Ca. renamed "The land of fruits, nuts,and legumes".

this is getting complicated like LGBT. :confused3:

 

[Oldpath05]

Things could be worse, just imagine being allergic to anything peanut, no more PBMJ...............

 

[Jstpssng]

Things could be worse, just imagine being allergic to anything peanut, no more PBMJ...............

I'm not allergic to them, but the thought makes my stomach turn. I ate too many of those back in my younger days.

 

[k0ua]

Things could be worse, just imagine being allergic to anything peanut, no more PBMJ...............

I am allergic to all things peanut. Even things fried in peanut oil.. It isn't all bad, you just have to be careful and sniff anything offered to you. Especially cookies and baked goods. So many people don't understand peanut allergy and continue to offer peanut "things" with abandon. Seemingly unaware that to part of the population they are offering pure poison. Think about that a bit. Say you were immune to a particular poison, but continued putting it in food and offering it in social settings to others knowing full well you would be poisoning them to the extent they might just have a reaction and die right in front of you. It is just a matter of the percentage of the population that can consume this poison. The percentage of the population that can consume the poison and have a reaction is small. And the percentage that will die right in front of you is smaller still. But it is a percentage.

Fortunately most of us can detect the peanut in the product before we stick it in our mouth. About 6 months ago I consumed a cookie offered and being distracted I did not notice it at first. I noticed it in about a minute. But I discontinued consuming, and washed my my mouth and throat out and suffered for about 2 hours. But did not die. I didn't consume enough to puke either, which is what I usually do. BUT thoughtless people still make peanut butter cookies and offer them to people they do not know.

If you were to ask me, you should never make another peanut butter cookie or other bake good that hides the peanut product in other tasty things like the chocolate cookie I was offered and offer them in public. There are just too many people in this world that are poisoned by this product.

I wish I didn't have this allergy, and I am sure millions more wish the same thing.

Oh, i find people in the same room eating pungent peanut butter and raw peanuts in the same room offensive, And while my "detector" is highly tuned, I won't really have a major reaction to the poison, it just irks me. And why some people think that hiding peanut butter in a primarily chocolate cookie is good, I will never know. But some think peanut is good in everything.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
Peanuts aren't the only thing which people hide in cookies.
That's one of the arguments against pot enhanced foods. I have known people to pass them out, thinking they are being funny... I have never seen the humor.

 

[dragoneggs]

I am allergic to all things peanut. Even things fried in peanut oil.. It isn't all bad, you just have to be careful and sniff anything offered to you. Especially cookies and baked goods. So many people don't understand peanut allergy and continue to offer peanut "things" with abandon. Seemingly unaware that to part of the population they are offering pure poison. Think about that a bit. Say you were immune to a particular poison, but continued putting it in food and offering it in social settings to others knowing full well you would be poisoning them to the extent they might just have a reaction and die right in front of you. It is just a matter of the percentage of the population that can consume this poison. The percentage of the population that can consume the poison and have a reaction is small. And the percentage that will die right in front of you is smaller still. But it is a percentage.

Fortunately most of us can detect the peanut in the product before we stick it in our mouth. About 6 months ago I consumed a cookie offered and being distracted I did not notice it at first. I noticed it in about a minute. But I discontinued consuming, and washed my my mouth and throat out and suffered for about 2 hours. But did not die. I didn't consume enough to puke either, which is what I usually do. BUT thoughtless people still make peanut butter cookies and offer them to people they do not know.

If you were to ask me, you should never make another peanut butter cookie or other bake good that hides the peanut product in other tasty things like the chocolate cookie I was offered and offer them in public. There are just too many people in this world that are poisoned by this product.

I wish I didn't have this allergy, and I am sure millions more wish the same thing.

Oh, i find people in the same room eating pungent peanut butter and raw peanuts in the same room offensive, And while my "detector" is highly tuned, I won't really have a major reaction to the poison, it just irks me. And why some people think that hiding peanut butter in a primarily chocolate cookie is good, I will never know. But some think peanut is good in everything.

Wow James... with all due respect, I find your post a little harsh. While I don’t have a peanut allergy and I can definitely appreciate the seriousness, I find it hard to blame someone for other’s allergies unless they don’t know ‘what’s inside’ if you ask.

My good buddy is seriously lactose intolerant and he always asks about ingredients at a restaurant or when at a friend’s house. Sorry if I am being insensitive but it seems the onus should be on the person with the issue, not the masses that don’t have the knowledge or experience. Expecting everyone to understand a particular person’s allergies is a recipe for failure.

Another friend is highly allergic to squid. He always checks at seafood restaurants about contents of soup, ceviche, etc.

I guess we could pass a law the requires servers to always ask about if anyone has any food allergies? More lawsuits.

I hope you take this right.

 

[k0ua]

Wow James... with all due respect, I find your post a little harsh. While I don’t have a peanut allergy and I can definitely appreciate the seriousness, I find it hard to blame someone for other’s allergies unless they don’t know ‘what’s inside’ if you ask.

My good buddy is seriously lactose intolerant and he always asks about ingredients at a restaurant or when at a friend’s house. Sorry if I am being insensitive but it seems the onus should be on the person with the issue, not the masses that don’t have the knowledge or experience. Expecting everyone to understand a particular person’s allergies is a recipe for failure.

Another friend is highly allergic to squid. He always checks at seafood restaurants about contents of soup, ceviche, etc.

I guess we could pass a law the requires servers to always ask about if anyone has any food allergies? More lawsuits.

I hope you take this right.

Well, my point is that peanut allergy is pervasive enough that many business's like airlines won't serve them anymore. The reason is the results can be so dire. Literally poisoned and die right there. As I said most of us don't have it that severe, but some do, and most of us can detect a peanut pretty quick and avoid it. i was fooled about the chocolate cookie, and have myself to blame for not detecting it and I really know better than to take most offered food in the first place, but my point is why in he77 do people hide peanut butter in chocolate cookies? It doesn't make sense to me. Some people think every baked good will benefit from the addition of peanut butter. I am here to tell you it IS A VERY BAD IDEA. If someone offers you a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you know right off what it is and what it will do to you. Same with "boiled peanuts" or a jar of dried salted peanuts. Easy to avoid, but hiding peanut products in other foods. is not a good idea. It is very thoughtless at best.

 

[k0ua]

Lets frame the peanut thing another way.

Say that 95 percent of the population has no trouble at all eating strychnine. In fact a lot of people really like the taste of strychnine. But 3 percent of the people will suffer a lot of discomfort eating strychnine hidden inside what they think is a chocolate cookie. They will have throat swelling, stomach upset, and likely puke if they eat enough of it. And another 2 percent of the populace will be DRT. Dead Right There.

So you being one of the people that think some strychnine is good in almost anything, would you put strychnine in your chocolate cookies? Would you offer them to others you don't know well? And maybe you aren't intentionally thinking about hurting anyone, but maybe you are just thoughtless? As much as peanut allergies have been known and in the popular culture and in the news for as long as it has, why would you put strychnine in your cookies?