Cancer-Linked Food in Pretty Pink Buckets

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KFC Pink Buckets

Just so you know how low KFC will stoop to make a sale, the company has started selling its cancer-linked chicken in pink buckets to raise money for breast cancer research. This is almost beyond belief, considering that among the secret ingredients in KFC’s Kentucky Grilled Chicken are PhIP and other chemicals known as heterocyclic amines, which have been linked to several types of cancer, including breast cancer. And a recent study shows that eating fried chicken significantly increases the odds of bladder cancer.

Now the company is concerned about fighting cancer? I don’t think so.

You might think that because many people are going to buy this nonfood anyway, the proceeds may as well go to cancer research, but it turns out that’s not even the case. Some small print on KFC’s Web site reads, “Customer purchases of KFC buckets during the promotion will not directly increase the total contribution.” But were you expecting anything else? Check out KFC’s shameful history of cruelty to animals.

It’s a slap in the face to cancer survivors too. When I mentioned KFC’s new pink buckets to my best friend—a breast cancer survivor who went vegan after having a mastectomy and who now staunchly encourages other women to eat healthy plant-based foods and to support clinical research methods—she shuddered and said, “Oh, my God! Disgusting!”

A longer version of this blog originally appeared on Care2.

Written by Heather Moore

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