Many Americans have toasted bread first thing in the morning. For some, the morning meal also includes hash browned potatoes. Or later in the day, they might enjoy potato chips or crispy French fries. But if you like any of these foods cooked until they are dark brown in color, you might want to limit how much of them you eat. That is the finding of a British government agency. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is urging people to avoid eating burnt or very well toasted bread and deeply browned potatoes. The danger, the agency says, is when starchy foods are cooked until they are very firm or even burnt. The concern is a chemical called acrylamide. Acrylamide is produced naturally in food during cooking at high temperatures. It has been identified as a possible cancer-causing substance.
Title: Can Burnt Toast Give You Cancer?
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1715/burnt_toast.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Can Burnt Toast Give You Cancer?' data-article-id='2233'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6208'>Many Americans have toasted bread first thing in the morning.</span> <span data-start-time='6208' data-end-time='12042'>For some, the morning meal also includes hash browned potatoes.</span> <span data-start-time='12042' data-end-time='19833'>Or later in the day, they might enjoy potato chips or crispy French fries.</span> <span data-start-time='19833' data-end-time='31208'>But if you like any of these foods cooked until they are dark brown in color, you might want to limit how much of them you eat.</span> <span data-start-time='31208' data-end-time='36313'>That is the finding of a British government agency.</span> <span data-start-time='36313' data-end-time='48229'>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is urging people to avoid eating burnt or very well toasted bread and deeply browned potatoes.</span> <span data-start-time='48229' data-end-time='58625'>The danger, the agency says, is when starchy foods are cooked until they are very firm or even burnt.</span> <span data-start-time='58625' data-end-time='63813'>The concern is a chemical called acrylamide.</span> <span data-start-time='63813' data-end-time='70875'>Acrylamide is produced naturally in food during cooking at high temperatures.</span> <span data-start-time='70875' data-end-time='77292'>It has been identified as a possible cancer-causing substance.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1715/burnt_toast.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8206 data-hint-location='36313' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1715/what_does_avoid_mean.m4a'>What does avoid mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='stay away from'><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1715/all_potatoes.m4a'><span>all potatoes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1715/burnt_toast.m4a'><span>burnt toast</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1715/soft_fries.m4a'><span>soft fries</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1715/light_toast.m4a'><span>light toast</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8208 data-hint-location='63813' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1715/the_chemical_is_produced_during_cooking__blank_.m4a'>The chemical is produced during cooking <span class='blank'>at high temperatures</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='at high 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