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acrylamide
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acrylamide /acryl·a·mide/ (ah-kril´ah-mīd) a vinyl monomer used in the production of polymers with many industrial and research uses; the monomeric form is a neurotoxin.
acrylamide
Nutrition A substance found in ↑ concentrations in fried foods–eg, potato chips, French fries, and regarded by the WHO as a probable human carcinogen


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Apart from causing inflammation and breast lumps, PAAG's raw material, acrylamide monomer, is toxic to the human nervous system, and is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a probable carcinogen, Hong Kong's Consumer Council said in a report last month.
Since the acrylamide monomer was fed as a 50 wt% solution, the acrylamide content was increased by increasing the pump rate, keeping the total moisture content at 50%.
 
 
 
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