Eeeek! Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the canteen...

Not that I'm suggesting that the British media likes a good food scare story or anything...

Inspired by the awful Evening Standard's toothpaste cancer story last week.



Toothpaste in cancer scare.

Is your deodorant giving you cancer?

Chromium picolinate, popular with dieters and bodybuilders, is linked to cancer.

Green Cuisine Ground Chilli, Wing Yip TRS Chilli Powder Extra Hot, Indus Foods Indus Chilli Powder extra hot, The Spice Shop Organic Cayenne Pepper and Bart Spices Organic Paprika are linked to cancer.

E110, or Sunset Yellow, used in cereals, sweets, ice cream and canned fish, is linked to cancer.

It has long been believed that the changes in diets could be linked to cancer.

Scientists have already confirmed that acrylamide, a chemical found in crisps, chips, cereals, bread, rice and other foods - can cause cancer.

Twinsweet, another artificial sweetener, is a combination of the controversial sweeteners aspartame and acesulfame K. Aspartame is thought to break down into other chemicals which have been linked to cancer.

Can prawns give you cancer?

Almost all fish contain some levels of dioxin, which is linked to cancer, brain abnormalities and reproductive problems.

Heavily salted and pickled foods have been linked to cancer.

Health fanatics who pop too many vitamin C pills may run a higher risk of cancer.

Chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects have been found in eggs and chicken portions.

Soy sauce containing 3-MCPD has been linked to cancer.

More than a third of Britons are eating "healthy" oily fish that contain levels of toxic PCB and dioxins - cancer-causing chemicals - that break new safety limits.

Farmed salmon contains PCBs and other dioxin-like contaminants linked to cancer.

The European Food Safety Authority confirmed the discovery of semicarbazide, which can damage DNA, in a range of products, including babyfood.

Lettuce, tomatoes, and fruit - basically anything that grows above the ground - is more likely to have been sprayed several times with cancer-causing pesticides.

Because of pesticides, vegetables such as potatoes are likely to contain chemicals, some of which have been linked to cancer and infertility.

A fibre-rich diet thought to prevent bowel cancer may cause the disease, research suggests.

Soya - found in vegetarian foods, and a key ingredient in products from meat sausages and fish fingers to salad creams and breakfast cereals - had been linked to cancer and brain damage.

The SA has recently allowed the use of sodium nitrate, a preservative linked to cancer, in organic bacon.

Fluoride absorption can be linked to cancer, Down's syndrome, bone fractures and thyroid disorders.

Lindane is a hormone-disrupting chemical and is used on strawberries, grassland and in grain stores. It has been linked to cancer.

Nitrates and nitrites, used in cured meats, have also been linked to cancer in laboratory animals.

Leading brands of tinned food contain a 'gender-bending' chemical linked to cancer and damaged sexual development has been found in more than half of the cans of food on sale in supermarkets.