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Large fast food chain Burger King Holdings Inc. is facing a lawsuit in California Superior Court for allegations that the company failed to warn consumers that it''s charbroiled burgers such as the Triple Whopper contain a cancer-causing chemical.
The lawsuit, filed in July, focuses on the toxic chemical polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), which is formed when organic substances such as flame-broiled hamburgers are not completely burned.
Such chemicals are listed as carcinogens or reproductive toxicants under California law. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, PAHs have been associated with serious health problems and reproductive complications in humans.
Some people who ingested, inhaled, or touched PAHs and other mixtures of dangerous chemicals for long periods of time developed cancer.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. If Burger King is found liable, they may have to pay economic, non-economic, and punitive damages to plaintiffs.
Between 2002 and 2005, related lawsuits were filed against Burger King, McDonald''s and other fast food chains for allegedly failing to disclose to consumers that their fries contained another toxic substance, acrylamide.