Are green potato chips bad for you?

Are green potato chips bad for you? Risk Bites takes a look at whether fears over green potato chips are just an urban myth, or whether there's more to them.

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Useful websites:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5415e/x541...

International Program on Chemical Safety: http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa...

Food Safety Watch: http://www.foodsafetywatch.com/public...

Wikipedia (solanine): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanine

Mental_floss: http://mentalfloss.com/article/30746/...

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The Food Safety Hazard Guidebook. By Richard Lawley, Laurie Curtis, Judy Davis: http://www.rsc.org/shop/books/2008/97...

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