Dangerous Dogs

Here is a story about an ad about the "dangers" of the dog. The hot dog, that is.

CHICAGO — A new TV commercial shows kids eating hot dogs in a
school cafeteria and one little boy's haunting lament: "I was dumbfounded when
the doctor told me I have late-stage colon cancer."

It's a startling revelation in an ad that vilifies one of America's
most beloved, if maligned, foods, while stoking fears about a dreaded
disease.

But the boy doesn't have cancer. Neither do two other kids in the ad
who claim to be afflicted.

The link between colon cancer and hot dogs is not conclusive, says an American Cancer Society director.

"My concern about this campaign is it's giving the indication that the
occasional hot dog in the school lunch is going to increase cancer risk," said
Colleen Doyle, the American Cancer Society's nutrition director. "An occasional
hot dog isn't going to increase that risk." [Even if you a dog a day. D]

Here is my favorite part that describes what may or may not be in the hot dog.

Hot dogs typically contain muscle meat trimmings from pork or beef. Contrary to legend, they do not contain animal eyeballs, hooves or genitals, according to the Hot Dog Council's Janet Riley. But the government does allow them to contain pig snouts and stomachs, cow lips and livers, goat gullets and lamb spleens. If they have these byproducts, the label should spell out which ones, a U.S. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman said.

Here's the full story.