>> I'M NOT SURPRISED BUT IT'S
LIKE ONE OF THOSE THINGS LIKE
ONCE EVERYTHING IS DANGEROUS
NOTHING IS DANGEROUS.
>> SO MANY PEOPLE DRINK SO MUCH
COFFEE THAT I FEEL LIKE DOES IT
REALLY EVEN MATTER AT THIS POINT
IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING IS KIND OF
A CARCINOGEN THESE DAYS.
JOHN: A CALIFORNIA JUDGE RULING
THAT STARBUCKS COFFEE SOLD IN
THE GARDEN STATE MUST COME WITH
A CANCER WARNING.
I'M NOT JOKING.
THIS IS INSANE.
CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES WARNING
LABELS ON PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN
DANGEROUS CHEMICALS INCLUDING A
CHEMICAL USED IN CERTAIN COOKED
FOODS WITH COMPANIES SUBJECT TO
MASSIVE FINES IF THEY VIOLATE
THESE RULES.
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
FINDING THE CHEMICAL INCREASES
THE RISK OF CANCER IN RATS BUT
ONLY IF THEY CONSUME A DOZEN
DOSE 10,000 TIMES HIGHER THAN
WHAT PEOPLE ARE EXPOSED TO.
STARBUCKS STOCK IN THE RED,
AFTER-HOURS, DOWN LESS THAN A
PERCENT, BUT LET'S TAKE IT UP
WITH FOX NEWS MEDICAL A TEAM DR.
MARC SIEGEL ALL.
DOCTOR THIS SOUNDS CRAZY TO ME.
IS MY MORNING COFFEE GOING TO
KILL ME?
>> NO AS A MATTER OF FACT FIRST
OF ALL LET'S TACKLE THE ISSUE.
YOU KNOW IT TAKES 10,000 TIMES
THE AMOUNT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
, 10,000 TIMES THE AMOUNT,
TO POSSIBLY CAUSE CANCER IN RATS
AND WE'RE TALKING RATS.
IN HUMANS ITS NEVER BEEN SHOWN
THAT AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
MICROSCOPIC DOSES SO I WOULD
TAKE THAT RIGHT OFF THE TABLE.
SECONDLY, WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR
THE LAST FIVE TO 10 YEARS ABOUT
HOW COFFEE CAN ACTUALLY PREVENT
CANCER.
ITS BEEN SHOWN TO DECREASE RISK
OF LIVER CANCER, COLORECTAL
CANCER, LAST YEAR THERE WAS A
STUDY OUT OF ITALY THAT SHOWED
IT DECREASES YOUR RISK OF
PROSTATE CANCER BY 50% AND
AGGRESSIVE PROSTATE CANCERS AND
IT'S ALSO VERY GOOD FOR THINKING
, FOR DECREASING YOUR
RISK OF ALZHEIMERS, FOR KEEPING
YOU ATTENTIVE DECREASING
DEPRESSION, DECREASING SUICIDAL
OF THIS IS IN YOUR MORNING CUP
OF JOE.
YOU DO NOT WANT TO THROW IT OUT
THE WINDOW BECAUSE OF THIS
POLITICAL WARNING.
JOHN: SIR WE'VE GOT AN EPIDEMIC
IN THE UNITED STATES A FENTANYL
PROBLEM.
HOW IS STUFF LIKE THIS EVEN GET
PAST AND GO OUT THERE AND CAN
ACTUALLY BECOME LAW?
>> WELL, I THINK IT HAS
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE STATE
WE'RE TALKING AND I DON'T WANT
TO POINT FINGERS HERE BUT THIS
IS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND
THEY DO A HECK OF A LOT OF THIS
OVERLITIGATING.
NOW THEY'RE NOT ALONE.
IT'S NOT JUST CALIFORNIA WE'RE
SEEING THIS BUT WE'RE SEEING IT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT IT'S
PREPOSTEROUS AND THE REASON IS
THIS IS OCCURRING BECAUSE GUESS
WHAT THERE'S BEEN 26 $5,000
WORTH OF LAWSUITS ALREADY
ACTUALLY $265 MILLION WORTH OF
LAWSUITS ALREADY OVER THIS EXACT
ISSUE, BUT THOSE LAWSUITS ARE
JUST BASED ON LAWYERS TRYING TO
MAKE MONEY NOT BASED ON MEDICINE
THIS IS A PREPOSTEROUS IDEA.
I'M NOT TELLING EVERYBODY OUT
THERE TO GO HAVE FOUR CUPS OF
COFFEE BUT THERE'S A LOT OF
HEALTH BENEFITS SHOWN.
JOHN: ACCORDING TO FOX NEWS
REPORTS WITH THE GOOD DOCTOR I
JUST MENTIONED THERE'S NO PROOF
COFFEE CAUSES CANCER AND IF THIS
RULING IS MORE ABOUT LANGUAGE
AND A LABELING LAW NOT THAT
COFFEE WILL KILL YOU.
AND SIR, YOU OBVIOUSLY AGREE
WITH THIS, AND TO ME, IT JUST
SEEMS LIKE DEEP POCKETED LAWYERS
, THE LAWYERS GOING AFTER
DEEP POCKETS SOMEWHERE THIS
LITIGATION PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE
ESPECIALLY AGAINST COMPANIES
LIKE THIS, HOW DO YOU SOLVE THIS
, SIR, IN THE UNITED STATES?
>> WELL, I THINK YOU HAVE TO DO
WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WHICH
IS TO SHED A SPOTLIGHT ON THE
FACT THAT COFFEE ACTUALLY HAS
HEALTH BENEFITS NOT HEALTH RISKS
AND THEN YOU UNDERSTAND AS A
CONSUMER I WANT EVERYBODY
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM TO
UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU GO TO
BUY YOUR MORNING CUP OF JOE OUT
THERE ON THE WEST COAST, IN THAT
STATE YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO
PAY MORE FOR IT NOW SO ALL THIS
LITIGATION DRIVES UP THE PRICE
AND IS ABSURD.
SO THAT'S, I THINK CONSUMER
RESPONSE TO THIS, CONSUMER
OUTRAGE WOULD HELP.
JOHN: DOCTOR THANK YOU VERY MUCH
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE IN SPAIN I
HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING YOUR TRIP
AND HAVE A WONDERFUL EASTER SIR.
>> IT'S BEAUTIFUL HERE RIGHT NOW
, BUT AND THEY'RE NOT
LITIGATING COFFEE HERE I'LL TELL
YOU THAT.