[SheLion]

How many of us have known that french fries fried in grease is not healthy?  6? 

What has happened to "personal responsibility?"

[SheLion]

For all of you anti's that hate smokers and are a little on the 'stout side,' let this be a lesson to you.  The government WILL come after you next!  And we smoker's will say THANKS for taking the heat off of US!

[Sunshine Sister]

Can anyone say "tort reform?"

[MisterRepublican]

Time to go after Big Food and Big Booze. Taking down Big Tobacco showed us the way.

[dcnd9]

"trans fats in its cooking oils"
They are in hundreds of products in our grocery stores.

Personal responsibility must replace P.C. nonsense!

[laredo44]

McDonald's has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a lawsuit over artery-clogging trans fats in its cooking oils, the company said on Friday.

McDonald's said it will donate $7 million to the American Heart Association and spend another $1.5 million to inform the public of its trans fat plans.

Hmmm, there were no legal fees? I find that strange. Only money for the Heart Association and public service advertising?

Interesting how these lawsuit reporters never seem to be interested in lawyer fees. You don't think there might be -- gasp -- bias do you?

[kassie]

I can't believe this case was even heard.

[xcamel]

That's like tossing a quarter into a panhandlers cup. McD sells $8.5 million in fries every 3 hours.

[television is just wrong]

Why is McDonald's being singled out?

[Flyer]

Next thing ya know, they're gonna ban eating in bars and restaurants.

[DoctorMichael]

Ridiculous in it's decision.

Scary in it's implications.

[atomicpossum]

The settlement is the result of litigation from a San Francisco area activist who has been seeking to raise public awareness of the health dangers from the trans fatty acids (TFAs) in hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils.

Why should his efforts to "raise awareness" come out of anybody's pocket but his own?????

[silverleaf]

....................A super hero has joined the fight for truth, justice, the American Way and the defeat of the "super size" menu!

[KC_Conspirator]

This activist and this frauduloent lawsuit should be jailed and possessions confiscated.

[PGalt]

Thanks for taking the time to post. Interesting.

[TomGuy]

The settlement is the result of litigation from a San Francisco area activist

And the main beneficiary is the trial lawyers who collected huge fees for bringing the lawsuit.

[cyborg]

Maybe my mom should sue McDonalds after all *LOL*

[Shooter 2.5]

The elimination of Trans-fat in foods is very good news.

It's a shame everyone doesn't quit understand why. Trans-fat is like glue in your arteries. The arteries aren't the large veins going to and from your heart supplying the rest of your body. The arteries are the tiny veins supplying blood to the muscles of your heart. Those veins become clogged, your heart stops and you die.

Transfat isn't important in foods much less french fries. Trans-fat is put in cookies, cakes, candy and crackers just to make them crispy after being on the shelves for too long. It's also put in canned and packaged foods that's bought at the grocery store. It's causing a national epidemic even among people who watch their weight and exercise because it's a hidden danger for people who don't read the nutritional labels on the foods they eat.

[independentmind]

Stephen Joseph, a lawyer who founded BanTransFats.com, sued McDonald's over complaints the firm did not properly inform the public that it had encountered delays in plans to lessen the trans fats in its cooking oils.

Let me guess. The founder of BanTransFats, which may or may not be a 501(c)(3), is going to receive some sort of grant from McDonald's to promote public understanding of the horrors of "trans fats". How much salary and other bennies is this guy going to pull out of BanTransFats.com?

I'm sure Joseph is primarily motivated by concern for the health of his fellow Americans, and not by any sort of personal ambition. LOL.

[just me]

Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Student: Fat.
Teacher: Why?
Student: So I can be rich.
Teacher: What makes you think being fat will make you rich?
Student: I'll sue the fast-food restaurant's for selling me food I know I shouldn't be eating.

[IronJack]

Corporate cowardice.