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Are green potato chips bad for you? To celebrate
Geek Week on YouTube and Braniac Tuesday,
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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United Nations: http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5415e/x5415e01
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Wikipedia (solanine): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanine
Mental_floss: http://mentalfloss.com/article/30746/whats-those-green-potato-chips-you-sometimes-find
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