Last Thursday, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) sued several large fast food companies, contending the chicken they choked was chock full of dangerous carcinogens.

Questions since arose over the group’s legitimacy, alleging that PCRM is merely a PETA front. The self-described “association of doctors and laypersons” came under fire in the past for misrepresenting medical studies in order to promote a vegetarian diet.

Leaves one wondering which is the more cancerous threat to society, a little carbonized chicken or activists in lab coats issuing press releases.

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