By Crystal Donaldson
NORMAL – California may require coffee shops to have a cancer warning label on its coffee drinks and coffee drinkers in central Illinois are skeptical on whether or not the label is necessary.
A lawsuit filed by the Council for Education and Research on Toxics targeted coffee companies requesting that coffee must be served with a warning label.
Companies like Starbucks, 7-Eleven and California’s local shops could be effected.
Although, if passed the law will not affect Illinoisans, coffee drinkers in Normal all had similar reactions to the proposed law.
Clara Pogue, a coffee drinker at Coffee Hound in Normal says she would go about drinking coffee as usual.
“I wouldn’t stop drinking coffee just because I’ve personally read about the health benefits of coffee, and I think that they out weight the negative side of coffee,” said Pogue.
Fusion Brew’s owner Sarah Hovar says coffee drinkers have the option to choose.
“People do their own research and they consume what they want to consume,” said Hovar. “I mean its no different than a customer coming in here wanting a healthy drink. Ultimately it comes down to do they want to drink it or do they not. I think coffee will be the same way. I think people will still drink it because they love it.”
Crystal Donaldson can be reached at [email protected].
