WHO links eating processed meat to bowel cancer. Vegetarians get smug!
- 8 years ago
GENEVA — A report released Monday by a branch of the World Health Organization concluded that eating processed meat such as bacon, hot dogs and ham increases the risk of colon cancer.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer's report comes after a panel of experts reviewed years of investigation into the links between processed meat and cancer.
But even then the panel's conclusion was not unanimous, with only 15 of 22 members agreeing with the conclusions, while the other 7 either disagreed or abstained.
The report means that processed meat joins alcohol, cigarettes, ionizing radiation and diesel engine fumes in the agency's Group 1 category, meaning there is sufficient evidence to suggest that it causes cancer.
But with no clear guidelines given and confusion reigning over how much processed meat is safe to eat, many people, especially those in meat loving countries, will view the findings as the latest attack on their individual freedoms.
The American meat industry immediately began to push back, with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association saying the findings were based on "weak associations" and the North American Meat Institute roasting the panel for it's "dramatic and alarmist overreach."
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The International Agency for Research on Cancer's report comes after a panel of experts reviewed years of investigation into the links between processed meat and cancer.
But even then the panel's conclusion was not unanimous, with only 15 of 22 members agreeing with the conclusions, while the other 7 either disagreed or abstained.
The report means that processed meat joins alcohol, cigarettes, ionizing radiation and diesel engine fumes in the agency's Group 1 category, meaning there is sufficient evidence to suggest that it causes cancer.
But with no clear guidelines given and confusion reigning over how much processed meat is safe to eat, many people, especially those in meat loving countries, will view the findings as the latest attack on their individual freedoms.
The American meat industry immediately began to push back, with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association saying the findings were based on "weak associations" and the North American Meat Institute roasting the panel for it's "dramatic and alarmist overreach."
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