Post by cjm on Oct 28, 2015 9:14:05 GMT
Tuesday, 27 October 2015 07:56
Linking sausages to cigarettes is a farce - meat exporter
Written by AgriPortal
One of the world's top meat exporters - Australia Tuesday - ridiculed a landmark UN report linking sausages and ham to cancer, saying it was "a farce" to suggest they could be as lethal as cigarettes.
The World Health Organisation's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) analysed 800 studies from around the world and found that processed meats such as sausages, ham, and hot dogs cause bowel cancer, and red meat "probably" does too.
It placed processed meat into its Group 1 category of carcinogens. Other substances in the group include alcohol, asbestos and tobacco.
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Linking sausages to cigarettes is a farce - meat exporter
Written by AgriPortal
One of the world's top meat exporters - Australia Tuesday - ridiculed a landmark UN report linking sausages and ham to cancer, saying it was "a farce" to suggest they could be as lethal as cigarettes.
The World Health Organisation's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) analysed 800 studies from around the world and found that processed meats such as sausages, ham, and hot dogs cause bowel cancer, and red meat "probably" does too.
It placed processed meat into its Group 1 category of carcinogens. Other substances in the group include alcohol, asbestos and tobacco.
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