Its time to have a talk about your bacon habit
October 28, 2015 11:18 AM Subscribe
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that processed meat – like bacon, sausages and ham – is a Class 1 carcinogen. In the crazy world of public-health busybodies, cigarettes are not the only smoky item that causes cancer. And it’s not just processed meat under the spotlight. Red meat has also been declared a ‘probable’ cause of cancer, too.Source
This post was deleted for the following reason: probably better not to build a post about this around a sassy pull-quote -- cortex
The paper in the Lancet is free to download (after registration). In unrelated news, Bugmenot appears to have valid logins for the Lancet.
posted by suckerpunch at 11:22 AM on October 28, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by suckerpunch at 11:22 AM on October 28, 2015 [2 favorites]
Could we have a discussion about this that isn't so heavily editorialized from the get?
posted by MisantropicPainforest at 11:22 AM on October 28, 2015
posted by MisantropicPainforest at 11:22 AM on October 28, 2015
maxsparber beat me to it, but Gizmodo said pretty much the same.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:22 AM on October 28, 2015
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:22 AM on October 28, 2015
When I heard about this, I heard Lewis Black's voice in my head asking, "Is milk good or bad for you?"
posted by chambers at 11:22 AM on October 28, 2015
posted by chambers at 11:22 AM on October 28, 2015
To be clear, "class 1" means that the evidence is strong, not the degree of danger. As one of the articles notes, "Processed meats are responsible for 34,000 cancer deaths each year, according to the most recent estimates. Smoking accounts for 1m; air pollution 200,000."
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 11:22 AM on October 28, 2015
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 11:22 AM on October 28, 2015
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posted by maxsparber at 11:21 AM on October 28, 2015 [2 favorites]