WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WARNS OF LINK BETWEEN PROCESSED MEATS AND CANCER

Oct 26, 2015

By Jane Brown

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The World Health Organization’s cancer agency says processed meats such as ham and sausage can lead to colon and other cancers, and red meat is probably cancer-causing as well.

Researchers at the international agency in Lyon, France, released an evaluation of more than 800 studies from several continents about meat and cancer.

Based on that evaluation, they classified processed meat as “carcinogenic to humans”, in the same category as cigarettes and red meat as “probably carcinogenic to humans.”

Meat industry groups are disputing the classification, arguing that cancer is not caused by specific foods but by several factors.

Doctors and many government agencies have long warned that a diet loaded with red meat is linked to cancers, including of the colon and pancreas.

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