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posted by janrinok on Sunday October 25 2015, @01:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the end-of-the-world-is-nigh dept.

The World Health Organisation is to list processed meat among the most cancer-causing substances, alongside arsenic and asbestos. Fresh red meat is also due to join the 'encyclopaedia of carcinogens' and is likely to be ranked as only slightly less dangerous than the preserved products.

The rulings, revealed to the Mail by a well-placed source, will send shock waves through the farming industry and the fast food sector. They could also lead to new dietary guidelines and warning labels on packs of bacon. The classifications, by the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer, come amid mounting concern that meat fuels the disease which claims more than 150,000 lives a year in the UK.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3285490/Bacon-burgers-sausages-cancer-risk-say-world-health-chiefs-Processed-meats-added-list-substances-likely-cause-disease-alongside-cigarettes-asbestos.html

[Also Covered By]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/23/who_bacon_shocker/


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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Sunday October 25 2015, @04:27AM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Sunday October 25 2015, @04:27AM (#254233) Journal

    Nah, it can't be the green tea what's responsible, it's gotta be the natto (納豆) [wikipedia.org].

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  • (Score: 2) by Geotti on Monday October 26 2015, @03:25AM

    by Geotti (1146) on Monday October 26 2015, @03:25AM (#254511) Journal

    After reading about natto, you got me convinced, but to be sure, I'll be preferring kōcha-kinoko (紅茶キノコ) [wikipedia.org] from now on.