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Old 10-27-2015, 03:23 AM   #38
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The sheer number of articles by respected science pages on social media sharing this story with no skeptical view on the issue makes me sad.

Its sad that it took an article in the Guardian of all places to put the facts of the story in their place.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/s...e_b-gdnscience

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Comparing meat to tobacco, as most news organisations who’ve chosen to report this have done, makes it seem like a bacon sandwich might be just as harmful as a cigarette. This is absolutely not the case.

The headlines are referring to the news that the World Health Organisation has classified cured and processed meats (bacon, salami, sausages, ham) as group 1 carcinogens, because there is a causal link between consuming these meats and bowel cancer. This group also includes tobacco, alcohol, arsenic and asbestos, all known to cause certain cancers.

But just because all these things cause cancer, doesn’t mean they’re all as risky as each other. A substance can increase your risk of cancer a small amount, or, like tobacco, a huge amount. Comparing them like for like is just really confusing to anyone trying to work out how to lead a healthy life.
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