Processed meats and cancer
Meat and cancer: Making sense of the evidence
The risk of developing cancer arises from chemicals produced by processing the meat and from cooking.
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Bacon fans embrace the hog on cancer report
So far public reaction on social media has been a clear vote in favor of all things sausage and bacon.
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OPINION: Cancer and meat - too much hype?
Has a misleading message on the dangers of processed meat been put into the public domain?
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The link between red meat & cancer
The link between red meat & cancer
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SA takes WHO meat warning with 'pinch of salt'
South Africans said they would take the risk rather than turn their backs on the nation's social centrepiece.
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SA researcher discusses the WHO report on processed meats
Carl Albrecht, associate researcher at Stellenbosch University, discusses the WHO’s latest report, which claims that eating just 50 grams of processed meat a day increases the chance of developing Colorectal Cancer by 18%.
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The WHO's cancer-causing meat report slammed
The WHO has published a report that says certain meats increases the chance of developing Colorectal Cancer.
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WHO experts: Bacon, processed meats can cause cancer
IARC put processed meat in its group 1 list, for which there is 'sufficient evidence' of cancer links.
