New UN Health Report Links Processed Meats to Cancer in Humans; Red Meat Also a Likely Cause of the Disease

by Press on October 26, 2015

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Lyon, France–(ENEWSPF)–26 October 2015 – The cancer research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the consumption of processed meats like hotdogs, ham, sausages and meat-based sauces causes colorectal cancer, while eating red meat like beef, pork and lamb is “probably carcinogenic to humans.”