How bad?The WHO has come to the conclusion on the advice of its International Agency for Research on Cancer, which assesses the best available scientific evidence.
It has now placed processed meat in the same category as plutonium, but also alcohol as they definitely do cause cancer.
However, this does not mean they are equally dangerous. A bacon sandwich is not as bad as smoking.
"For an individual, the risk of developing colorectal (bowel) cancer because of their consumption of processed meat remains small, but this risk increases with the amount of meat consumed," Dr Kurt Straif from the WHO said.
Is processed meat going to kill me?Estimates suggest 34,000 deaths from cancer every year could be down to diets high in processed meat.
In context
21% of bowel cancers are caused by processed or red meat
86% of lung cancers are caused by tobacco
19% of all cancers caused by tobacco compared to
3% of all cancers ascribed to red or processed meat
Source: Cancer Research UK
PAThat is in contrast to one million deaths from cancer caused by smoking and 600,000 attributed to alcohol each year.
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