Wait what.. goddamn it.
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I'll copy some of the answers from the WHO Q&A linked in the post:
Processed meat was classified in the same category as tobacco and asbestos, does that mean they're equally carcinogenic?
No, processed meat has been classified in the same category as causes of cancer such as tobacco smoking and asbestos (IARC Group 1, carcinogenic to humans), but this does NOT mean that they are all equally dangerous. The IARC classifications describe the strength of the scientific evidence about an agent being a cause of cancer, rather than assessing the level of risk.
How many cancer cases per year?
According to the most recent estimates by the Global Burden of Disease Project, an independent academic research organization, about 34 000 cancer deaths per year worldwide are attributable to diets high in processed meat.
Eating red meat has not yet been established as a cause of cancer. However, if the reported associations were proven to be causal, the Global Burden of Disease Project has estimated that diets high in red meat could be responsible for 50 000 cancer deaths per year worldwide.
These numbers contrast with about 1 million cancer deaths per year globally due to tobacco smoking, 600 000 per year due to alcohol consumption, and more than 200 000 per year due to air pollution.
How much is the risk of cancer increased?
The consumption of processed meat was associated with small increases in the risk of cancer in the studies reviewed. In those studies, the risk generally increased with the amount of meat consumed. An analysis of data from 10 studies estimated that every 50 gram portion of processed meat eaten daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer by about 18%.
The cancer risk related to the consumption of red meat is more difficult to estimate because the evidence that red meat causes cancer is not as strong. However, if the association of red meat and colorectal cancer were proven to be causal, data from the same studies suggest that the risk of colorectal cancer could increase by 17% for every 100 gram portion of red meat eaten daily.
278g a day equals 100% cancer im fked thats less than a pound ive eaten that much bacon or ham in a sitting so many times
I don't think that's how that math works but sure
Is the UK going to start putting cancer labels on Gin, Scotch Whisky, ale and cider? Because alcohol is not just a proven carcinogen but also toxic to a number of organs and a huge public health problem. It is a much, much larger health problem than bacon. The anti-meat lobby is extremely passionate about their cause. They have some strong arguments about the ethics of factory farming and the environmental impacts but it does make any proposal like this suspect because you just know that some of the proponents are more concerned about the ethics of meat eating than the health impacts.
In the UK (not sure about anywhere else) you can buy bacon without Nitrates. ‘Naked Bacon’ is in sainsburys, tesco, etc. Been buying it for years.
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put the cancer warnings, like smoking people will still consume it.
A bunch of the stuff I buy has CA cancer warnings on it. When you start putting the warnings on common things, it makes the warnings meaningless...
Do any of the things I buy have a notable chance to cause caner? I have no fucking clue, because everything causes cancer in California.
That's something I've noticed too. There's not really any information about what parts of something to avoid or what the risk is or how you'd come into contact with it, but I remember seeing it everywhere when I lived there too, and I was like
"Everything in California including California is known to the state of California to cause cancer and reproductive harm."
I'm not saying it shouldn't be there at all, but at least wish it was a bit more like Material Safety Data Sheets that gives a bit more understanding to what you're getting into by interacting with various things.
Yeah but imagine having to explain to your daughter at breakfast, "Daddy, what's that on the label? What's cancer?"
"Don't worry about it, honey. This is just more government bullshit, like with COVID and Brexit. The Muslims are trying to make eating pork illegal. Have an extra portion. Don't let them tell you what to do."
This is just more government bullshit
Just like the California cancer label that is on everything, if you put this label on common shit like bacon, then yes, "it's just more government bullshit" is exactly how the vast majority of people will treat it.
I've seen the "California cancer label" line get tossed around. And its beginning to sound a lot like the "McDonalds Coffee Lawsuit" line, which was - itself - a dishonest mischaracterization of a severe injury caused by corporate neglect.
I'd say it cuts both ways. If you label everything "hazardous", you're absolutely right. The term loses all meaning. But, at the same time, if we live in a marketplace where everything is hazardous then the theory "we'll just put a label on it and let the consumer decide" of patriarchal libertarianism falls apart. What is supposed to be informative becomes little more than marketing material.
The real problem is industrial. Mass production of stuff that delivers a short-term jolt of pleasure at a long term health cost, because the manufacturers consider it more profitable than releasing products with a shorter shelf life or a lower addictive quality or a more expensive production cost.
Oops, now everything needs a label, because the folks producing this shit don't care that all their products are horrible.
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Oh boy, can’t wait to see right wing screeches about Muslim takeover of UK.
IMO every food should have cancer rating in the nutrition facts, cause it’s not black and white.
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I mean ... They cause cancer. We literally know they do. It should at least be fucking STATED. Like come the fuck on
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