A senior food scientist and top NHS doctor are urging MPs to take action and help warn the public about the cancer risk from processed meats like bacon and ham. They cited 'a growing consensus of scientific opinion' that nitrites in processed meats result in the production of carcinogenic nitrosamines which are believed to be responsible for bowel cancer. Experts are demanding action on the cancer risk from processed meats like baconARE THERE HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVES? A 2015 report by the World Health Organisation classed processed meats as a group one carcinogen which could cause an additional 34,000 worldwide cancer deaths a year. 'Government action to remove nitrites from processed meats should not be far away.

Source: Daily Mail December 30, 2018 11:26 UTC