Ham and bacon sold in Tesco and M&S found to contain cancer-causing chemicals

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/ham-bacon-nitrates-cancer-carcinogen-tesco-marks-spencers-b2804317.html

Cancer Research UK estimates about 13 per cent of the 44,100 cases of bowel cancer diagnosed each year in the UK are linked to eating processed meat

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mbirth@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Silly season?

However, the analysis, commissioned by the Coalition Against Nitrites and undertaken by Food Science Fusion and the laboratory experts Rejuvetech, found the levels of nitrites in all 21 products were well below the 150mg/kg legal limit.

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- NickwithaC@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Legal limit and health-detriment limit are not at all the same thing.
  
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- giant_smeeg@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I knew this would be the case before I even opened the link. The title would be written differently.
  
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over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Meanwhile, in the USA, we can identify our poisoned pigs by the blue meat…

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- Tired@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Fucking hell.
  
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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It’s from the nitrates.

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