Source: Paul Merrion, MEATINGPLACE, 1/1/16


Public reaction to the latest report linking cancer and meat — this time from the World Health Organization’s authoritative International Agency for Research on Cancer — can be summed up in one representative tweet among thousands:

“The WHO claims bacon gives you an 18% increased chance of colorectal cancer. Maybe. I say bacon gives you a 100% boost. Guaranteed.”

Instead of putting the controversy over meat and cancer to rest, the announcement and decision-making process itself raised new questions about IARC’s credibility. 

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