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Unit1 Micro: Processed Meat and Cancer Risk - Information Failure?

Geoff Riley

17th January 2012

I do my level best to avoid the processed meat aisles in the supermarkets - or at least the lower end of what is on offer (I remember once the 5pence sausage that was a guaranteed 2 per cent pork!). But perhaps excessive consumption of processed meats - much of which finds a way into the traditional Full-English might be doing people much more harm than good? Follow this BBC news report for more details.

Researchers in Sweden have identified a potential link between eating processed meat and pancreatic cancer. According to the findings by the Karolinska Institute, the risk of getting the disease increases by 19 per cent for every 50grammes of processed meat - two rashers of bacon - consumed daily.

More here from the Telegraph: A sausage a day increases risk of deadly pancreatic cancer

Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.

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