Bacon and ham sold in the UK should carry cigarette-style labels warning that chemicals in them cause bowel cancer, scientists say.

Their demand comes as they criticise successive British governments for doing “virtually nothing” to reduce the risk from nitrites in the decade since they were found to definitely cause cancer.

Saturday marks a decade since the World Health Organization in October 2015 declared processed meat declared processed meat to be carcinogenic to humans, putting it in the same category as tobacco and asbestos.

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    22 hours ago

    I never said they weren’t in the same category

    No, the fact that they are in the same category is the entire reason for your comment. Making such a claim is disingenuous… Which, if I recall, is your accusation.

    To act like implying the risks of nitrates are identical to asbestos is insane

    I agree. Most people here do. That’s why nobody has made such a claim.

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      22 hours ago

      How can you not see how putting in the same category implies the same level of harm.

      I hate these fuckin reddit brained Lemmy users who intentionally misread comments just to argue some adjacent point.

      Whatever if you all want pointless warning labels go for it, just know you’re not doing anything useful.

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        21 hours ago

        How can you not see how putting in the same category implies the same level of harm.

        Because I can read

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            21 hours ago

            I’m not the one who has misused several words, clearly not understanding their definition.

            I’m also not the one making an absurdly obvious strawman argument.

            How’s that for context? lol