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Experts Demand Ban on Cancer-Linked Meat Preservative, Accuse Governments of “Dereliction of Duty”

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Seven senior scientists have called on the UK government to ban nitrites, a preservative used in bacon and ham linked to tens of thousands of cancer cases. Despite a 2015 WHO warning that processed meat increases bowel cancer risk, successive governments have failed to act, prompting accusations that inaction has led to “avoidable cancers.”

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The researchers didn't just analyze red meat, but took into account the total intake of "animal protein."

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GB News broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Friday, October 24, 2025.
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