WHO - Processed meat classified as carcinogenic to humans & red meat probably carcinogenic - October 26, 2015

[sharon sanders]

IARC Monographs evaluate consumption of red meat and processed meat

Lyon, France, 26 October 2015 ? The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has evaluated the carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and processed meat. Red meat After thoroughly reviewing the accumulated scientific literature, a Working Group of 22 experts from 10 countries convened by the IARC Monographs Programme classified the consumption of red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans (Group 2A), based on limited evidence that the consumption of red meat causes cancer in humans and strong mechanistic evidence supporting a carcinogenic effect. This association was observed mainly for colorectal cancer, but associations were also seen for pancreatic cancer and prostate cancer. Processed meat Processed meat was classified as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1), based on sufficient evidence in humans that the consumption of processed meat causes colorectal cancer.

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http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2015/pdfs/pr240_E.pdf


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From: WorldHealthOrganizationNews@who.int
To: undisclosed-recipients@null, null@null
Subject: IARC Media Material On Red Meat and Processed Meat
Date: Oct 26, 2015 8:09 AM

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Dear journalists

On behalf of the International Agency For Research on Cancer office in Lyon, France, please find attached the link to the press release and Questions &Answers on red meat and processed meat.

In English:
http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2015/pdfs/pr240_E.pdf

http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/iarcnews/pdf/Monographs-Q&A_Vol114pdf

In French:
http://www.iarc.fr/fr/media-centre/pr/2015/pdfs/pr240_F.pdf
http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/iarcnews/pdf/Monographs-Q&A_Vol114_F.pdf

In Spanish:
http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2015/pdfs/pr240_S.pdf
http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/iarcnews/pdf/Monographs-Q&A_Vol114_S.pdf


Best regards,


For more information, please contact:

V?ronique Terrasse, Communications Group, at +33 (0)4 72 73 83 66 or terrassev@iarc.fr

or Dr Nicolas Gaudin, IARC Communications, at com@iarc.fr [/TD]
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[sharon sanders]

My husband is in mourning over this announcement.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Maybe your husband could find some comfort in the blog of Zo? Harcombe:

Assuming that everything the WHO did had been perfect and that there really was an 18% relative difference between those having 50g of processed meat a day and those not (and assuming that nothing else was impacting this), the absolute risk would be 51 people per 100,000 vs. 43 people per 100,000.