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Bacon, ham and sausages rank alongside cigarettes as a major cause of cancer, the World Health Organisation has said.
Its report says each 50g of processed meat a day – the equivalent of one sausage, or less than two slices of bacon – increases the chance of developing bowel cancer by 18 per cent.
Global health experts listed processed meat as a cancer-causing substance – the highest of five possible rankings, shared with alcohol, asbestos, arsenic and cigarettes.
Fresh red meat was ranked on the next level – as a “probable” carcinogen.