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Top health experts are calling for warning labels on bacon and other processed meats that are made with nitrates

They’ve asked for a “long-term plan to phase out nitrate use” as its been found to be a carcinogen

Nitrates have been linked to more than 50,000 cases of colon cancer

Experts urge restrictions and warning labels on bacon and other processed meats cured with nitrates after linking consumption to more than 50,000 cases of colon cancer.

Top health experts and scientists have written to Wes Streeting, the UK health secretary, urging that bacon and other processed meat products that contain nitrates carry warnings similar to those on cigarettes — or be phased out entirely. The letter comes ten years after the World Health Organization declared that processed me

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