>The real scandal of bacon, however, is that it didn’t have to be anything like so damaging to our health. The part of the story we haven’t been told – includin

>The real scandal of bacon, however, is that it didn’t have to be anything like so damaging to our health. The part of the story we haven’t been told – including by the WHO – is that there were always other ways to manufacture these products that would make them significantly less carcinogenic. >The fact that this is so little known is tribute to the power of the meat industry, which has for the past 40 years been engaged in a campaign of cover-ups and misdirection to rival the dirty tricks of Big Tobacco. This is why their should be better health regulations on food. It is unfortunate, when the U.S only spends $5.1 billion a year, which is spent across food safety, medical products safety and availability, tobacco regulation, and infrastructure. (https://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/ReportsManualsForms/Reports/BudgetReports/UCM566298.pdf https://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/ReportsManualsForms/R...) Also,stinks that the budget cut it. (The American Greed Report: Food safety measures face cuts in Trump budget) [https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/30/american-greed-report-food-safety-measures-face-cuts-in-trump-budget.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/30/american-greed-report-food-s...]