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> But learning that consumption of processed meat causes an additional 34,000 worldwide cancer deaths a year is much more chilling. I'm sorry but 34,000 worldw
by ping_pong 6y ago
> But learning that consumption of processed meat causes an additional 34,000 worldwide cancer deaths a year is much more chilling.
I'm sorry but 34,000 worldwide deaths a year is literally nothing. The US has over 30,000 auto deaths per year. Around the world, there are over 1 million auto deaths per year.
If 34,000 deaths a year from processed foods is important, then there are many, many things that are a much easier way to save lives than getting rid of hot dogs and bacon.
- DoingIsLearning 6y agoYou are trying to draw usefulness from the article but the point of the article is not to inform but to generate anxiety and with it ad revenue. I remember reading a Cochrane Review meta-analysis confirming a link between processed meat consumption and recto-colon cancer, from memory this probably more than 10 years ago. None of this is new information. I am all for reducing meat consumption but these 'informational' articles from the guardian and often even the bbc and nyt should be banned as low-value adding submissions. Unless there are reporting about a recent major world event these sites have (in my opinion) no place in HN.