Bacon To Be Classified As Dangerous As Cigarettes By World Health Organization

[deathmetal]

WHO will target processed meats such as bacon, ham and sausages as causes of cancer and will say red meat is also hazardous to health in a decision to be released Monday. The findings resulted from a meeting of scientists from 10 countries.
The Daily Mail reports WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer will conclude that a host of processed meats should be placed in the highest of five possible rankings as “carcinogenic to humans.”
The ranking will put burgers and bacon alongside asbestos, arsenic, cigarettes and alcohol. The justification behind the decision, according to the Daily Mail, is that when meat is being preserved through processes like smoking carcinogens can be added.
http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/23/bacon-to-be-classified-as-dangerous-as-cigarettes-by-world-health-organization/

This is good news: first, some allies (although at first they will try to use us as a bogeyman), and second, the nanny state is jumping the shark.

 

[cobguy]

"Counting Stars"
Old but I'm not that old

Young but I'm not that bold

And I don't think the world is sold

I'm just doing what we're told
And I feel something so right by doing the wrong thing

And I feel something so wrong by doing the right thing
I could lie, couldn't I, couldn't I?

Every thing that kills me makes me feel alive.

 

[gloucesterman]

Bacon, I could eat a pound of the stuff in a single setting. If it's bad for you well that's to bad. I'm going to eat it anyway.

 

[warren]

WHO? BFD! I didn't listen to my parents when I should have. Why in the world would I pay the least bit of attention to anything coming out of the UN.
As far as allies, the arsenic, alcohol and asbestos support has been sadly lacking. At least, of late.

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

Thus, in the 21st century butchering livestock and the procurement of fresh meat will once again be a valuable skill for prospective brides.
(they did say "processed" meat, eat it straight off the animal and you're fine)

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/environmental/asbestosproperties2004.html

For all practical purposes most forms of asbestos are inert

Sounds like eating Asbestos is just fine, same for Bacon.

 

[mvmadore]

Who???

Who Cares???

 

[zack24]

I've been sprinkling bacon bits on top of my Stonehaven...should I be concerned?

 

[uncleblackie]

Ignorance is bliss.
I wish we still thought lead was safe for cookware. "Who are they to tell me I can't use lead cookware?"
Haha, we're all doomed and no one gives a shit Keep stuffing your faces, nothing to see here.

 

[warren]

All things in moderation. Bacon can make anything tasty, even a mushy and otherwise tasteless beef tenderloin. Bacon is best wrapped in bacon though! God bless the pig!

 

[gloucesterman]

With all the money these people squander doing studies that two years from mow someone will contradict, they could do something that really matters. Somebody always has some ax to grind. I just decided not to pay much attention to any of it because much of it turns out to be BS anyway.

 

[perdurabo]

Broccoli, it's what's for dinner!

 

[rhoadsie]

Shoot and I thought my bacon flavored vodka was an upgrade.

 

[aristokles]

Seriously, it is from the Daily Mail in the UK.
I think I'll prepare a rasher or two this morning before I fire up the backyard smoker for a 12 hour session with a pork shoulder butt. My wife won't even detect the Latakia in my pipe.

 

[deathmetal]

I've been sprinkling bacon bits on top of my Stonehaven...

Now you're public enemy #1!

 

[lochinvar]

"Damn you, damn broccoli and damn the Wright brothers!"- Stewie
It looks like the WHO doesn't like any of my favorite things.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Hate to be the one that tells WHO this, but living is the #1 cause of death on the planet.

 

[dochudson]

Maple glazed bacon..

 

[warren]

My youngster gifted me with a bacon/chocolate bar two Christmases back. It was great! At my age I chose to share with others and not hoard it. I do give a bit of thought to the arteries, more as I age. Still, it was a grand treat! Chocolate and pig, a nearly perfect blend of superior flavors, surpassed only by pork with a vinegar based sauce.
It cannot be repeated too often: God bless the pig!

 

[prairiedruid]

Smokes....check

Has guns.....check

Eats bacon.....check
I am death incarnate!