This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Petition Ban processed meat adverts in the UK
Processed meat has been classified as carcinogenic to humans by the WHO. As little as one serving a day increases the risk of diabetes by 50% and heart disease by 42% (guardian) and causes 8,500 cancers every year. Advertisements of it should be banned completely.
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Processed meat was now in a group of 120 proven carcinogens, alongside alcohol, asbestos and tobacco.
The WHO advised that consuming 50g of processed meat a day – equivalent to just a couple of rashers of bacon or one hotdog – would raise the risk of getting bowel cancer by 18% over a lifetime. The consumption of processed meat causes an additional 34,000 worldwide cancer deaths a year, four times the number of people killed annually on Britain’s roads.
Consuming just 9g of bacon a day – less than a rasher – could significantly raise the risk of developing breast cancer later in life. Jill Pell from Glasgow University says that “it would be misleading” for health authorities to set any safe dose for processed meat “other than zero”. The Guardian.
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