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Jana Anderson

Research Fellow, University of Glasgow

Expertise: Public health, Epidemiology, Epigenetics, Nutrition

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Qualifying publication(s): see criteria

publication   https://www.ejcancer.com/article/S0959-8049(17)314

publication   http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/120093/

publication   http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/118663/

ARTICLES REVIEWED

Viral news article misinterprets classification of processed meat as carcinogenic in claiming it is “as harmful as cigarettes”

in Truth Reporter, by vinit

— 05 Dec 2018

"The classification of processed meat as “Group 1” – carcinogenic to humans means that the evidence is as strong as for other risk factors included in the Group 1 category, i..

CLAIMS REVIEWED

Claim that the World Health Organization finds “bacon as harmful as cigarettes” is inaccurate and misleading
CLAIM
World Health Organization Officially Declares Bacon is as Harmful as Cigarettes

SOURCE: Anonymous, Truth Reporter

Published: 09 Dec 2018

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