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Rosemary Stanton
Nutritionist and Visiting Fellow, University of New South Wales
Expertise: Nutrition
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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
VERDICT
