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Carcinogenicity of consumption of red and processed meat

Bouvard, V., et al. (IARC Monograph Working Group) The Lancet Oncology, 2015 DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00444-1

The WHO cancer agency's classification of processed meat as a Group 1 carcinogen and red meat as Group 2A. The classification grades strength of evidence, not size of risk; the absolute risk increase is modest.

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