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The use of specific chemical preservatives in deli meats, such as sodium nitrite and related nitrates, and their potential association with higher cancer risks.
Multiple decades of epidemiology and mechanistic research support the conclusion that processed meats — the category that includes many deli meats — are associated with increased cancer risk, especial...
or nitrite-reduced curing can lower formation of carcinogenic , but keeping (C. botulinum) at bay requires replacing nitrite’s antimicrobial role with combinations of chemical preservatives, microbial...