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Sodium Nitrite Preservative Risk

The potential health risks associated with sodium nitrite, a common preservative in deli meats, including links to higher risks of certain cancers and diabetes.

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Jan 17, 2026
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Deli ham falls into the same Group 1 category as tobacco?

Deli ham is part of the processed-meat category that the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO) placed in Group 1—“carcinogenic to humans”—the same formal category that also contains t...

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How did IARC determine processed meat should be classified as Group 1 in 2015?

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) placed processed meat in Group 1—“carcinogenic to humans”—after a working group of 22 experts reviewed more than 800 epidemiological, experimenta...

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