Processed Meat Like Bacon Causes Cancer: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

Just how much cancer does processed meat cause? Shutterstock

The International Agency for Research on Cancer has published a report classifying processed meat like bacon, hot dogs, lunch meat as a Group 1 carcinogen. How has that revelation been received by governments and industry? And just how much cancer does processed meat cause? I’ll answer those questions in this two-part series.