Bacon and ham sold in the UK should carry cigarette-style labels warning that chemicals in them cause bowel cancer, scientists say.

Their demand comes as they criticise successive British governments for doing “virtually nothing” to reduce the risk from nitrites in the decade since they were found to definitely cause cancer.

Saturday marks a decade since the World Health Organization in October 2015 declared processed meat declared processed meat to be carcinogenic to humans, putting it in the same category as tobacco and asbestos.

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    17 hours ago

    We may as well flatten the whole planet to eliminate the risk of falling down stairs.

    I hate how far people go to safety pad the whole planet when an ounce of personality responsibility is all that’s needed.

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      3 hours ago

      Except personal responsibility is impossible when people don’t know that xyz food causes cancer.

      That’s why they’re asking for a label. So that people can make an informed choice. That’s literally their entire point.