Eating more of a chemical called NDMA might raise your chances of getting colon cancer, according to a long-term study of Finnish people.

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Risk of colorectal and other gastro‐intestinal cancers after exposure to nitrate, nitrite and N‐nitroso compounds: a follow‐up study

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1999 Mar 15

The study looked at the same thing as the claim—how eating foods with NDMA affects colon cancer risk—and found that more NDMA does increase the risk, just like the claim says.

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Risk of colorectal and other gastro‐intestinal cancers after exposure to nitrate, nitrite and N‐nitroso compounds: a follow‐up study

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DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19990315)80:6<852::aid-ijc9>3.0.co;2-s

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