Some chemicals in food can cause cancer, and experts rank them from definitely cancer-causing to ones they're not sure about.

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Extraction and analytical approaches for the determination of post-food processing major carcinogens: A comprehensive review towards healthier processed food.

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2025 Feb 1

The study looks at the same harmful chemicals in food that the claim mentions and agrees they have different levels of cancer risk, so it supports the claim.

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Extraction and analytical approaches for the determination of post-food processing major carcinogens: A comprehensive review towards healthier processed food.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.141736

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Some chemicals in processed meats like bacon or sausages might cause cancer, so experts say we need to look again at how safe these foods really are.

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