'Processed meat in same danger group as ciggies'

PARIS: It is official; sausage and other processed meat can lead to colon, stomach and other cancers - and red meat may be cancer-causing, too. While doctors have long warned against eating too much meat, the World Health Organisation's International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, gave the most definitive response yet yesterday about its relation to cancer, and put processed meat in the same danger category as cigarettes or asbestos. In protest, the North American Meat Institute argued that "cancer is... not caused by single foods".