Warnings about cancer risk of nitrites and nitrates made on Panorama

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In today’s episode of Panorama, Cancer Before 50: Why is it rising?, the food safety expert warned that without action on reducing or eliminating these chemicals, there would be ‘more cases of bowel cancer’

Professor Chris Elliott has told Panorama there is a “very strong link” between the consumption of nitrates and nitrites in processed meat and the development of bowel cancer.

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