Who poisoned your bacon? : the dangerous history of meat additives
Coudray, Guillaume2022
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Did you know that bacon, ham, hot dogs and salami are classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as 'category 1 carcinogens'? Would you eat them if you knew they caused bowel cancer? Following ten years of detailed investigation, documentary film-maker Guillaume Coudray presents a powerful examination of the use of nitro-additives in meat. As he reveals, most mass-produced processed meats, and now even many `artisanal' products, contain chemicals that react with meat to form cancer-causing compounds. He tells the full story of how, since the 1970s, the meat-processing industry has denied the health risks because these additives make curing cheaper and quicker, extending shelf life and giving meat a pleasing pink colour.
Main title:
Who poisoned your bacon? : the dangerous history of meat additives / Guillaume Coudray ; foreword by Bee Wilson.
Author:
Coudray, Guillaume, author
Imprint:
London : Icon Books, 2022.
Collation:
400 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781785787867 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
664.906664.906 COU664.906 COUD
Language:
EnglishFrench
Subject:
BRN:
1054170
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