The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organization lists processed meats in its 鈥淐ategory 1,鈥� reserved for substances known to cause cancer in humans....
鈥淲hat are nitrates? Cheaper than day rates.鈥� So goes an old joke, appreciation of which requires a bit of chemical knowledge. The nitrate ion is composed of oxygen and nitrogen and occurs naturally...
Nitrates and nitrites are used to "cure" meat.聽聽Their role was likely discovered by accident and can be traced to the use of salt that happened to be contaminated with potassium or sodium nitrate,...
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