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Originally Posted by RStar
But what if you smoke the salami? 
It's not a report saying that they have just found this out, rather a request to include them in the category as a carcinogen. This is what has stirred the ire of meat lovers. |
I'm not sure I understand your distinction.
The announcement was that they analyzed the available data and concluded that there is convincing evidence that consumption of these foods definitely increases cancer risk. Before now there wasn't enough evidence to make that conclusion. Now there is. That's how it works.