Comprehensive Report Disputes Cancer-Meat Link

Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States, after heart disease. The specific causes of cancer are not yet understood, but researchers believe they are likely related to genetics, environment, infectious, and lifestyle factors. This meat industry-funded study states that "no mechanism for red meat (and processed meat) has been established as being responsible for increasing the risk of cancer in human studies... and the totality of available scientific evidence is not supportive of an independent association between red meat and processed meat and cancer."