health threat Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 06:41:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Unsurprisingly, Media Overstates Link Between Bacon and Cancer https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bacon-cancer-link-processed-meat-who/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bacon-cancer-link-processed-meat-who/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2015 06:41:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57092 Yes, the World Health Organization (WHO) now states that eating processed meat like bacon and sausage can cause cancer. However, that certainly does not mean that it is “as big a threat as cigarettes”, as one headline on the subject read. The WHO’s list of carcinogenic, or cancer-causing, substances doesn’t address the degree to which they […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bacon-cancer-link-processed-meat-who/feed/ 0 57092 Air Pollution Amongst the Biggest Health Threats Worldwide https://www.greenoptimistic.com/air-pollution-amongst-the-biggest-health-threats-worldwide-20121217/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/air-pollution-amongst-the-biggest-health-threats-worldwide-20121217/#respond Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:50:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29914 Since the implementation of the Clean Air Act, the air quality over the US has improved significantly over the last few decades. Nevertheless, on a global scale, it is still a major health concern for a large part of the world. Health professionals gathered together to produce a report that indicates 3.2 million premature deaths […]

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