Posted on 10/25/2008 5:53:38 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084
Schools should stop serving hot dogs and other processed meats because even small amounts increase the risk of adult cancer, says a provocative new commercial airing on TV stations around the country. The spot is produced by the Cancer Project, an affiliate of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
"Protect Our Kids," which can be watched online at www.pcrm.org/hotdog.html, is based on a comprehensive report released late last year by the American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research Fund. After reviewing all existing data on nutrition and cancer risk, scientists concluded that processed meat increases one's risk of colorectal cancer, on average, by 21 percent for every 50 grams of processed meat consumed daily. (A 50-gram serving is approximately the size of a typical hotdog.) The landmark report clearly states that no amount of processed meat is considered safe to eat; it should be completely avoided.
"Cancer risk starts early," says Neal Barnard, M.D., president of the Cancer Project. "If we don't protect our kids by removing hot dogs, sausages, and deli slices, and pepperoni from our schools, we're stacking the cards against them. Lifetime cancer risk is already one in three for women and one in two for men. Given the terrible eating habits of so many American children, we're setting them up for even worse odds down the road."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet.
It will never happen.
Next thing you know, they will be telling private business owners to ban smokers.
How will they teach “sex ed?”
Peta strikes again.
Tofu, beansprouts, and soy milk just don’t satisfy.
With the exception of Hebrew National, hot dogs are toxic.
Vegetarian here. Except eggs and bacon once in a while.
Man, If i didn’t just woof down a large Stouffers Mac & Cheese i’d go right out and grill up a quick few dogs.
Maybe in a few hours...
Banning hotdogs is just plain unAmerican.
Nathans, Oscar Mayer, Kahns,......UNITE!!!!
More self appointed nannies to save us from ourselves. Golly I wish these people would get a hobby!
Good to see you eat meat that's healthy and nutritious....
Hebrew national are the VERY BEST dogs there are.
The difference is that it’s your choice and no one tried to force it on you. And no one minds that you’re vegetarian by your own choice,
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We the People Sheeple of the United States Nanny State, in Order to form a more perfect Union Socialist Utopia, establish Justice Socially engineer a country of non smoking, physically fit, teetotalers, insure domestic Tranquility Smoking bans in bars, limits on unhealthy food and social drinking, provide for the common defense Universal Healthcare, promote the general Welfare health of the population whether they like it or not, in order to save above mentioned Universal Healthcare entitlement program from bankruptcy, and secure the Blessings of Liberty Dependency to ourselves progressive liberals and our Posterity Hitler Youth who we brainwash through public school education, do ordain decree and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Nanny State of Liberals.
But teaching homosexuality is OK. Nothing dangerous there. AIDS? Definitely not as important as banning hot dogs. I detest liberals.
Gratuitous violence, bestiality, _____ fill in the blank and gay themes are OK. As long as they don’t smoke on TV like Ricky and Lucy in “I Love Lucy”. ReRun from “What’s Happening” will be rounded up and sent to a re-education camp.
No fat asses allowed on TV. It’s for the chilruns.
That’s what these libs have in mind.
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