Classifications
I am getting very confused over this whole cancer thing.
The WHO apparently slots carcinogens into several categories according to whether they definitely cause cancer, may cause it, possibly may cause it, might cause it, is unlikely to cause it unless the WHO disapproves and finally "needs more research".
Now they are dividing each of those categories into two more – those that have a safe level and those that don't.
We all know that our beloved fried rashers are now classed as weapons grade, classification 1 carcinogenic along with asbestos, plutonium and [naturally] tobacco. However there has been a bit of a backlash against this decision as people tend to be fond of their Irish Breakfast [insert breakfast of your choice here] and so they have recanted by saying that it's definitely as carcinogenic as tobacco etcetera, but you can eat it if you like.
In my book, "no safe level" means just that – NO safe level. A mere touch of it will instantly shrivel you up into a person sized tumour as soon as you touch it. One Picogram and you are toast [which incidentally is also carcinogenic]. Now asbestos and tobacco are both classed as "no safe level" which I find a tad confusing as I dabbled with the former and have more than dabbled with the latter, so why am I not shriveled up and dead? Or by "no safe level" do they really mean "we really don't want you to touch this"?
So could I be right in thinking that the WHO's grading is more a matter of acceptability? They approve of processed meat and car exhaust but they disapprove of tobacco and asbestos? Or could it be that processed meat and cars are an embedded and integral part of life whereas asbestos and tobacco are merely an inconvenience?
I'm beginning to think there is no safe level of WHO.
all I keep thinking is why a rock band from back in the day is making all these judgments? Their brains must have really fried from back in those days and they think they are scientists now.
Roger Daltrey has a lot to answer for….
It's something about scientists not getting invited to those kind of parties, the resentment festered and now they have some influence no one is getting an invite.
When you consider that the second biggest funder of the WHO after the USA (a country) is a pair of individuals Bill & Melinda Gates (of microsoft fame) who are both vegetarians and rabid anti smokers then you get the idea where WHO gets it's crackpot ideas
Also worth noting that the gates foundation holds massive shares in pharmaceutical companies
And the pharmaceutical companies pump millions into the WHO, and so the world goes around.
The gubbermint were quick out of the traps, when the Irish meeja were finally allowed to report on the WHO bacon scare, telling us what the farmers told them to say that rashers in moderation were ok to eat.
There was a delay, caused by the necessity for a phone call to Brussels.