I’m in the US for a few days this week visiting my in-laws and just realized it’s labor day weekend! You know what that means: hot dogs! The problem is that eating a lot of hot dogs can equal cancer of the colon, pancreas and COPD. It’s not the hot dogs themselves of course, it’s the cancer-causing sodium nitrite, a food preserving chemical that should have been, and almost was, banned in the 1970s by the USDA. But hey, it’s labor day and I’m definitely going...
by on August 30th, 2009 at 06:08 am

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  • Healthy Hot Dogs for Labor Day!
    I’m in the US for a few days this week visiting my in-laws and just realized it’s labor day weekend! You know what that means: hot dogs! The problem is that eating a lot of hot dogs can equal cancer of the colon,...
    by at August 30th, 2009 at 06:08 am