A new study found evidence refuting the claim that nitrates in hot dogs cause colon cancer, according to findings presented at 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.
In 1978, the government mandated that vitamin C, in the form of ascorbate or erythorbate, be added to hot dogs to reduce nitrates that were thought to cause cancer. After that mandate, the number of deaths from colon cancer dropped significantly, but the incidence rate for colon cancer has remained unchanged.
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In 1978, the government mandated that vitamin C, in the form of ascorbate or erythorbate, be added to hot dogs to reduce nitrates that were thought to cause cancer. After that mandate, the number of deaths from colon cancer dropped significantly, but the incidence rate for colon cancer has remained unchanged.
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