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Several years ago, the World Health Organization labeled red meat and processed meats as carcinogens because of their link to colorectal cancer. But for a long time, red meat consumption was considered to be a correlation but not a causation of this cancer. Now a new long-term study of medical personnel who had contracted colorectal cancer has found a direct link: compounds in red meat trigger a type of mutation called "alkylation," which can cause the disease.

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