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by xupybd 3057 days ago
I saw "Beef is a class 2A carcinogen" and suspect you just watched "What the health"? If so there are claims that that movie got a few things wrong. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/what-the-health-a-movie-wit...
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Also class 2A carcinogens are simply a class of things that probably increases your chance of cancer. That doesn't mean it gives you a huge chance of cancer most of the time the increased risk is trivial.

To give some context red meat is on the same list as:

  Hairdresser or barber (occupational exposure as a)

  Shift work that involves circadian disruption

  Very hot beverages (more than 65℃)

  High-temperature frying, emissions from

  Household combustion of biomass fuel (primarily wood), indoor emissions from
Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IARC_Group_2A_carcinog...