世卫将加工肉制品列为致癌物

 　　PARIS, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization (WHO) classifies the consumption of red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans, the IARC said Monday.

　　The conclusion was made based on "limited evidence that the consumption of red meat causes cancer in humans and strong mechanistic evidence supporting a carcinogenic effet," said IARC in a statement.

　　However, processed meat is classified as carcinogenic to humans, based on "sufficient evidence in humans that the consumption of processed meat causes colorectal cancer."

　　According to the statement, each 50 gram portion of processed meat eaten daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18 percent.

　　Processed meat is carcinogenic, red meat might as well: WHO

　　"For an individual, the risk of developing colorectal cancer because of their consumption of processed meat remains¹ small, but the risk increases with the amount of meat consumed," said Dr. Kurt Straif, head of the IARC monographs² program.

　　Given the large number of people consuming processed meat, Straif thinks "the global impact on cancer incidence is of public health importance."

　　As for public health, Christopher Wild, director of IARC said "the results are important in enabling governments and international regulatory agencies to conduct risk assessments³ in order to balance the risks and benefits of eating red meat and processed meat."

　　The evaluation⁴ of the consumption of red meat and processed meat was made by a working group of 22 experts from 10 countries who considered more than 800 studies.

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 monographs   

n.专著，专论( monograph的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The scholarly monographs were published as pamphlet. 学术专著是以小册子形式出版的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Subsequent individual monographs will proceed at increasing levels of sophistication. 此后几集将继续提高论述水平。 来自辞典例句

3 assessments   

n.评估( assessment的名词复数 )；评价；（应偿付金额的）估定；（为征税对财产所作的）估价

参考例句：

• He was shrewd in his personal assessments. 他总能对人作出精明的评价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明，约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评；而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句

4 evaluation   

n.估价，评价；赋值

参考例句：

• I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
• The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。