Reply #33: There are two links there.

[Warren DeMontague]

One is, as you say, a "press release".

The other is a news story, based upon new scientific data which validates what we've known for a while- namely, that Nitrites are REALLY bad for you. In fact, they're quite possibly worse than we thought.

Mirvish and his colleagues examined hot dogs because past research had linked them with colon cancer. Hot dogs are preserved with sodium nitrite, which can help form chemicals known as N-nitroso compounds, most of which cause cancer in lab animals.

Extracts from hot dogs bought from the supermarket, when mixed with nitrites, resulted in what appeared to be these DNA-mutating compounds. When added to Salmonella bacteria, hot dog extracts treated with nitrites doubled to quadrupled their normal DNA mutation levels. Triggering DNA mutations in the gut might boost the risk for colon cancer, the researchers explained.

Eat what you want. Like you said, "live and let live". But for those of us who spent decades putting this shit into our OWN bodies while the FDA ignored clear evidence that they were carcinogenic- at least we can get this information in time to help our kids make healthier choices.