UPDATED: VERA Files fact checks article about effects of eating hotdogs

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 9:51 AM by Stacy dela Fuente 3 min read

UPDATE: VERA Files has labeled this post from December 12, 2018 as partially misleading due to a lack of proper context.

VERA Files also added the correct context on this topic:

“The kami.com.ph report is a rehashed and Filipino-translated version of a balikbayan.info story entitled, ‘BEWARE: Parents, Tigilan Nyo Na Ang Pagpapakain Ng Hot Dogs Ang Inyong Mga Anak Dahil Nagdudulot Ito Ng Stomach Kanser At Kanser Sa Dugo (stop feeding your kids hot dogs because they cause cancer in the stomach and blood).’ This write-up has been taken down.

“The balikbayan.info article, on the other hand, merely cited, plagiarized and presented as new, excerpts from a 1994 article in the New York Times, ‘Eating Well,’ which talked about a ‘possible link between the high consumption of hot dogs and childhood leukemia.’

“In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) declared processed meat–defined as meat that has been transformed through salting, curing, fermentation, smoking, or other processes to improve flavor or preservation–including hot dogs, as a carcinogen. Carcinogen means, it may cause cancer.

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“The IARC said eating processed meat increased the risk of colorectal cancer. It is also associated with stomach cancer but evidence is not yet conclusive”

We would like to apologize for the lack of context in the original post from December 12, 2018. We would also like to thank VERA Files for providing the correct context to his important issue.

Here is the link to VERA Files’ fact-check article:

https://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-report-claiming-eating-too-much-hot-do?

Here is the kami.com.ph article that was fact-checked by VERA Files:

Marami sa mga bata ang sobrang saya kung kumakain ng mga fast-food meals tulad ng burger, hotdogs at iba pa.

Karamihan sa mga magulang ng mga estudyante ay magluluto na lamang ng hotdog sa umaga para sa kanilang mga anak dahil ito'y mabilis lutuin.

Nalaman ng KAMI na may isang pananaliksik na nagpapakita na posibleng maging sanhi ng kanser sa dugo at tiyan ng mga bata ang sobrang pagkain ng hotdogs.

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Batay sa report ng Balikbayan, ang compound na sodium nitrite sa mga hotdogs ang siyang delikado sa kalusugan.

Nakakabahala! Sobrang pagkain ng hotdog ng mga bata, maaaring magdulot ng kanser sa dugo't tiyan (Photo: Flickr)
Source: Facebook

Ayon sa The New York Times, ang mga nitrites ay nahahalo sa mga amines na natural na nakikita sa tiyan, at sila'y bumubuo ng carcinogens.

Ang pinakamatinding carcinogen na nadiskubre ay ang nitrosamines.

Sabi ni Dr. William Lijinsky, former director ng Research and Development Center para sa Kanser sa Maryland, sa mga naitest nilang mga hayop, nagdulot ng kanswer itong nitrosamines.

Ang isa pang research sa University of Southern California School of Medicine ay nagsusuhestiyon na ang mataas na numero ng mga batang nagkakaroon ng leukemia sa Los Angeles ay dahil na rin sa nitrosamines.

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