Perhaps some of the autumn cancer walks should wind through the equally common bacon festivals and carry placards denouncing them. The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed what Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and others have said for a long time: that eating bacon, hot dogs, ham, and other processed meats causes cancer. The WHO findings put processed meats in the same category of cancer risk as cigarettes and asbestos. The WHO also noted that red meat including beef, pork, veal, and lamb are likely carcinogenic. Yes, they are!