Sea Turtle Facts From leatherbacks to loggerheads, six of the seven species of sea turtles are threatened or endangered at the hand of humans. Sadly, the fact is that they face many dangers as they travel the seas â including accidental capture and entanglement in fishing gear (also known as bycatch), the loss of nesting and feeding sites to coastal development, poaching, and ocean pollution including plastic.
The WHO is expected to publish a report listing processed meat as a cancer-causing substance with the highest of five possible rankings. Global health experts are to warn that bacon, ham and sausages are as big a cancer threat as cigarettes, it has been reported. The World Health Organisation (WHO) will publish a report on Monday on the dangers of eating processed meats.
Monday 26 October 2015 08.30 EDT First published on Monday 26 October 2015 07.17 EDT. Bacon, ham and sausages rank alongside cigarettes as a major cause of cancer, the World Health Organisation has said, placing cured and processed meats in the same category as asbestos, alcohol, arsenic and tobacco.