Article link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/cancer-meat-red-processed-iarc-1.3293541
After reading this article, the only thing I learned was that experts always make people’s life unhappy by telling them that things they like are wrong.
Nowadays, WHO report says processed meat causes cancer. After this announcement, it has a big impact on consumers and producers.
In Canada, the largest farmland for breeding cattle and pigs is in Alberta. If people stop consuming beef, pork and other red meat by knowing they are carcinogenic, the employment rate of farmers will be problematic. Besides, the economy of Alberta will also get into trouble since it is not only for framing, but also for the oil exploring. However, during the recent months, the price of oil declines dramatically; even its price is lower than the cost to produce it. Both of these two bad situations, which including oil price and red meat, give a double whammy to Alberta.
Then, what about the reflection of consumers towards this news? The purpose of this fact reported by WHO is to let people eat less red meat. However, according to my research and the people’s comments towards these related articles, most of them will not change their menu due to this report and I also stand on this side. In my opinion, all the money spent on dying and finding out why we die would be better spent on helping people enjoy life because none of us can get rid of death.