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Jul. 25, 2011 2:10pm Jonathon M. Seidl

Move over cigarettes. There’s an alleged new cancer-causing stick in town. But according to one health organization, the new deadly product isn’t made of tobacco, but rather meat. That’s because its apparently a hot dog.

The group Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has paid to place a prominent billboard outside the world-famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway warning patrons of the dangers of hot dogs. It features a group of roasted wieners popping out of a cigarette box with the statement, “Warning: Hot Dogs Can Wreck Your Health:”

It directs the public to a website called cancerproject.org, where a press release explains the group’s position.

“According to the American Institute for Cancer Research, just one 50-gram serving of processed meat (about the amount in one hot dog) consumed daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer, on average, by 21 percent,” the release says.

“A hot dog a day could send you to an early grave,” the group’s nutrition education director Susan Levin says in the release.“Processed meats like hot dogs can increase your risk for diabetes, heart disease, and various types of cancer. Like cigarettes, hot dogs should come with a warning label that helps racing fans and other consumers understand the health risk.”

It adds: “A review in the journal Diabetologia found that those who regularly eat processed meats increase their risk for diabetes by 41 percent.”

The campaign is a well-timed one. Thousands are expected to file into the popular race track for the running of the Brickyard 400, hot dogs in hand.

(H/T: Fark)

UPDATE:

Blaze commenter RabiaDiluvio posted and e-mailed an interesting link alleging that the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is really a front organization for animal rights activists.

The website activistcash.com says:

The American Medical Association (AMA), which actually represents the medical profession, has called PCRM a “fringe organization” that uses “unethical tactics” and is “interested in perverting medical science.”

That site is a service of the Center for Consumer Freedom, which has an entire website devoted to debunking the physician group.

It points to a Feb. 2004 Newsweek article to support its claim:

“Less than 5 percent of PCRM’s members are physicians,” Newsweek wrote in February 2004. The respected news magazine continued:

[PCRM president Neal] Barnard has co-signed letters, on PCRM letterhead, with the leader of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, an animal-rights group the Department of Justice calls a “domestic terrorist threat.” PCRM also has ties to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. An agency called the Foundation to Support Animal Protection has distributed money from PETA to PCRM in the past and, until very recently, did both groups’ books. Barnard and PETA head Ingrid Newkirk are both on the foundation’s board.

Currently, that Newsweek article is listed but unavailable on the Newsweek site.

Red more about the Center for Consumer Freedom’s charges here.

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V-MAN MACE
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 3:02pm
Hot dogs are total garbage.

Overprocessed swill.

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- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 3:54pm
  Gotta go against a lot of the Blazers here, but sorry, hotdogs are pure crap and they have zero nutritional value. Healthcare starts at the end of your fork folks. With liberty comes responsibility. Garbage food and what it is doing to health in this country is a scam and it’s shameful.
  
  I don’t in any way condone government getting their big fat noses into regulating the restaurant and food industries…what…oh gee, they do that anyway. The FDA is nothing but a revolving door for bureaucrats to create favorable regulations for their food industry buddies. The FDA and food companies have traded top executives like kids trading baseball cards. Food in this country is a complete scam.
  
  If you want your own healthcare plan, be aware of what you eat. Would you put garbage fuel in your automobile? Why put garbage fuel in your body?
  
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- Lucy Larue
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 4:07pm
  V-MAN MACE,
  Ah yes….,but they taste soooooo good!
  This group I believe is an offshoot of P.E.T.A..
  They are another group of parsimonious progressives.
  They know what’s good for you. You are an idiot.
  If you listen to them they’ll guarantee you immortality.
  
  I think that joyless,humorless, people like those in PCRM should watch out for themselves. High rates of colon and stomach cancers have been noted in people of their ilk.
  
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- loriann12
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 5:29pm
  They do make all meat hotdogs with not as many nitrates or bad stuff. I have to agree that the cheap ones have far too many nitrates and use the bad parts of meat.
  
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- Finger Follie
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 6:01pm
  Gonna go grill me hot dogs right now!!
  
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- BannedByHuffpo
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 6:42pm
  You’ve obviously never had a Hebrew National hot dog. They’re the best.
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 9:59pm
  Ethical Animals Treatment is cooking them on the BBQ grill until tasty….YUMMMM!
  
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- loadingmyclips
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 11:06pm
  baned from Huff Po is right I eat 2 a day 3-4 times a week. Kosher front cuts of beef, not pig wee wee’s ) :
  
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- Meyvn
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 11:12pm
  Hot dogs kinda suck… But will do in a pinch. Moving on….
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on July 26, 2011 at 10:05am
  So who cares if they have no nutritional value and you don’t like them? If you don’t like them, don’t eat them- but don’t presume to put others on a guilt trip because they eat them. It isn’t harming you any. Life is a terminal occupation- it’s about time Amerikans understood that and just let others live their lives as they want.
  
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RepubliCorp
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:59pm
Guess what???? Living kills you. Sooner or later

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- OhioRifleman
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 6:56pm
  “Life is a disease with a 100% mortality rate.”
  
  But it is a fun disease nonetheless. Wouldn’t miss this one for the world :)
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:59pm
I would love it if there was a hotdog stand under that sign with long lines of people buying and munching down on them with glee.

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- mjhillalabama
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 4:30pm
  Love your comments…..just saying……… Hotdogs may just be unhealthy for your body but they sure do perk up your morale.
  
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heavyduty
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:58pm
Not near as bad as Obama, Reid, and Peeloosi.

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broke in tombstone
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:56pm
I’m (well) lets just say, a senior and I have been eating Hot Dogs for my entire life. That is all we could afford when I was younger and was real happy to have them. This sounds like Gore’s Global warming crap. Eat everything in moderation and don’t give it a thought, unless you have an allergy. Then leave that to the rest of us. That includes cigarettes.

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JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:52pm
I was practically raised on hot dogs and hamburgers. No problem here. I think a case could be made connecting this so called report with Mrs. Obummer and her attempt at telling us what to eat and when to take a dump. We should all mail the white house a pack of hot dogs and a bag of potato chips to go with it. Thanks a lot Blaze, now I want a bologna sandwich and a Ballpark frank (all beef of coarse).

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moelarrycurly
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:50pm
Please read Jerry Doyle’s book “Have you seen my country lately?” He explains the why as well as sheds some light on the agenda. Be aware-give your freedom to choose away..you won’t get it back…I imagine Jerry’s reading this going: See, I told ya!
I can’t recommend this book enough.

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- moelarrycurly
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:52pm
  last i checked the mortality rate for humans was somewhere around 100%…
  
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kreg
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:43pm
Weiner! Weiner! Weiner! Weiner! This one is bad for you… to be Frank!

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- JUSTANOTHEROPINION
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 3:10pm
  Then don’t eat em. That many more for us!
  
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Mr. Oshawott
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:41pm
Well, the instant I find myself at a cookout, I’ll be helping myself to a nice, grilled hot dog.

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Jimm57
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:41pm
Dont tell anybody at Martinsville! They’ll have a RIOT! GREAT MARTINSVILLE HOT DOGS!

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- rl
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 3:34pm
  I love a good hot dog, but a hot dog at Martinsville was the WORST one I ever ate. Looked like a big pencil eraser and tasted worse (one bite was more than enough for me). You can only get them one way: soggy, wrapped in paper probably at least a day or two ahead of time…..
  
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moreteaplease
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:36pm
They must be crazy if they think NASCAR fans are going give two hoots about this.

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- Czar Casm
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 3:39pm
  Aren’t hot dogs a staple at baseball games? Maybe they were’nt specifically targeting NASCAR fans but rather the next big sporting venue coming up.
  
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Grapesofwrath
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:27pm
Thanks for the post Blaze! I think I will have hot dogs for dinner :)

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- LB
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:33pm
  Had them last night. I’d buy two if I were headed to the race. Help push the sales up!!!
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:41pm
  I had a cheese coney last night, along with ribs and pizza, courtesy of the Cincinnati Reds.
  I might have a couple more hot dogs tonight at the ball game.
  If these knuckleheads wanted to make an impact, they should be going after what CAUSES diabetes in the processed meats, not the meat itself.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 3:38pm
  “The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., which promotes a VEGAN diet, preventive medicine, alternatives to animal research, and encourages what it describes as “higher standards of ethics and effectiveness in research.”[1] Its primary activities include outreach and education about nutrition and compassionate choices to healthcare professionals and the public; ending the use of ANIMALS in medical school curricula; and advocating for legislative changes on the local and national levels.”
  
  Those two words in CAPS say it all.
  
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Thatdrewguy
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:26pm
Going to have a nice 1/4 pound Chicago Red Hots dog, with all the toppings that can be piled on it! Might do it again tomorrow too.

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unsalvageable.org
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:24pm
absurd, There is always a study to tell you something will cause cancer. The water we drink, the food we eat, and the air we breath. Stop trying to scare all of us into submission! Remember, no matter how “fit” you are, you will not get out of this life alive!! http://www.unsalvageable.org

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SFYMP
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:24pm
The only reason the govt. is worried about you’re health is they need everyone to stay alive longer to provide them with the means to squander. the sooner we die they lose that revenue stream. I’m sure I am gonna die from some other means than eating a hot dog.

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MONICNE
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:24pm
These doctors are getting really clever, but need to be discreet unless people think it’s a good idea to “smoke” hot dogs like cigars!

Modern cigarette smoking is an oral fixation. There is a proven correlation to smoking filter cigarettes and male oral sex. Obama quit to avoid being manipulated by foreign spies. In the speaker’s case it is less likely that he can be manipulated if he just sticks to smoking.

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- truthncharity
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 3:04pm
  Been reading Bernays huh?
  
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MartinLutherBling
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:23pm
Do dis hot dawg count?

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Blazer123
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:22pm
I can’t be the only person craving an extra long chili cheese coney right now

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- Rational Man
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 3:37pm
  Nope!…Your not!……Don’t forget the chopped red onion……………..
  
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- Carol Ingian
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 11:38pm
  Oh yeah, lots of chili just dripping out of the bun, with tasty gooey melted cheese…….mmmmm
  
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sWampy
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:21pm
Don’t seem that bad to me, little to much salt, but everything seems to have way to much salt.

http://www.hebrewnational.com/nutrition-label.jsp?upc=7495618053

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biohazard23
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:20pm
Wow, throw some Ball Parks on the grill and serve ‘em up with all the fixins. Yummy yummy meat byproducts processed to fit neatly on a toasted bun…… I’m hungry now……

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- Bluefish49
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:27pm
  Oh and I suppose next they will be saying bacon is bad also.
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:32pm
  @BlueFish, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not bacon!!!!! Oh, the horror…….
  
  Now I’ll have to go to the store and get some maple-cured, greasy, fatty strips of porcine goodness to go with them Ball Parks. :)
  
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- plesson
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:48pm
  Hot dogs wrapped in bacon. Yummy.
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 3:40pm
  @plesson, now you’re talking!! Man, I’m starving…… And being pregnant doesn’t help one bit, either…… But my OB said “no way” to hot dogs and lunch meat. He didn’t say a word about bacon, though. :)
  
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nannyatnannydotgov
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:20pm
Well hot dog! Who would’ve guessed that what they’ve been telling us since the early ’70′s is true!

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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:44pm
  Next they will be telling us apple pie is bad, then Americanism. We already know what happened to Chevrolet.
  
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y_we_fight_u
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:19pm
Thanks for caring…I’m going to Nathans

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Jenny Lind
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:18pm
If you can eat hot dogs every day, good luck to you. I consider them a very salty treat eaten occasionaly at cook outs. In fact I do not know anyone in my whole life who eats hot dogs every day. Strange they picked hot dogs. I would have thought bacon or other nitrate items, (ham, sausage etc), eaten for breakfast would have caused more trouble. At any rate, most people get eating preserved meats in moderation, don’t think it was worth a billboard and being compared to cigarettes. Kinda silly.

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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:25pm
  Well if you are outreaching to the largest population; Hot dogs including Halal or Kosher all beef varities are eaten by many Muslims and Jews, and most americans.
  
  The Halal or Kosher population aren’t likely to eat bacon or ham! Unless its turkey bacon or turkey ham! Some kinda fake non-pork product.
  
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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:27pm
  Hot Dogs are also the all-american treat! Eaten during Independance Day, at sporting games, and picnics! Don’t see bacon and ham in those situations all that much?
  
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- Rational Man
  Posted on July 25, 2011 at 3:08pm
  Jenny Lind is right…….Why pick on the hotdog?
  Truth is any processed food is not the best. But in moderation, as with anything, (except the cigarettes), it’s no big deal. There are many more unhealthy foods that are consumed more often by consumers than the hotdog.
  And with that being said, it’s been awhile since I had one. So I may just have a dog for lunch today! Maybe even a 7-11 ‘spicey big bite’ or a “Bahama Momma”. Hard to pass up that free melted cheese looking substance and ‘chilli in a bag’ from a large metal dispenser!…..I’ll conpensate for the bad stuff buy adding some chopped fresh onion……………………
  
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y_we_fight_u
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:18pm
Thanks people who care about my health…..now I can get back to my BBQ…dolts

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randy
Posted on July 25, 2011 at 2:17pm
I just had a coney. Do they count? :)

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- Ron on the Rio Grande
  Posted on July 28, 2011 at 12:11am
  I might have eaten 60 in my 60 years of living. Am I going to die? Yes. Till then you health nazis can go screw yourselves.
  
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