Re: Usual media over-reporting highly interim and possibly invalid findings
interesting. apparently nitrates/nitrites are healthy enough, but can change into nastier compounds when heated a lot. that's something we already know about meat in general.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/are-nitrates-and-nitrites-harmful#section5
(maybe you Brits were onto something when you boiled everything)
so you might be right. :-( - I was feeling better about celery-added bacon.