Your Ham Sandwich is Trying to Kill You (and It’s Not Even Doing It Quickly)

Ten years after the WHO said processed meat can cause cancer, your lunchbox is still a pink, buttered game of Russian roulette; only with slightly more mustard and a lot more denial.

Right, picture the scene. It’s 12.45, your stomach’s doing the kind of rumbling normally reserved for earthquakes on the Richter scale; and you reach for your lovingly prepared packed lunch. You unzip the bag, peel back the cling film and there it is… your trusty Wiltshire ham sandwich. Soft sourdough bread, a smear of butter and those pink slices of pi…