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Here’s everything that doesn’t cause cancer

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Mondays don’t get much worse than this: The World Health Organization just confirmed our worst fears by declaring processed meats—including hamburgers, sausages, and your beloved bacon—a serious cancer risk.

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At this point you may be tempted to throw up your hands, declare that everything causes cancer, and break out the frying pan. But don’t despair, people! There are still plenty of foods, habits, products, and activities that haven’t been linked to cancer yet. Enjoy them while you can:

    1. Cigarettes
    2. Alcohol
    3. Cell phones
    4. The sun
    5. Breathing
    6. Kissing
    7. Marijuana
    8. Deodorant
    9. Peanut butter
    10. Shellfish
    11. The Vatican
    12. Jewelry
    13. Hot tea
    14. Brooms
    15. Sugar
    16. Eggs
    17. Candles
    18. Apples
    19. Salmon
    20. Soda
    21. Diet soda
    22. Oral sex
    23. Canned foods
    24. Chinese food
    25. Chewing gum
    26. Parents
    27. Microwave popcorn
    28. Baked goods
    29. Parasitic worms
    30. Wearing a bra
    31. Mammograms
    32. Working the night shift
    33. Birth control pills
    34. Facebook

Photo via Aidan Jones/Flickr (CC BY SA 2.0)

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