Fox News - Race fans who attend the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – and residents who live near the track – are being warned of a possible link between hot dogs and cancer, Fox 59 reported. A billboard on West 16th Street shows hot dogs inside of a cigarette pack. “Hot dogs can wreck your health,” it reads. The cigarette package has a picture of a skull and crossbones. The American Institute for Cancer research says one, 50-gram piece of processed meat – such as a hot dog – can increase the risk of colorectal cancer by 21 percent. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society.
Wait, what?...I'm pretty sure someone at the American Cancer Society needs to check their math, because by those figures I should have had colorectal cancer, like, 1000x over by now. Just this past weekend I had three absolutely delicious hotdogs, as an appetizer for burgers later in the cookout. Are you telling me that on just one Sunday afternoon I caused myself a 63% chance of colon cancer? Someone better warn Joey Chestnut, guy's probably walking around with tumor the size of a beachball in his colon right now.