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How a sausage and bacon tax could save hundreds of thousands of lives every year (The Independent)
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20.11.18
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The Independent wrote a news piece about the carcinogenic dangers of consuming red and processed meats. Research from IFPRI researchers Keith Wiebe and Sherman Robinson was included in the article as they calculated meat taxes for around 150 countries to combat the negative health externality.
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