The 116 things that can give you cancer – the full list

Rocked by the news that processed meat could be terribly bad for you? Well, chimney sweeping, salted fish and fracking also appear on the list compiled by the International Agency for Research on Cancer

After Monday's bombshell news from the World Health Organisation that bacon, ham and sausages are carcinogenic, you can be forgiven for wondering just what exactly is safe for you to come into contact with - let alone eat.

Handily, the International Agency for Research on Cancer - a body that collects and publishes cancer figures worldwide - has a list of the 116 substances and activities (for some of them are more verb than noun) that are now considered to cause cancer.