Cancer group's independence

IN AN article of 10 February, we reported the National Beef Association's claim that the failure of World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) to acknowledge errors in its 2007 report was an example of the influence of anti-livestock farming lobbyists.

We would like to make it clear that WCRF is an independent scientific organisation that is not funded by lobbyists. Minor errors in its report were corrected on its website and its conclusions remain that red meat is a cause of bowel cancer.