Artificial sweetener aspartame declared possible carcinogen. What are the risks?
The WHO has classified aspartame which is found in diet soda as ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans,’ but experts are not ‘excessively worried’ about cancer risks.
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Aspartame is Possibly Linked to Cancer in Humans, the WHO Says
The F.D.A. and the powerful beverage industry protested the new findings, and a second W.H.O. group stood by its standard that the sweetener is generally safe.