Posted on 07/16/2023 8:59:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
As anticipated, an arm of the World Health Organization has said aspartame is a "possible carcinogen" — but does that label mean much?
No, the artificial sweetener aspartame is not a possible carcinogen to humans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Friday (July 14).
The regulator's statement came on the heels of a ruling issued by an arm of the World Health Organization (WHO), which classified the ubiquitous sweetener as possibly cancer-causing.
The WHO agency, called the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), made its call based on a handful of studies in humans, mice and rats, as well as cell-based studies, which the agency says link aspartame to cancer. Each line of evidence was "limited," meaning the IARC couldn't confidently rule out the possibility that the results were skewed by "chance, bias, or confounding." Having also reviewed the data, the FDA flagged "significant shortcomings" in the studies on which the IARC relied, according to its statement...
So what gives? What prompted the IARC to make this contentious call?
In an exclusive published two weeks ago, Reuters reported that the IARC was planning to add aspartame to its list of possible carcinogens. Now, with the publication of a new report in the journal The Lancet Oncology, the IARC has made its declaration official, and aspartame is now listed among hundreds of other possible carcinogens — which include aloe vera leaf extract, "traditional Asian" pickled vegetables and the radio-frequency electromagnetic fields associated with cellphones.
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No, it’s not.
“Safe and Effective”...
Everything on the planet is a “possible carcinogen.”
Wait until they figure out that virtually everyone who has died of cancer also drank water.
They buried the lead:
“radio-frequency electromagnetic fields associated with cellphones.”
It is a little late for the WHO to figure that one out...
Just heard another version of the Aspertame issue.
You have to drink in excess of ten diet drinks per day, for
and extended period of time, for it to be remotely dangerous.
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