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[–] 10 points 3 days ago (5 children)

What? Aspartame is classified as a possible carcinogen, but mostly to encourage further research. There’s an old rat study that claimed to show an increase in variois cancers, but it had a weirdly cancer-free control group and used levels far in excess of “a few cans per day”. AFAIK, no human studies have ever shown any significant correlation. It definitely hasn’t been “proven and accepted by the WHO”.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (4 children)

    https://www.who.int/news/item/14-07-2023-aspartame-hazard-and-risk-assessment-results-released

    Possibly carcinogenic with an ADI of zero to 40 mg/kg per day with three high quality (although limited, because there are not yet enough studies to definitively prove beyond chance) evidence for liver cancer in humans

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    For example, with a can of diet soft drink containing 200 or 300 mg of aspartame, an adult weighing 70kg would need to consume more than 9–14 cans per day to exceed the acceptable daily intake, assuming no other intake from other food sources.

    9-14 cans of soda per day seems pretty hard to hit, even intentionally.

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