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WHO labels aspartame – a major component in prepared foods and beverages, as possible cause of cancer

WHO labels aspartame - a major component in prepared foods and beverages, as possible cause of cancer

The sweetener aspartame is a “possible carcinogen” but it remains safe to consume at already-agreed levels, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Friday, July 14.   Aspartame is one of the world’s most popular sweeteners, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars’ Extra chewing gum. In a …

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