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World News@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

Exclusive: WHO's cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen - sources

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Exclusive: WHO's cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen - sources

www.reuters.com

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World News@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process, pitting it against the food industry and regulators.

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12-36 cans per what? Week, month, year, lifetime? :)
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  The article says daily
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    If you’re drinking 36 cans of soda per day, you’ve got bigger problems than aspartame.
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      Ya I’ve known people that might drink 6-8 diet cokes in a day, but even exceeding 12 seems unlikely.

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