The World Health Organization's cancer agency has deemed the artificial sweetener aspartame a 'possible' cause of cancer, while a separate group looking at the same evidence said it still considers the sugar substitute safe.
The World Health Organization's cancer agency has deemed the sweetener aspartame — found in diet soda and countless other foods — as a "possible" cause of cancer, while a separate expert group looking at the same evidence said it still considers the sugar substitute safe in limited quantities.
Aspartame joins a category with more than 300 other possible cancer-causing agents, including things like aloe vera extract, Asian-style pickled vegetables and carpentry work."We're not advising consumers to stop consuming altogether," said WHO's nutrition director Dr. Francesco Branca. "We're just advising a bit of moderation."
U.N. experts evaluated the safety of aspartame in 1981 and set the safe daily limit slightly lower, at 40 milligrams of aspartame per kilogram. The move comes weeks after the WHO said that non-sugar sweeteners don't help with weight loss and could lead to increased risk of diabetes, heart disease and early death in adults.
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