Aspartame, an artificial sweetener widely used in soft drinks and other food products, is possibly carcinogenic to humans, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, although without changing the daily dose considered safe.* 100002*
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We are not advising companies to recall their products or advising consumers to stop consuming them completely, clarified Francesco Branca, director of the WHO Department of Nutrition, Health and Development, in the presentation of two evaluations on this sweetener.
WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) first assessed the hazard level of aspartame. The experts, who met from 6 to 13 June, concluded that the sweetener may be carcinogenic to humans, placing it in IARC group 2B.
According to Paul Pharoah, professor of cancer epidemiology at Cedars-Sinai In Los Angeles, the general public should not be concerned about the cancer risk associated with a Group 2B chemical.Other products included in this group include aloe vera extract or caffeic acid, he points out
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