LONDON: 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. Aspartame, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Ma
rs' Extra chewing gum and some Snapple drinks, will be listed in July as"possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time by the International Agency for Research on Cancer , the World Health Organization's cancer research arm, the sources told Reuters.
Since 1981, JECFA has said aspartame is safe to consume within accepted daily limits. For example, an adult weighing 60kg would have to drink between 12 and 36 cans of diet soda – depending on the amount of aspartame in the beverage – every day to be at risk. Its view has been widely shared by national regulators, including in the United States and Europe.
DEBATE The IARC's rulings can have huge impact. In 2015, its committee concluded that glyphosate is"probably carcinogenic". Years later, even as other bodies like the European Food Safety Authority contested this, companies were still feeling the effects of the decision. Germany’s Bayer in 2021 lost its third appeal against US court verdicts that awarded damages to customers blaming their cancers on use of its glyphosate-based weedkillers.
The"radiofrequency electromagnetic fields" associated with using mobile phones are"possibly cancer-causing". Like aspartame, this means there is either limited evidence they can cause cancer in humans, sufficient evidence in animals, or strong evidence about the characteristics.
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