FDA spars with WHO over Diet Coke sweetener aspartame’s possible cancer link
Two food-safety titans are clashing over aspartame, the artificial sweetener found in Diet Coke, sugar-free gum and dozens of other popular products. The World Health Organization said this week aspartame is “possibly carcinogenic,” or a cancer-causing agent. But that listing doesn’t mean that aspartame is definitely a cause of cancer, so it’s not in the … Read more