The World Health Organization has declared aspartame, a common artificial sweetener used in thousands of products, to be "possibly carcinogenic to humans" — while also noting that "safety is not a ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Aspartame has joined a list of more than 300 other possible cancer-causing agents. The World Health Organization's cancer agency has labeled the artificial sweetener as a ...

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Health officials said Thursday there is "limited evidence" to suggest that there is an association between the consumption of aspartame, one of the most common artificial sweeteners in the world, and ...

Assessments of the health impacts of the non-sugar sweetener aspartame have led to disagreements among various research and public health groups. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) ...

A committee of 25 international experts has determined that aspartame may "possibly" cause cancer in people, according to a report released Thursday by the World Health Organization. "Our results do ...

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The discovery wasn’t intentional — just sloppy safety practices. Chemist James M. Schlatter was hunting for an anti-ulcer drug in his lab in 1965 when he licked his finger to pick up some paper.

The World Health Organization’s cancer agency released an anticipated assessment late last week, finding that the common artificial sweetener aspartame “possibly” has the ability to cause ...

Debates over aspartame’s safety sprung up after a World Health Organization unit classified the artificial sweetener as a possible carcinogen while another agency cleared the substance for consumption ...

The popular sweetener is ‘possibly carcinogenic’ according to the World Health Organization, who has also reaffirmed it is safe to consume within current permitted use levels. Aspartame is a popular ...