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What is Aspartame, possibly causing cancer? List of products that use this appeared on www.hindustantimes.com by Poulomi Ghosh.
Aspartame is a popular artificial sweetener which will be declared as a possible carcinogen next month by the Worl Health Organization. Many daily use products, not only beverages use Aspartame as a sugar alternative as it has zero calories and no bitter aftertaste like other sugar-free options. The Reuters report that Aspartame is going to be marked as a carcinogen has triggered health concerns.
List of products that use Aspartame
Diet Coke Coca-Cola
Extra sugarfree Mars chewing gum
Jell-O Sugarfree gelatin dessert mix
Snapple zero sugar tea and juice drinks
Sugar Twin 1 sweetener packets
Equal zero calorie sweeteners
Trident sugar-free peppermint gums
What is a carcinogen?
Carcinogens are substances that can cause cancer to humans. There are four levels of carcinogens: carcinogenic, probably carcinogenic, possibly carcinogenic and not classifiable. According to the Reuters report, Aspartame is likely to be classified as possibly carcinogenic — the third category.
What are other substances possibly carcinogenic?
Carpentry
Traditional Asian picked vegetables
Occupational exposures in printing processes
Occupational exposures in dry cleaning
Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields
Aspartame is likely to be included in this category.
List of substances categorised as carcinogenic
While Aspartame is likely to be categorised as a possible carcinogen, here is a list of products that are carcinogenic to humans — which means there is enough proof that they cause cancer.
Alcohol
Outdoor air pollution
Indoor emissions from household combustion of coal
Tobacco smoking
Consumption of processed meat
X-and Gamma-radiation
Wood dust
Opium consumption
Formaldehyde
Ultraviolet radiation
What is Aspartame?
Aspartame is a sweetener which is being used for over three decades across the world. The ruling of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, which is the cancer research arm of the WHO, has come as a blow to the industry which dismissed the alarm and debated that the use of Aspartame was declared safe by the regulatory bodies.
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