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Aspartame – FDA, Diet Industry Deny Cancer Link

» 27 June 2007 » In Aspartame, Cancer » Comments Off

Aspartame, sold under the brand names NutraSweet and Equal and found in popular products like Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, Diet Snapple and Sugar Free Kool-Aid, has been under pressure for the past two years from evidence that it might cause leukemia, lymphoma and breast cancer in rats. Reuters reports today that the FDA is “unmoved” by this evidence, which comes from Italy.

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