The sweetener aspartame is a "possible carcinogen" but it remains safe to consume at already-agreed levels, two groups linked to the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Friday.

The sweetener aspartame is a “possible carcinogen” but it remains safe to consume at already-agreed levels, two groups linked to the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Friday.

  • @MicroWaveOP
    2•1 year ago

    The WHO said the existing consumption levels meant, for example, that a person weighing 60-70kg would have to drink more than 9-14 cans of soda daily to breach the limit, based on the average aspartame content in the beverages - around 10 times what most people consume.

    60-70kg is about 133-155 lbs.

    • scytale
      1•1 year ago

      Does the accumulation over time have negative effects even if you drink the below average aspartame content regularly?

      • @SheeEttin
        1•1 year ago

        Aspartame does not accumulate. It is very quickly broken down during digestion.