WHO says aspartame is a 'possible carcinogen.' The FDA disagrees

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Our results do not indicate that occasional consumption should pose a risk to most consumers," said Dr. Francesco Branca, director of the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety at the WHO

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the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it disagrees with this new classification, pointing to evidence of safety

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In a written statement, an FDA official told NPR that aspartame being labeled by the WHO "as 'possibly carcinogenic to humans' does not mean that aspartame is actually linked to cancer

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The WHO has long set the acceptable daily intake, or ADI, of aspartame at a maximum of 40 milligrams per kilogram of body weight per day

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Two separate World Health Organisation committees examined the evidence on aspartame

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WHO says aspartame is a 'possible carcinogen.' The FDA disagrees

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Our results do not indicate that occasional consumption should pose a risk to most consumers," said Dr. Francesco Branca, director of the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety at the WHO

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the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it disagrees with this new classification, pointing to evidence of safety

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In a written statement, an FDA official told NPR that aspartame being labeled by the WHO "as 'possibly carcinogenic to humans' does not mean that aspartame is actually linked to cancer

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The WHO has long set the acceptable daily intake, or ADI, of aspartame at a maximum of 40 milligrams per kilogram of body weight per day

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Two separate World Health Organisation committees examined the evidence on aspartame

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