If FDA concludes that aspartame does cause cancer in animals, the agency is required by law to revoke its approval for the controversial sweetener, which is used in Diet Pepsi, Diet Coke, tabletop packets, and countless other foods. A lower amount, 20 milligrams per kilogram, also caused an increase, but it was not statistically significant. The new study looked at doses less than that 20 mg per kg and greater mg per kg. But aspartame also enters the diet through sugar-free or reduced-sugar gums, candies, yogurts, and hundreds of other products. Many aspartame-containing products are likely to be consumed by kids, including sugar-free Kool-Aid, Jell-O gelatin dessert and pudding mixes, and some Popsicles. A National Cancer Institute study seemed to ease cancer fears related to aspartame, but that study had major limitations, including its reliance on imprecise food-frequency questionnaires, and it included only subjects between the ages of 50 and 69 who first consumed aspartame as adults. The effects of consuming aspartame from infancy or childhood might be very different, says CSPI, as suggested by the new animal study. It rates sucralose, also known by the brand name Splenda, as safe. Make your voice heard in the halls of Congress, in city halls, and in corporate boardrooms. Join the Fight. Your tax-deductible gift fuels the fight for safer, healthier food.
Genotoxicity risk assessment: a proposed classification strategy. In addition, in epidemiological studies the percentage of the positive results was lower than in animal models. Global Cancer Research. The findings contradict most other studies, which have suggested that aspartame is safe. Grants Policies and Process. Because the bladder tumors seen in rats are due to a mechanism not relevant to humans and because there is no clear evidence that saccharin causes cancer in humans, saccharin was delisted in from the U. Test material Genotoxic end-point Results References S. Cancer-Causing Substances.
Cancer Reporting Fellowships. Charlotte Schubert Sweet deal? Childhood Cancer Genomics. Talking about Your Advanced Cancer. Questions to Ask About Cancer. Authors reported that it did not increase DNA damage in any of the organs studied. Adjusting to Cancer. Driving Discovery. If aspartame is in the product it will be listed. Planning for Advanced Cancer.