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"The IARC will reportedly classify aspartame as a possible carcinogen. But this isn’t a food safety agency, and the context matters."

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[–] SoLongSealion@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

People have been freaking out about it since it was first introduced. Can't count how many times someone has told me to put down my diet soda because it causes cancer/diabetes.

[–] ronaldtemp1@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Same as microwave oven, cell phones and laptops. Human beings freak out about stuff that they don’t understand, it was then thunder that human freak out about, it is now technology that human freak out about.

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