Yes, something can be "a possible cancer cause" and still be "considered safe". That really shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. As with all things, the dose makes the poison.
People have been fearmongering about aspartame for nearly 50 years now. Whenever I see the next batch of FUD like this I just lol. This is one of the most studied chemicals ever and an entire generation has consumed it for their entire lives. Even if you didn't believe any of the MANY studies that have been done (which would be foolish), wouldn't you expect to see a real uptick of cancer over the period? There has been none... cancer rates continue to be flat to slightly down.
And that fact alone should be heartening. Over the past half century humanity has been exposed to any number of chemicals, drugs, and environmental factors. And yet, those cancer incidence rates have stayed flat to slightly down. To me that means that, at least a far as cancer is concerned, we've been doing a pretty good job of getting rid of things that are actually dangerous.
Yes, something can be "a possible cancer cause" and still be "considered safe". That really shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. As with all things, the dose makes the poison.
People have been fearmongering about aspartame for nearly 50 years now. Whenever I see the next batch of FUD like this I just lol. This is one of the most studied chemicals ever and an entire generation has consumed it for their entire lives. Even if you didn't believe any of the MANY studies that have been done (which would be foolish), wouldn't you expect to see a real uptick of cancer over the period? There has been none... cancer rates continue to be flat to slightly down.
And that fact alone should be heartening. Over the past half century humanity has been exposed to any number of chemicals, drugs, and environmental factors. And yet, those cancer incidence rates have stayed flat to slightly down. To me that means that, at least a far as cancer is concerned, we've been doing a pretty good job of getting rid of things that are actually dangerous.
I'll just take any excuse I can get to not drink the stuff because I hate the taste. Fuck diet stuff, sugar & fat for life.