Aspartame is set to be declared a possible carcinogen

Re:Aspartame is set to be declared a possible carcinogen by marcosdumay on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:56PM (#36524157)

AFAIK, most lists of "possible carcinogenic" are just lists of things people want to cause cancer but the evidence disagrees.

There's something to say about lists where people put substances we don't know a lot, to call attention for studying more. But I haven't actually seen one of those, it's always lists of substances people study a lot, and publication bias set them marginally into statistical relevancy.

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Re:Aspartame is set to be declared a possible carcinogen by autoexec on Thursday June 29, 2023 @04:51PM (#36526538)

I doubt very many people want any substance to cause cancer. People want the things they eat to be healthy and wholesome but they've learned that they can't trust the people making our food or our regulatory agencies to protect them. That's caused people to be cautious and distrustful even when there is little cause for it.

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