It's a question nutritionists and oncologists here at the Smilow Cancer Hospital get asked often, and the answer is not as clear as you might hope. What is aspartame? Aspartame is one of several ...

The president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest has pinpointed three more additives they’d like to see banned ...

Children are at most risk of exceeding the safe limits on aspartame, found in diet drinks Advice on how much aspartame we can eat or drink is unchanged, despite the sweetener being classified as ...

Aspartame, a popular artificial sweetener found in diet sodas, chewing gum, yogurt and other food products, is a “possible carcinogen” but it remains safe to consume at the existing daily ...

amid popular concern that aspartame causes cancer and other health problems. Do these claims actually hold water? In its Reactions video series, the American Chemical Society put the rumors to ...

A dietitian named Nichole has shared the one drink that is claimed to increase risk of cancer. Despite what some people might ...

The BBC understands the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) will make an announcement on 14 July. Aspartame is 200 times sweeter than sugar, so it gives the taste without the calories.

Pigi Cipelli for The New York Times How much evidence is there of the link between aspartame and cancer? The new classification is based on limited evidence from three observational studies of ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer, the same group that called aspartame “possibly” carcinogenic (group 2B) and red meat “probably” carcinogenic (group 2A), has placed ...

In a 1981 report, JECFA said that an adult weighing 60kg (132 pounds) would have to drink between 12 and 36 cans of diet soda – depending on the amount of aspartame in the beverage – every day ...