Following the recent decision of a World Health Organization (WHO) agency to classify aspartame as "possibly carcinogenic to ... Below is a chart from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic to humans.” Other substances in this category include lead and gasoline engine exhaust fumes.

A World Health Organization agency has classified aspartame, an artificial sweetener widely used in diet drinks and low-calorie foods, as possibly carcinogenic to humans. Getty Images How much ...

The sweetener aspartame, which is found in a variety of foods and fizzy drinks, is set to be officially classified as "possibly carcinogenic" to humans, reports claim. The label frequently causes ...

So the news that aspartame – one of the key ingredients in the popular fizzy drink – is set to be declared as “possibly carcinogenic” by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).