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The WHO is about to declare aspartame can cause cancer (www.vox.com)

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[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's different classes of cancer-causing compounds. Alcohol, for example, has the highest classification, meaning there is indisputable evidence exposure increases the risk of certain cancers. Then you have decreasing strength of evidence from there.