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Some artificial sweeteners are forever chemicals that could be harming aquatic life (phys.org)
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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

To compound this, sucralose is very hard to break down—it is a persistent pollutant, or "forever chemical." This is because it does not easily undergo bacterial decomposition.

The sweetener is sucralose (Splenda) and it's a problem because it's indigestible to bacteria.

Aspartame and Sucralose are the source of weird problems.