Ingredient found in Diet Coke potentially cancerous

One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners used in products such as Diet Coke is set to be declared as potentially cancerous.

The artificial sweetener known as aspartame will be listed next month as possibly carcinogenic to humans, for the first time.

According to the World Health Organisation's cancer research agency, the move is likely to start a row between industry and regulators.

[OKRA]

why are you just mentioning coke? its used in so many drinks and products how about calling them all out?

[jaxia-eujf]

Most artificial sweeteners are bad for you and they are putting it in alot of "sugar free" products

[johncorlett]

old news, been a known carcinogenic for years

[merlinite-]

But the government and doctor said drinking small amounts of cancerous materials is fine ..😂

[danielmendes]

For me, it’s either the normal coke or nothing.

[Heisthelightoftheworld]

The back story as to how they got this poison past the drug and food admistration is worth a read.

[JoshR]

I find this funny…. We have known this for 25 years.

[Podz]

Old news really. That aspartame stuff is in lots of drinks, foods and and anything else that has to be artificially sweetened...

[nomyafiftyonefifty]

So does the colour 150D in normal coke.
Look it up.

[techno.science]

Pretty much everything has aspartame in it these days.

[Wesmancan]

They changed the name of artificial sweeteners a way back. Nutrasweet name was changed to aspartame the fda was paid off and they started putting it in everything under a different name. This is a fact. That’s me for the half ass report

[clazza]

Europe and America have known this for years. Why is Australia so far behind ??

[genxny]

Again? Didn’t this happen in the 80’s?

[OKRA]

why has it taken this long for them to acknowledge this i wonder

[gibsonlespaul]

Sugar tax on soft drinks, timing is everything!

[viningscircle]

Corporation Cancer is the general problem. Whatever drives profits.

[englishstark]

That’s why Dan don’t take the Diet Coke takes the real thing up his nose!

[binodtech]

Really a concern for children, youngsters

[goatranchgaming]

Is that not old news about it being a bad dangerous sweetner

[MIDJT]

We've known this for decades. Every rat that was given aspartame died with huge cancerous brain tumours. We've known for over 20 years. Why has this taken so long?