Health officials said Thursday there is "limited evidence" to suggest that there is an association between the consumption of aspartame, one of the most common artificial sweeteners in the world, and ...

The World Health Organization’s cancer research agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, has declared the artificial sweetener aspartame a possible carcinogen. The organization ...

The artificial sweetener aspartame may cause cancer, a World Health Organization-affiliated research group declared Thursday, even as another group linked to the international health body said the ...

Aspartame — one of the most common artificial sweeteners in the world — is slated to be declared a possible carcinogen by the World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research agency next month, ...

Decades after aspartame was approved for use in the United States, the sweetener’s safety is getting another look by global health bodies assessing its potential links to cancer. The World Health ...

WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer classified aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” citing “limited evidence” suggesting link to cancer. The artificial sweetener aspartame, ...

Earlier this month, the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Joint Expert Committee on Food ...

Diet Coke fanatics have been screaming, crying, and throwing up since aspartame, the sweetening agent in the soda, was declared “possibly carcinogenic to humans” last week. The new, worryingly worded ...

The World Health Organization is set to declare aspartame a "possible carcinogen" in July The low-calorie sugar substitute is commonly found in soft drinks, gelatine, desserts and other food products ...

Aspartame is the most controversial food additive in history. Here is why. Aspartame is made up of three chemicals: the amino acids aspartic acid and phenylalanine, and methanol. The chemical bond ...

Soft drink giant PepsiCo recently announced its plans to stop sweetening Diet Pepsi with aspartame in response to growing consumer concern, yet the company, regulators and many medical authorities say ...