4.1 Can the aspertame sweetener cause cancer or induce genetic
damage?
4.1.1. In laboratory
studies:
- the aspertame sweetener did not induce genetic mutations.
- A study on mice showed no cancer effects.
A first study on rats fed with very high doses of the aspertame
sweetener (1000 to 6000 mg/kg body weight per day) found a higher
incidence of brain tumors.
This study was contradicted by two subsequent ones. Therefore,
it was concluded that the aspertame sweetener does not cause brain
cancer in laboratory animals.
- Diketopiperazine does
not cause cancer or genetic mutation in rats or mice. Read the EC-SCF report about aspartame and cancer and genetic mutations...
4.1.2. In 1996,
Olney published an article linking the consumption of the aspertame
sweetener and the occurrence of brain tumors in the United States,
which has been criticized by a number of scientists. Subsequent studies
did not find such a link. In France, the sale of the aspertame sweetener
did not increase the frequency of brain tumors. Read
the EC-SCF report about aspartame and brain tumours...
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