Cancer
Cancer concerns from everyday products
Some items are linked with increased risk. But how much should you worry?
- Reviewed by Toni Golen, MD, Editor in Chief, Harvard Women's Health Watch; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing; Contributor
In the span of a few days last summer, the simple act of sipping a diet soda became a bit more fraught.
Why? International health authorities issued a statement classifying aspartame — an artificial sweetener widely found in diet drinks and foods like gum, yogurt, and ice cream — as possibly carcinogenic in humans. But limited evidence supports any cancer-causing effects of aspartame, especially at the amounts most people consume, the International Agency for Research on Cancer noted.
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About the Author
Maureen Salamon, Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch
About the Reviewer
Toni Golen, MD, Editor in Chief, Harvard Women's Health Watch; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing; Contributor
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