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The WHO is about to declare aspartame can cause cancer (www.vox.com)

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[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Almost anything can be carcinogenic with a high enough exposure. You can pump a rat full of water until it dies and declare that water kills people.

It would lead to death, but not to cancer. Not everything is carcinogenic, even with high exposure. Causing death by a method other than cancer doesn't make it carcinogenic.