Some scientists were concerned when an early animal study showed that aspartame may have caused brain tumors in rats ... the first time WHO’s independent cancer expert panel had decided to ...

It found that people who consumed higher amounts of aspartame-sweetened beverages did not have increased rates of brain cancer or blood cancers such as lymphoma, myeloma or leukemia compared with ...

In the 1990s, scientists began to raise concerns about aspartame’s safety. A neurologist published a study suggesting the product might play a role in causing brain cancer in humans, and the FDA ...

The World Health Organization’s cancer research agency ... Hospital and author of “This Is Your Brain on Food.” Because the IARC only put aspartame in the “possibly” causes cancer ...

Meanwhile, studies from the 1980s found aspartame did not cause brain tumors or bladder cancer in rats. A 2022 study of more than 100,000 adults in France, however, found that consuming large ...

Current research does not suggest that drinking Diet Coke or other beverages with aspartame will increase the risk of cancer. Aspartame, an artificial sweetener, is found in foods and drinks like ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer, a WHO body ... safety studies submitted by G.D. Searle on whether aspartame was linked to brain tumors. The FDA ultimately concluded there was ...