oes aspartame cause cancer? The potentially carcinogenic properties of the popular artificial sweetener, added to everything from soft drinks to childrens medicine, have been debated for decades. Its approval in the US stirred controversy in 1974, several UK supermarkets banned it from their products in the 00s, and peer reviewed academic studies have long butted heads. Last year, the World Health Organization concluded aspartame was “ possibly carcinogenic ” to humans, while public health reg
