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What diet drinks don’t have aspartame in them?

A common sweetener, aspartame is to be labelled a possible carcinogen next month

The Independent UK

Man who drank two litres of Diet Coke a day goes cold turkey after sweetener scare

Al Baker says his health problems have improved since quitting his 30-year habit

Wales Online

'I quit my Diet Coke addiction after sweetener scare - my health problems have gone'

A fizzy glass of Diet Coke was the first thing Al Baker thought about every morning for 30 years. After learning about the health risks associated with aspartame, he quit his £1,000-a-year addiction

Daily Mirror

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Sweetener warning stirs debate

LONDON: Consumers, food companies, retailers and restaurants need to decide whether to fight back or find alternatives to one of the world’s most common artificial sweeteners, as a leading global health body prepares to declare it a possible carcinogen.

Bangkok Post

Worst London areas for air quality revealed as Black communities among hardest hit

Black people and the poorest among those most likely to live breathing in toxic pollution, study finds

The Independent UK

What does carcinogenic mean? Full list of carcinogens

Arm of World Health Organisation looking into aspartame’s effect on health

Evening Standard

Everything we know about aspartame and its cancer links including popular products that contain it

Aspartame has been used as a sweetener for decades in fizzy drinks and food but could soon be listed by the World Health Organisation as having "possible" links to cancer

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Aspartame explained and list of foods with 'possible cancer risk' including Diet Coke

An artificial sweetener that is used in thousands of everyday products - including Diet Coke and chewing gum - may be listed by the World Health Organisation as a 'carcinogen' from next month.

Daily Record

Popular fizzy drink sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk

The additive is found thousands of products including ice cream and chewing gum

Manchester Evening News

Aspartame: Key ingredient in Diet Coke set to be declared ‘possible cancer risk’ by WHO

World Health Organisation cancer research unit is reportedly set to declare aspartame as a potential carcinogen from next month

The Independent UK

Aspartame to be declared 'possible carcinogen' by WHO. Don't panic.

Sources told Reuters that the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an arm of the World Health Organization, will soon name aspartame a "possible carcinogen." But historically, the agency's decisions have been controversial and confusing.

LiveScience

Aspartame may be a ‘probable carcinogen.’ Here are the 8 most common drinks and foods containing the sweetener

This artificial sweetener appears in popular sodas, gums, and desserts.

Fortune

Mum-of-six set alight by husband who poured petrol over her in car on way to work

Mr Justice O'Hara described mum-of-six Katrina Rainey's murder as the "ultimate act of domestic violence".

Daily Record

Diet Coke fanatics react to forthcoming WHO announcement on ‘possibly cancerous’ aspartame: ‘The final straw’

The artificial sweetener, which is 200 times sweeter than sugar, has come under review

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Fortune

Aspartame is one of the most popular artificial sweeteners. Next month, the WHO will declare it a possible carcinogen

That could set up a showdown with food and beverage makers.

Evening Standard

Aspartame: Artificial sweetener used fizzy drinks may cause cancer, WHO set to declare

The move has been met with a backlash from the food and drink industry

The Independent UK

Aspartame sweetener to be listed as ‘possible cancer risk’ by WHO – reports

The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer is preparing to label the sweetener as ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’, according to reports.

Daily Mirror

Sweetener in Diet Coke and chewing gum may be cancerous to humans, says bombshell report

Aspartame will be officially listed by the World Health Organization as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" in a bombshell reclassification of many favourite treats, according to reports

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Ingredient used in diet drinks and sugar-free chewing gum 'to be declared possible cancer risk'

Aspartame is widely used in food and drink, as well as being available as a sweetener to add to your tea, coffee and home baking

The Guardian - UK

Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk by WHO, say reports

Artificial sweetener used in thousands of products reportedly to be labelled ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’

Wales Online

Common ingredient used in Diet Coke and chewing gum 'to be declared cancer risk'

The additive appears in most diet drinks and sugar-free products, but could now be declared 'potentially carcinogenic'

Daily Record

Sweetener in Diet Coke and chewing gum may cause cancer, WHO report to declare

One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners - used in products like chewing gum and fizzy drinks - is set to be declared a carcinogen next month by the World Health Organisations cancer arm.

The Independent UK

Aspartame: Ingredient in Diet Coke a ‘possible cancer cause’, WHO set to announce

World Health Organisation cancer research unit is reportedly set to declare aspartame as a potential carcinogen from next month

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I Can’t Ex-pane: Jeremy Clarkson shares clip of window cleaner drumming on his Premier Spirit of Lily Keith Moon kit

Clarkson's Farm just got a bit louder

The Hindu

Scientists isolate human gene able to fend off most bird flu viruses

UK researchers have homed in on a human gene implicated in thwarting most bird flu viruses from infecting people

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