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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rob Freeman and William Mata

Diet Coke safe as long as you don’t drink 14 cans every day, WHO says after aspartame cancer fears

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An artificial sweetener found in Diet Coke is “possibly” carcinogenic but only if you drink the equivalent of nine to 14 cans every day, the World Health Organisation has ruled.

General advice on how much aspartame we can eat or drink has not been changed on the back of the studies which looked into whether consumption of the additive could cause cancer.

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