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Is aspartame actually that harmful?

"While reports like these can understandably be worrying, there's no reason to panic at this stage"

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Aspartame: popular sweetener could be classified as a possible carcinogen by WHO – but there's no cause for panic

According to reports, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization (WHO), is set to declare the artificial sweetener aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic to humans”.

The Conversation

Cancer warning over 'cell-destroying' sweetener used in Diet Coke and Red Bull Sugarfree

The caffeinated drinks contain a sweetener known as sucralose, sold under the brand name Splenda, which when digested, becomes genotoxic, meaning it breaks up DNA

Daily Mirror

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Pesticide firms withheld brain toxicity studies from EU regulators, study finds

Exclusive: The same studies were submitted to US regulators and some are relevant to safety levels, the researchers say

The Guardian - UK

EU agency urges member states to reduce pesticide use

The EU environment agency has urged member states to reduce pesticide usage over concern that sales of harmful chemicals remain strong despite its effects on human health and biodiversity.

Radio France Internationale

EU plan to ban up to 7,000 dangerous chemicals failing badly, says study

Roadmap to stop use of substances including ‘forever chemicals’ used to implement bans on 14 chemical groups so far, report states

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: The fish packed with cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’

Flounder, dab and plaice have been found to contain highly-persistent industrial pollutants

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Revealed: The fish packed with cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’

Flounder, dab and plaice have been found to contain highly-persistent industrial pollutants

The Independent UK

Levels of pollutant in UK fish so high eating it twice a year exceeds safe level

Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of nearly 10,000 chemicals that are used in many household goods

Wales Online

One in four Irish families tested had 'weed killer' chemical in system as EU reviews its use

The Galway-based researchers led a first of its kind study on glyphosate exposure among families

Irish Mirror

People exposed to weedkiller chemical have cancer biomarkers in urine – study

Study measured glyphosate in urine and found high levels associated with signs of oxidative stress

The Guardian - US

Europe in midst of worst ever bird flu outbreak, authorities warn

Europe is enduring the most devastating bird flu season in its history, with some 50 million birds slaughtered on affected farms, European health authorities say.

Radio France Internationale

Worst ever bird flu crisis in Europe raises risks for next season - EFSA

Europe has experienced its worst bird flu crisis ever this year with nearly 50 million poultry culled, and the persistence of the virus over the summer has raised the risk of widespread infections next season, the EU's Food Safety Agency (EFSA) said.

Reuters

Skittles ‘unfit for human consumption,’ California lawsuit claims

Skittles, the colorful, fruit-flavored candy, are coming under fire after a lawsuit filed in Northern California says people are tasting more than the rainbow.

Los Angeles Times

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The Guardian - US

Food additive or carcinogen? The growing list of chemicals banned by EU but used in US

The EU is banning food whitener titanium dioxide. It is the latest example of a chemical deemed unsafe in Europe that’s still used in the US

The Guardian - UK

European fruit with traces of most toxic pesticides ‘up 53% in nine years’

Analysis of nearly 100,000 samples found residues in a third of apples and half of blackberries

The Guardian - UK

Lab-grown meat firms say post-Brexit UK could be at forefront

Technology, touted as low-carbon, faces long regulation process in EU but industry hopes UK will expedite approval

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