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Common sweetener in soft drinks and yoghurt ‘may cause cancer’

Washington | The World Health Organisation’s cancer research arm has labelled aspartame a “possible carcinogen”, casting new doubts on the safety one of the world’s most common artificial sweeteners.

The organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer said recent studies suggest that aspartame may be linked to a higher risk of liver cancer.

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