June 29 (Reuters) - Artificial sweetener aspartame, used in products from Coca-Cola's diet sodas to Mars' Extra chewing gum, is the latest substance set to be declared as a possible carcinogen next ...

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has decided to maintain the current usage standards for the sweetener 'Aspartame,' which recently sparked controversy due to its classification as a carcinogen.

The WHO has declared aspartame, a food additive used frequently in diet soda and other low-calorie beverages, "possibly" carcinogenic to humans, but did not make any changes to its recommendations for ...

INDIANAPOLIS (CN) - A federal class action claims that Dexatrim weight loss pills contain carcinogenic hexavalent chromium - and don't even help you lose weight. The class adds that the drugmaker, ...

The most commonly used and prescribed birth control pill in the U.S. was classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) at the World Health Organization (WHO) as carcinogenic. In ...

People are exposed to numerous chemicals throughout their lifetimes. These can be from the air, foods, personal care items, household products, and medications. Unfortunately, exposure to certain ...

In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal to consider banning the ...

This week’s news that the World Health Organization has classified processed meats and red meat as human carcinogens has once again drawn attention to how difficult it is to convey to the public the ...

After more than two decades, the International Agency for Research on Cancer re-evaluated the carcinogenic of coffee, and looked to the beverage temperature instead. Coffee lovers can breathe a sigh ...