06-26-2007, 02:20 PM
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Low Dose Aspartame, Beginning Prenatal, Increases Rat Cancer
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Lifespan Exposure to Low Doses of Aspartame Beginning During Prenatal Life Increases Cancer Effects in Rats
Morando Soffritti, Fiorella Belpoggi, Eva Tibaldi, Davide Degli Esposti, Michela Lauriola
This EHP-in-Press article has been peer-reviewed, revised, and accepted for publication. The EHP-in-Press articles are completely citable using the assigned DOI code for the article. This document will be replaced with the copyedited and formatted version as soon as it is available. Through the DOI number used in the citation, you will be able to access this document at each stage of the publication process. Environ Health Perspect doi:10.1289/ehp.10271 available via https://dx.doi.org/ [Online 13 June 2007]
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Reply to my post on another forum from Sheila, a professional science writer.
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It's an interesting study. True, it's in rats, so this relationship still has to be proven in humans. But they do note that rats and humans metabolize aspartame in the same way.
Keeping that caution in mind -- it's particularly compelling that aspartame carcinogenicity is significant at doses comparable to what's considered the acceptable daily limit here in the U.S.
AND.....more than 70% of the aspartame market IS FOR SOFT DRINKS! With these rats, the carcinogenic impact of daily aspartame increased quite a bit when their exposure began in utero. When I think of the women who have their daily diet sodas all through their pregnancy.
And aspartame is used in many hundreds of pharmaceutical products, including children's medicines.
The authors also do a very good job of identifying the significant shortcomings of the earlier studies that made aspartame appear safe in this regard.
sheila
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