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It's been classed as an IARC Group 2B suspected carcinogen, this is new research (2023).

https://www.who.int/news/item/14-07-2023-aspartame-hazard-an...

https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/statement/2023/06/widely-u...

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This is a category that includes pickles and cell phones. The standards for this category is if some study exists somewhere suggested that, in some quantity, an item might be carcinogenic, possibly only with certain animals. The studies do not require follow-ups or repeatability. It's the lowest standard that the IARC uses.

But you just threw that in with Agent Orange. I declare this a canonical example of someone with an axe to grind.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8227014/

The linked page doesn't appear to contradict the parent?

I knew it! The evil corporate overloads have been trying to kill us all of just for profit by selling delicious but cancerous pickles!

The word "suspected" does not appear on the report you linked. Rather it says it is a "possible" carcinogenic. Moreover

> The committee therefore reaffirmed that it is safe for a person to consume within this limit per day. For example, with a can of diet soft drink containing 200 or 300 mg of aspartame, an adult weighing 70kg would need to consume more than 9–14 cans per day to exceed the acceptable daily intake, assuming no other intake from other food sources.

While I do think that is an unreasonable amount for a normal person to consume, I've also met a person who would easily hit that number. Most of us should be safe though.

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