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Diet Coke has cancer risk: WHO

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Diet Coke has cancer risk: WHO

The World Health Organization has officially declared Diet Coke to contain cancer-causing ingredients. Aspartame is an artificial sweetener used in Diet Coke. Which has been declared by the World Health Organization as a possible cause of cancer. This was confirmed by a joint expert committee of the Agency for Cancer Research and the Food and Agriculture Organization on Saturday, July 15. Scientists have urged more research into the presence of aspartame in other processed foods, not just drinks.

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. One in six people die of cancer. In order to reduce this number, the World Health Organization and various organizations are working on the presence of cancer elements.

A carcinogen is a type of cancer-causing substance that affects the development of cancer in the human body. The World Health Organization has revealed the carcinogenic presence of harmful aspartame used as a natural sugar substitute in Diet Coke.

According to a notice on the World Health Organization’s website, expert researchers from the Agency for Research on Cancer, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization have found the presence of carcinogens in Diet Coke. So they classified aspartame as a carcinogen. After a long systematic study, scientists note that the presence of aspartame in food products warrants further research.

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