It is also reported in 2005 but again recently it is presented on Italian National broadcast that Aspartame is cancer-giving.
Aspartame is artificial sweetener consisted of 2 kinds of amino acid, Phenylalanine and Aspartic acid. It is 200 times more sweet than sugar and is widely used instead of sugar in low calorie beverage like diet coke, sugar-free products like gum and candy, food for diabetes, yogurt, medical drugs, and food and antibiotic for children. ( In USA, more than 8000 tons of Aspartame is used in 6000 kinds of products.)
In Cancer Research Center in Bologna, Italy, Mr Morando Soffritti experimented 1800 rats, aged 8 weeks, for 3 years by giving this artificial sweetener and the result showed high percentage of lymphatic tumor, leukemia and cancer.
FDA approved Aspartame in 1981. According to WHO, safe amount of consumption of Aspartame for human being is 40mg/kg, which means to take more than 28 diet cokes. However, this result indicates that percentage of leukemia increased in female rats from dosing over 20mg/kg.
In 2005 when first alarm was given, New York Times also published opinions from specialists that over-consumption of can destroy the balance of nerve transmitting substance and can bring various mental disorders.