Making the news today....

[Steve Bullman]

6 hours ago, Will C said:

We learnt this when my wife’s brain tumour was discovered, we were told it makes tumours grow 4x quicker!

The list of things they think it could be responsible for goes on and on. It’s amazing it hasn’t been banned long ago 

Aspartame—True or False? Narrative Review of Safety Analysis of General Use in Products - PMC

WWW.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV

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Aspartame is a sweetener introduced to replace the commonly used sucrose. It was discovered by James M. Schlatter in 1965...

 

[devon TWiG]

11 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

This ain’t news. It’s been known for years that this crap is pure poison. It’s in just about everything aswell, specially stuff containing ‘no added sugar’

 

EXCLUSIVE-WHO's cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen-sources

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One of the most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global...

 

Read up about the problems alcohol causes to keep it in perspective !!

[Steve Bullman]

1 minute ago, devon TWiG said:

Read up about the problems alcohol causes to keep it in perspective !!

But we all know this so it’s not really relevant. Aspartame isn’t something people are educated about 

[doobin]

2 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

But we all know this so it’s not really relevant. Aspartame isn’t something people are educated about 

And we all agree it’s a bad idea to feed alcohol to children.  However plenty of parents think they are doing the right thing by opting for ‘sugar free’

[sime42]

Aspartame is just the tip of the iceberg; look what's starting to emerge about Utra-Processed Food.

If it ain't natural don't put it in ya gob!

[difflock]

Ony fule knoes  .  .  .

[Pete Mctree]

I have always avoided sweeteners. They were peddled by the big companies as saving us from the evils of sugar, despite indications years ago that they were toxic. I sincerely hope they pay for that.

  It will all be insignificant when they admit the damage that micro plastics cause. They have permeated the world and will perhaps be our demise.

[sime42]

I don't think anyone quite knows the extent of the damage yet, needless to say it'll be huge though. Since they have permeated the whole world now, it's impossible to avoid microplastics. At least with crappy "food" you can choose whether or not to eat it.

 

[Johnsond]

VP of Russian bank Kristina Baikova, 28, falls to her death from window of Moscow apartment

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A Russian banking executive, 28, has died after falling from a window of her Moscow apartment.

Them Russian windows again 🤷‍♂️

[trigger_andy]

3 hours ago, Pete Mctree said:

We have permeated the world and will perhaps be our demise.

Fixed that for ya. )