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Researchers Discover Popular Sweetener Damages DNA (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

…to GIT bacteria. Not the person/animal ingesting it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

"An overall reduction of the existing microflora was found (≥50%) at sucralose doses that were lower than the human ADI".

Even so, this is pretty concerning. The article clickbait is annoying though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree. Just clarifying because the title seems to imply DNA for humans ingesting it. Which is what I though when I read the headline.

If sucralose was found the be mutagenic, as the title kind of implies (at least to me), it would be immediately banned in the EU, and eventually the states.

Lots of things harm gut bacteria.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I agree. I originally assumed the same regarding DNA damage based on the title.