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The WHO declared aspartame "possibly" causes cancer. Here’s what that means. | Vox (www.vox.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Not exactly. In this context "possibly causes cancer" translates to something like 'we have no credible evidence that it does, but we can't prove that it doesn't.'