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An expert panel found a potential association with liver cancer, but too little research exists to assume a causal connection. For now, the WHO left current consumption guidelines unchanged.
IARC has listed the artificial sweetener aspartame as possibly cancer causing. Here’s how to digest the findings.
Reports have indicated the artificial sweetener aspartame will be classified as ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’ by the WHO. Here’s what that means – and doesn’t mean.
The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer convenes a panel of scientific experts to review available evidence on whether specific chemicals or occupational exposures may cause cancer.
It’s impossible to escape exposure to microplastics and a new study confirms they’re in household dust around the world. But the health risks appear surprisingly low, and vacuuming makes a difference.
Lagos waste pickers were dissatisfied with their unhealthy working conditions, poverty and stigmatisation.
People with Barrett’s oesphagus may still want to be especially careful about eating bacon.
Humans are not big mice so why are we still testing on these animals?
A California judge ruled coffee should carry a cancer warning label but the evidence says something very different.
What causes cancer? A scary truth might be that we have created an environment for it. An anthropologist’s search for answers to her own diagnosis raises questions for all of us.
Tattoos often seem like a good idea in the moment, but tattoo regret is common. There is good reason, not the least of which is infection.
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Associate lecturer, Nutritional Biochemistry, University of Hertfordshire
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Assistant Clinical Professor, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University
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Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Public Health, Colorado State University
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Professor of Anthropology, Dartmouth College
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Bladder cancer researcher, University of York
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Professor of Public Health Nutrition, University of Dundee
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Professor of Genotoxicology and Cancer, Swansea University
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Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Research Director, Australian Microplastic Assessment Project (AUSMAP); Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Professor of Food Safety and Global Health, University of Leeds
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Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Reading
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Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia
