Saccharin seems pretty safe
Saccharin appeared to be on the way out three years ago. A Canadian research team had just reported that "large amounts" of the artificial sweetener caused bladder cancer in rats. It hardly seemed to matter that the "large amounts" were the equivalent of 800 eight-ounce glasses of diet soda per human adult per day over a lifetime. The Food and Drug Administration ordered a general ban on the use of saccharin in food or drink after mid-1977. Reason: the Delaney Clause in the 1958 Food and Drug Act prohibited any food additive that causes cancer in laboratory animals.
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