my mum works for NCI and she told me that aspartam wich is contained in chewing gum and fizzy drinks can cause cancer,

Question: my mum works for NCI and she told me that aspartam wich is contained in chewing gum and fizzy drinks can cause cancer, how does it start the tumour?

Asked by bonnie14 to Jo on 14 Jun 2010 in Categories: Your Research.
- Joanna Watson answered on 14 Jun 2010:
  
  Hi bonnie14.
  People used to think that aspartame caused cancer because studies in rats found that rats that ate aspartame were more likely to get leukaemia than rats that didn’t eat it. However, studies that have been done in large groups of people have found that people who eat or drink aspartame are no more likely to get cancer than people who don’t.

Question: my mum works for NCI and she told me that aspartam wich is contained in chewing gum and fizzy drinks can cause cancer, how does it start the tumour?