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Revealed: WHO aspartame safety panel linked to alleged Coca-Cola front group (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It uncovered eight WHO panelists involved with assessing safe levels of aspartame consumption who are beverage industry consultants who currently or previously worked with the alleged Coke front group, International Life Sciences Institute (Ilsi).

Their involvement in developing intake guidelines represents “an obvious conflict of interest”, said Gary Ruskin, US Right-To-Know’s executive director. “Because of this conflict of interest, [the daily intake] conclusions about aspartame are not credible, and the public should not rely on them,” he added.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

A lot of strange defending of this corrupt behavior here. The fact that this corruption exists immediately calls into question the safety of the recommendations. It won't be the first time Americans were killed for corporate profits.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A lot of scientists who actually know the studies and biochemistry involved, actually. Not "defending of this corrupt behavior", but just pointing out that corrupt behavior doesn't negate the science itself.

Corruption is a part of companies and capitalism. Even the "good" companies, like renewables, are corrupt and do corrupt things.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

just pointing out that corrupt behavior doesn’t negate the science itself.

But when corruption doesn't let the science happens? You know, in 2020.

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

The science has been done by dozens of independent scientific teams around the world for decades. They have repeatedly shown the lack of health impact from aspartame.