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Article: Saccharin maker: Warning should go.(Business)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 18, 2000
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The maker of saccharin overcame a hurdle when the government said it no longer considers the artificial sweetener a cancer-causing product. Now, the company must convince Congress to remove its warning label.
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) said Monday that studies show "no clear association" between saccharin and human cancer. But unless Congress agrees, the warning label that the popular product has carried since 1981 will remain.
"Because the scientific community is moving in that direction, hopefully it will drive the [federal Food and Drug Administration] and Congress to revisit what was done in 1977 . . . and ...