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Article: SACCHARIN STAYS ON WARNING LIST.(NEWS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- November 1, 1997
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Byline: Sheryl Gay Stolberg The New York Times
The artificial sweetener saccharin, which for 20 years has been dogged by suspicion that it causes cancer, was denied the scientific equivalent of parole Friday when a board of independent experts recommended that it remain on the government's list of suspected carcinogens.
The vote was close, 4-3, and the outcome a surprise. Most scientists had expected the panel to decide that saccharin, perhaps the most studied food additive ever, should become the first substance ever to be struck from the carcinogen roster.
That now appears unlikely. The panel's advice is not binding, but it carries great ...