Politics aside, whether saccharin or artificial sweeteners in general are safe is a separate question from whether they’re good for you, says Dr. Rebecca Brown, a pediatric endocrinologist with ...

While saccharin is 200 to 700 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar), it has a bitter aftertaste.Research in the 1970s linked saccharin with the onset of bladder cancer in lab rats. However, further ...

In 2001, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared saccharin safe for human consumption and in 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took saccharin off of its list of hazardous ...

The Tribune`s March 3 article ”FDA gets a bitter message from latest saccharin studies” provided an incomplete review of recent saccharin research and was misleading to your readers. More than ...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a report concluding that saccharin is safe for human consumption and has increased the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) from 5 to 9 milligrams per ...

Based on these newer studies, saccharin was removed from the carcinogen list in 2000. But by that time, opinions were set. It did little to make anyone feel safe.

The acceptable daily intake of saccharin is to increase form 5mg/kg of body weight to 9mg/kg of body weight, under the guidance of a new EFSA scientific opinion. “This rigorous scientific review from ...

Saccharin was once linked to bladder cancer in rats, but subsequent studies have found it to be safe for human consumption. The FDA and the World Health Organization (WHO) have declared saccharin ...

Saccharin is commonly used as a tabletop sweetener and can be used in baking recipes and preserves. Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close. Quick Look- ...

Think saccharin is unsafe? You may want to think again. Saccharin was first identified as a hazardous, potentially cancer-causing chemical by the Food and Drug Administration in the 1970s. But ...