Aspartame study 14 July 2005 Eur. J. Oncol., vol. 10, n. 2, pp. 00-00, 2005
Aspartame induces lymphomas and leukaemias in rats
Summary
Aspartame, a widely used artificial sweetener, was administered with feed to male and female Sprague-Dawley rats (100-150/sex/group), 8 weeks-old at the start of the experiment, at concentrations of 100,000; 50,000; 10,000; 2,000; 400; 80 and 0 ppm.
Treatment lasted until spontaneous death of the animals. In this report we present the first results showing that aspartame, in our experimental conditions, causes a statistically significant, dose-related increase in lymphomas and leukaemias in females. No statistically significant increase in malignant brain tumours was observed among animals from the treated groups as compared to controls. Eur. J. Oncol., 10 (2), 00-00, 2005
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