It's not a "risk" it's a "hazard assement".
It's not a food safety agency it's just the World Health Organization's cancer research arm.
This certainly doesn't stir up mistrust. 
It's not a "risk" it's a "hazard assement".
It's not a food safety agency it's just the World Health Organization's cancer research arm.
This certainly doesn't stir up mistrust.
Well now you're on to "risk management" or managing a hazard .
Taking it in on itself is not a 1:1 cancer, but over time and with individual known and unknown factors will increase your risk to cancer and neurological issues. I just know if I have more than 1 serving it gives me migraines which is inconsistant with industry you need to bath in it every day all day for it to negatively effect you.
I would trust the WHO over China's food safety.
Edit: Hexbear - now powered by Monsanto.
Might want to blind test this if you haven't already. See: MSG panic
I have. Over years. The factor is always aspartame. I have no other explanation. Within an hour , not 24 or 48 like some studies say, I'll get headaches and I've learned to just look out for it and avoid it. I got no other food allergies or sensitivities. I'm not a womam going through hormonal changes or being drunk or have a history of migranes or headaches as some studies suggest. It doesn't matter the weather, the food, any other factor. It's aspartame.
Blind tests specifically? Take, e.g., soda and diet soda, decant into identical containers with hidden labels, drink one, and log any effects before you check what it was. The brain is powerful. Some people experience real headaches because they think that WiFi or other RF gives them headaches. But they won't get a headache from radio waves they don't know about.
I don't intend this in a mean way. If you do find out that it's something else you could get relief from said migraines. Like the MSG folks who are probably just not drinking enough water when they go out to dinner, or are nervous about Asians or something. I once took placebo and a low dose of MDMA in a blind study and got them backwards. I was embarrassed for some reason but our brains really do construct much of what we perceive as raw sensory input.
I don't have these headaches unless it's aspartame and I really had no real opinion on the whole thing until after years of repeated "why am I getting headaches" shortly after and I revaluate what I've had and it's always triggered around aspartame. It isn't psychosomatic. I don't have a problem with regular migranes or headaches. When I do get headaches I can usually attribute them to dehydration, or stress, or some other obvious issue.
I can have suculouse with no problem. Stevia no problem. Monk fruit no problem with the added bonus of having more lucid dreams. High fructose corn syrup but I feel a bit bloated after so I try to stay away from that - but no headaches. It's always aspartame if I have more than 1 serving. So there's something there.
Why am I being gaslighted so damned hard on this forum?
Look I'm not trying to gaslight you. It's totally possible that aspartame affects you in a unique way. Maybe the headache thing is real and you are a hyper-responder. Maybe most people don't experience headaches because they're convinced it's safe. All I have to say is that you can't rule out psychosomatic effects without blind testing, and I personally don't believe untested anecdotes like yours because of my own experience with drugs and from growing up in the tail end of the MSG panic. Have a nice day, take the last word if you want.
even if you do get a headache from aspartame, so what? it says nothing about the general safety of the stuff
Anecdotes aside, just because people can have sensitivities, intolerances, or allergies to certain substances does not mean it's harmful to the average person in anything but an unrealistic dosage, nor is it treated as such—peanuts are noticably absent from lists of deadliest poisons despite the effects of anaphylactic shock.
When i laugh i pass out, so we're on to risk management every time i come on this site
Other things of equal carcinogenic hazard level per the WHO or IARC:
living in an area with cell phone, AM or FM radio reception
Being near wood that hasn't been sealed, stained, or lacquered.
Smelling a fart
Having ferns growing within 20 miles of you (they are everywhere except deserts and antarctica)
Some things that are considerably more carcinogenic
Living in the same building as a cat
Living in a house that once had lead paint on the walls, but which has been covered up
Being within 20 meters of leather
Consumption of meat or animal products
Hormone replacement therapy
Consumption of Caffeine
Consumption of Alcohol
Exposure to sunlight (even through windows)
Insufficient exposure to sunlight
Wood sealants, stains, and lacquers
Consumption of Tap Water
Consumption of Bottled Water
Consumption of Filtered Water
Being near fire or smoke
Consumption of hot beverages
Outdoor Air Pollution
Consumption of Fried Foods
Exposure to emissions from frying or fried foods
Going to a barber shop or hair salon, even once.
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Actual answer: use food-grade wood oils like walnut oil, tung oil (not a blend), or raw linseed oil. Not boiled linseed oil, it's not food safe and spontaneously combusts. Wood dust is in 1, so just wear a respirator or even a mask when doing sanding or other woodworking. Oils were listed in order of my recommendation from easiest to find and work with to least easy.
All three of these options (and hot beverages, meaning any time water is at or above 65c/147f) are in 2a which is "probably carcinogenic." So, soup or even just heated up water is in the same class along with coffee, mate, or tea. Raw water isn't even rated because that shit'll kill you dead, honey. Get a Reverse Osmosis filter, don't run hot water through it, and be cognizant of the pipes between your filter system and your non-leaded glass.
Just go outside for a little bit when you can. Literally like 10 minutes is enough.
if we're going by anecdotes then i gotta say every time i got the covid booster i shit out some crazy diarrhea
i don't know why, because the WHO themselves say you shouldn't use them as a gauge of food safety levels