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The decision by the Chinese mainland to end tariff concessions for some Taiwan products is normal, and the determination of Taiwan businesspeople to invest in the mainland is unlikely to change, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, told a press conference on Wednesday.
The World Health Organization’s findings on the non-sugar sweetener aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic to humans,” emphasize the need for healthier diets overall and greater research around aspartame, writes Dr. Francesco Branca.
The World Health Organisation says aspartame is safe if 40mg per kilogram of a person’s bodyweight is consumed daily.
On the heels of a WHO committee's labeling of aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic to humans," many industry experts are speaking out in defense of the sweetener.
The artificial sweetener aspartame may cause cancer, a World Health Organization-affiliated research group declared Thursday, even as another group linked to the international health body said the sweetener is safe to consume at the currently recommended levels. The conflicting reports were released from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer research agency…