Word: saccharine
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tests on rats proved there is a greater danger to the rats' offspring than to the first-generation animals injected with the substance. Because saccharin only came into widespread use during World War II, its effects will not be evident for another 15 to 25 years, Schneiderman said...
...suggested that the FDA declare saccharin a drug, allowing physicians to prescribe it for diabetics and obese people, while limiting the sweetener's widespread dangers...
...decision to ban saccharin is based on the Delaney Amendment to the Food and Drug Act, which requires the FDA to ban any food substance that has been found to cause cancer in human beings or animals...
...Canadian experiment "unequivocally" showed a carcinogenic effect, but there are no reported cases of saccharin-induced bladder cancer in humans in the 70 years that saccharin has been on the market, Brown said...
...regulation should not apply to saccharin on the basis of available evidence, he said. "If you were going to see the carcinogenic effect of saccharin, you would have seen it by now," he added, disagreeing with Schneiderman's testimony...