Word: saccharine
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kurt J. Isselbacher, Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine, was one of five scientists who testified that the benefits of using saccharin are great for obese or diabetic people, vastly outweighing the "remote" risk of cancer involved...
After recent tests conducted in Canada found that large doses of saccharin caused bladder cancer in rats, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a ban on the artificial sweetener to take effect within 120 days...
...risk of cancer due to saccharin intake is minuscule compared with the risks of increased sugar consumption," he added...
...Saccharin is very important in controlling diabetes, allowing diabetics to limit and accurately measure their sugar intake, Dr. Arnold L. Brown, chairman of the department of Pathology and Anatomy at the Mayo Clinic, which specializes in cancer treatment, said yesterday. United States," he added...
...There will be no artificial substitutes for sugar if saccharin is outlawed in the United States," he added...