Aspartame is a "possible carcinogen", a World Health Organization unit has ruled, but a joint panel found that the sweetener remains safe to consume at levels in accordance with existing guidance.

California regulators want to classify acetaminophen, a common over-the-counter drug, as a carcinogen—proving that not even headache relievers are safe from government overzealousness. The issue stems ...

Using pesticides and other chemicals in your garden is controversial. Some want to be organic, others want to eliminate weeds and other pests. Roundup, a heavy duty weed killer made by Monsanto is a ...

The World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research arm recently classified talc as "probably carcinogenic" for humans. This decision by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has ...

Followers of the opioid crisis know that nothing much makes sense. And if you follow Proposition 65 madness in California, you know that doesn't add up either. So if you're in the mood for something ...

It is not alcohol, but rather its primary metabolite acetaldehyde which is the carcinogen. The precise mechanisms of acetaldehyde's carcinogenicity (or that of any other chemical) are highly complex ...

A state appeals court on Thursday backed California’s listing of the widely used herbicide glyphosate as a possible cause of cancer and the state’s prohibition against discharging it into public ...

SACRAMENTO – A fight is coming to California over whether to list one of the world’s most common over-the-counter drugs as a carcinogen, echoing recent high-profile battles over things like alcohol ...

In not-so-sweet news, World Health Organization says artificial sweetener aspartame may be cancerous. WHO has labeled the artificial sweetener aspartame as a "possible carcinogen," but some experts ...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) annulled the European Commission’s 2019 classification, concluding that the EU Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) relied on insufficient scientific evidence for its ...