Have you thought to see what other things are in the same category (IARC 2B) before contributing to the misinformation? It includes such “noxious” things as aloe vera and working as a carpenter or dry cleaner. It’s basically meaningless other than “there is a small body of weak evidence suggesting it may have some effect on cancer and we think there should be more research”.

also, telling someone they should feel bad and stupid (along with the other language you used) is a bit rough for a discussion on artificial sweeteners

Nope, sorry. If you’re a moron contributing to health misinformation you deserve the abuse you get. Too many good people died because of them - I don’t even care if you’re stupid or malicious anymore, I have no patience for either.

I have particular contempt for OP jUsT aSkInG qUeStIoNs with their “Make of that what you will”. It’s cowardly, slimy and shameful - if you’re going to be an idiot at least have the conviction to stand by it.

There’s still some really quite noxious chemicals that are perfectly legal to put in food. My son’s A-level chemistry teacher saw him drinking the same brand of squash every day and commented “You drink a lot of that. Are you sure there’s no aspartame in it? There’s no way I would deliberately put aspartame inside my body.” Make of that what you will.

“You’re a moron if you take medical advice from someone whose only qualification is an undergraduate degree in chemistry” is what I make of that.

Aspartame is the most studied food additive of the past 40 years and you should feel bad and stupid for parroting misinformation about it being “noxious”. Saying something moronic like that undermines anything else you say.

not wanting to pay a subscription fee

It’s a one-time $20. It’s literally in the meme were both commenting on.

Mine worked before the latest upgrade to v18, although I had to hover over the top right of the thumbnail to get it to appear.

Now it just loads a scaled down version.