Carcinogens

Saccharin Dropped from Cancer List; Tobacco, Alcohol, Sunlamps Added

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, May 30th, 2000

Saccharin has been dropped from the U.S. federal list of cancer-causing chemicals, but tobacco, both smoked and dipped, have been added, along with alcoholic drinks and sunlamps.

The release May 15, 2000, of the 9th National Toxicology Report on Carcinogens deleted saccharin as a possible cancer-causing chemical, but identified secondhand tobacco smoke, directly inhaled tobacco smoke, and smokeless tobacco as known carcinogens. A statement from the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Healthy Sciences said that saccharin was dropped off the list after new studies showed "no clear association" between the sweetener and human cancer.

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