*Revealed: WHO aspartame safety panel linked to alleged Coca-Cola front group.*

*Guideline on Diet Coke ingredient by consultants tied to industry is "obvious conflict of interest" and "not credible".*

If aspartame has a very low probability of causing cancer, that may not make much practical difference. I would not automatically presume it does. But I don't have the expertise to judge the question.

Allowing the beverage industry a role in judging it is definitely wrong.