Chemical found in 'widely used sweetener' damages human DNA, new study says (katu.com)

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According to a new study, a chemical that forms when humans digest a certain type of "widely used" sweetener is "genotoxic," meaning it damages DNA.

That chemical is also said to be found in the sweetener itself in trace amounts and researchers claim "the finding raises questions about how the sweetener may contribute to health problems."

North Carolina State University shared the findings of its new study in a news release. It names "sucralose," said to be the most widely used artificial sweetener in the United States, as the "issue."

The new work now "establishes that sucralose-6-acetate is genotoxic" according to Susan Schiffman, corresponding author of the study and an adjunct professor in the joint department of biomedical engineering at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who is quoted in the release.

Schiffman says that "in short," the research team "found that sucralose-6-acetate is genotoxic, and that it effectively broke up DNA in cells that were exposed to the chemical."

Chemical found in 'widely used sweetener' damages human DNA, new study says (katu.com)

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