Aspartame a "possible carcinogen" but safe to consume in moderation, WHO says

The

sweetener

aspartame

is a "possible

carcinogen

" but it remains safe

to consume at already agreed levels,

two groups (

linked to the World Health Organization (WHO)

)have declared.The rulings are the outcome

of two separate WHO expert panels, one of which flags

(

whether there is any evidence

(

that a

substance

is a

potential hazard

)

)

, and the other which assesses

(

how much of a real-life risk

(

that substance

poses

)

)

.

Aspartame is one of the world's most popular sweeteners

, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Extra

chewing gum

.In a

press conference

before the announcement,

the WHO's head of nutrition, Francesco Branca, tried to help consumers make sense of the seemingly conflicting declarations

, especially those

(

who

seek out

artificial sweeteners to avoid sugar

)

.

生詞/組：

sweetener 甜味劑;賄賂;用以拉攏人的錢物

aspartame 阿斯巴甜代糖

carcinogen 致癌物

rulings 裁決;裁定;判決;ruling的復數(shù)

outcome 結果;效果

substance 物質;實質;根據(jù);物品;東西;重要性

potential hazard 潛在危險;潛在危害

poses 造成;產(chǎn)生;引起;pose的第三人稱單數(shù)

chewing gum 口香糖

press conference 新聞發(fā)布會;記者招待會

make sense of 理解，弄懂，搞清…

seek out 找出;尋找到

譯文： 世界衛(wèi)生組織表示，阿斯巴甜是一種“可能致癌物”，但適量食用是安全的

兩個與世界衛(wèi)生組織（WHO）有聯(lián)系的組織宣布，甜味劑阿斯巴甜是一種“可能致癌物”，但在已經(jīng)商定的水平下食用仍然是安全的。這些裁決是兩個獨立的世界衛(wèi)生組織專家小組的結果，其中一個小組標記是否有任何證據(jù)表明某種物質具有潛在危險，另一個小組評估該物質構成的實際風險。阿斯巴甜是世界上最受歡迎的甜味劑之一，用于從可口可樂減肥蘇打水到Extra口香糖的產(chǎn)品中。在宣布之前的一次新聞發(fā)布會上，世界衛(wèi)生組織營養(yǎng)主管弗朗西斯科·布蘭卡（Francesco Branca）試圖幫助消費者理解這些看似矛盾的聲明，尤其是那些尋求人造甜味劑以避免吃糖的消費者。來自衛(wèi)報（The Guardian）