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In 1987 my dad told me that it causes cancer, so I always avoided it and just assumed we all already knew this
Your dad has been wrong for almost 40 years.
Depends on if he made the statement in California or not.
In California sand has a warning label.
To be fair, eating, drinking, or inhaling sand is not great for you.
Oh crap, now what am I going to have for lunches.
There’s still no evidence that it does. Unless, perhaps, you’re injecting gigantic amounts of it into rats or something. But drinking it in a soda? Nobody’s ever proved any evidence that it’s anything but safe.
Y'all are quick to defend something that maybe dangerous, and has been controversial for 50 years. Personally I wouldnt drink with or without fake sweeteners because either way they are not good for you
Anything can be dangerous if you consume too much of it.
just breathing air in a city is dangerous
It isn’t dangerous at all when used as a food additive. And if you have evidence to the contrary, you’d be the first ever to find it.