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LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - France's radiation watchdog has banned sales of Apple's (AAPL.O) iPhone 12 after tests that it said showed the smartphone breached European radiation exposure limits. Apple disputes the watchdog's conclusions, saying the iPhone 12 was certified by multiple international bodies as compliant with global radiation standards. The ANFR said it recently carried out random tests on 141 phones, including iPhone 12, bought from shops. Smartphone radiation tests have so far led to 42 imposed sale stops in the country, it said. The ANFR said the iPhone 12 had failed to meet European Union standards, raising questions over whether more sales bans could be coming elsewhere.
Persons: Jean, Noel Barrot, Le, ANFR, Rodney Croft, Apple, Martin Coulter, Jennifer Rigby, Elizabeth Pineau, Mark Potter, Josie Kao Organizations: Agence Nationale des, Apple, Digital Minister, Reuters, International Commission, EU, WHO, International Agency for Research, Cancer, APPLE, Union, Germany's Federal, for Radiation, Thomson Locations: France
Cans of PepsiCo's Pepsi Zero Sugar soda are displayed for an arranged photograph taken in Tiskilwa, Illinois, on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration disagrees with a World Health Organization finding that the widely used soda sweetener aspartame possibly causes cancer in humans, saying the studies used to reach that conclusion had "significant shortcomings." FDA scientists do not have safety concerns when aspartame is used under the approved conditions," an agency spokesperson said late Thursday shortly after the WHO released its findings. The sugar substitute is used in diet sodas such as Diet Coke and Pepsi Zero Sugar. Dr. Mary Schubauer-Berigan, a senior official at IARC, emphasized that the WHO classification of aspartame as a possible carcinogen is based on limited evidence.
Persons: Coke, Mary Schubauer Organizations: Pepsi, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, World Health Organization, FDA, WHO, International Agency for Research, Cancer Locations: Tiskilwa , Illinois, U.S, Europe
Reuters reported last month that the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO), known as the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), was set to make that declaration on July 14, according to two sources with knowledge of the process. The designation as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" will provide an incentive to fund more rigorous research into the safety question, toxicology and cancer experts say. "We have been pushing for an IARC review for many years now." But no action was taken until 2022, after aspartame was again nominated for review by CSPI and Melnick in 2019. The research body has said "new evidence" prompted its aspartame review, without giving any details.
Persons: Andy Smith, Smith, Coke, Peter Lurie, Lurie, James Huff, Ron Melnick, CSPI, There's, Samuel Cohen, Erik Millstone, Millstone, Jennifer Rigby, Michele Gershberg, Catherine Evans Organizations: Reuters, World Health Organization, WHO, International Agency for Research, Cancer, MRC, Unit, University of Cambridge, Cola's, Regulators, for Science, Joint Food and Agriculture Organization, U.S . National Institutes of Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, University of Paris, Britain's University of Sussex, Thomson Locations: United States, U.S, France
Aspartame is one of the world's most popular sweeteners, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars' Extra chewing gum. In its first declaration on the additive, announced early on Friday, the Lyon-based International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said aspartame was a "possible carcinogen". Several scientists not associated with the reviews said the evidence linking aspartame to cancer is weak. There was also some limited evidence that aspartame has some chemical properties that are linked to cancer, the IARC said. Scientists with no links to the WHO reviews said the evidence that aspartame caused cancer was weak.
Persons: Francesco Branca, " Branca, JECFA, Branca, Mary Schubauer, Paul Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Kate Loatman, Frances Hunt, Wood, Richa Naidu, Caroline Humer, Catherine Evans Organizations: World Health Organization, WHO, Agency for Research, Cancer, Food, Agriculture Organization, FAO, Reuters, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, International Council of Beverage Associations, International, Thomson Locations: Lyon, Geneva, United States, Europe, Cedars, Los Angeles
The World Health Organization on Thursday classified the soda sweetener aspartame as a possible carcinogen, but said it is safe for people to consume within the recommended daily limit. Aspartame is used in Diet Coke, Pepsi Zero Sugar and other diet sodas, as well as some chewing gum and various Snapple drinks as a substitute for sugar. More research is needed to determine whether consumption of the artificial sweetener can actually lead to cancer, she said. "Aspartame is one of the most studied food additives in the human food supply," the spokesperson said. "FDA scientists do not have safety concerns when aspartame is used under the approved conditions."
Persons: Coke, Mary Schubauer, Berigan Organizations: World Health Organization, International Agency for Research, Cancer, WHO, Pepsi, Lancet Oncology, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, FDA Locations: U.S, Europe, Diet Coke
What is aspartame and what do the new WHO rulings mean?
  + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Discovered in 1965 by American chemist James Schlatter, aspartame is about 200 times sweeter than regular table sugar. One group of experts, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), said aspartame is a "possible carcinogen". For aspartame, this limit is 40 milligrams of aspartame per kilogram of body weight per day. Aspartame's use in food products has been debated for decades and has also prompted some companies to remove the compound from their products. PepsiCo (PEP.O) removed aspartame from Diet Pepsi in 2015 but brought it back a year later.
Persons: James Schlatter, Gunter Kuhnle, Mills, Yoplait, JECFA, Elissa Welle, Savyata Mishra, Deborah Sophia, Caroline Humer, Catherine Evans Organizations: World Health, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, WHO, International Agency for Research, Cancer, FAO, United Kingdom's University of Reading, PepsiCo, Pepsi, FDA, IARC, National Library of Medicine, Thomson Locations: Diet, saccharin, United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, New York, Bengaluru
Although full-calorie options still dominate the soda segment, diet sodas now represent more than a quarter of sales. Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Pepsi Zero Sugar and Diet Mountain Dew all contain aspartame. For most adults, that means drinking less than nine to 14 cans of diet soda every day. Even so, Edward Jones analyst Brittany Quatrochi said she isn't expecting a big hit to diet soda sales. Besides diet sodas, aspartame can also be found in a variety of foods, including breakfast cereals, chewing gum and ice cream.
Persons: Coke, sodas, Cowen, TD Cowen, Vivien Azer, Garrett Nelson, Gerald Pascarelli, Francesco Branca, Hugh Johnston, CFRA's Nelson, Edward Jones, Brittany Quatrochi, isn't, Keurig Dr Pepper, Kevin Keane Organizations: Health, International Agency for Research, Cancer, World Health Organization, Pepsi, WHO, CNBC, PepsiCo, Reuters, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Zero, Coke, American Beverage Association, Keurig, ABA Locations: Diet, Coke
[1/4] Diet Coke is seen on display at a store in New York City, U.S., June 28, 2023. Aspartame, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars' Extra chewing gum and some Snapple drinks, will be listed in July as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research arm, the sources said. Pepsico removed aspartame from sodas in 2015, bringing it back a year later, only to remove it again in 2020. Listing aspartame as a possible carcinogen is intended to motivate more research, said the sources close to the IARC, which will help agencies, consumers and manufacturers draw firmer conclusions. But it will also likely ignite debate once again over the IARC's role, as well as the safety of sweeteners more generally.
Persons: Coke, Shannon Stapleton, Health Organization's, JECFA, Nozomi Tomita, Zsuzsanna, Germany’s Bayer, Frances Hunt, Wood, Mars Wrigley, Kate Loatman, , Jennifer Rigby, Richa Naidu, Michele Gershberg, Mark Potter Organizations: REUTERS, International Agency for Research, Cancer, Health, Joint WHO, Food, Agriculture Organization's, WHO, Reuters, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour, Welfare, Food Safety Authority, U.S, International, Association, Cargill, International Council of Beverages Associations, Ramazzini Institute, EFSA, Pepsico, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, United States, Europe, Geneva, France, Italy, sodas
JECFA, the WHO committee on additives, is also reviewing aspartame use this year. The first group includes substances from processed meat to asbestos, which all have convincing evidence showing they cause cancer, IARC says. Like aspartame, this means there is either limited evidence they can cause cancer in humans, sufficient evidence in animals, or strong evidence about the characteristics. Pepsico removed aspartame from sodas in 2015, bringing it back a year later, only to remove it again in 2020. Listing aspartame as a possible carcinogen is intended to motivate more research, said the sources close to the IARC, which will help agencies, consumers and manufacturers draw firmer conclusions.
Persons: Coke, Shannon Stapleton, Health Organization's, JECFA, Nozomi Tomita, Zsuzsanna, Germany’s Bayer, IARC, Frances Hunt, Wood, Mars Wrigley, Kate Loatman, , Jennifer Rigby, Richa Naidu, Michele Gershberg, Mark Potter, Susan Fenton Organizations: REUTERS, International Agency for Research, Cancer, Health, Reuters, Joint WHO, Food, Agriculture Organization's, WHO, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour, Welfare, Food Safety Authority, U.S, International, Association, Cargill, International Council of Beverages Associations, Ramazzini Institute, EFSA, Pepsico, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, United States, Europe, Geneva, France, Italy, sodas
Several consumer industry trade bodies - whose members use aspartame - on Thursday rejected the IARC’s assessment. Shoppers can find aspartame in Weight Watchers yoghurts, some Snapple drinks and Conagra’s Mrs. Butterworth’s syrups. “Aspartame has been in use as an intense sweetener for more than 30 years in the UK. In 2014 General Mills (GIS.N) swapped the aspartame in Yoplait Light for the sweetener widely known as Splenda. Sweeteners have varying levels of sweetness and price, and are different chemical compounds, making it difficult to simply swap ingredients.
Persons: Health Organization's, Garrett Nelson, Butterworth’s, ” Nelson, ” Tom Sanders, Mills, Richa Naidu, Savyata Mishra, Jessica DiNapoli, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Reuters, International Agency for Research, Cancer, Health, Joint WHO, Food, Agriculture Organization's, CFRA Research, Shoppers, Nutrition, King’s College London, PepsiCo, Thomson
Some face masks contain minute quantities of titanium dioxide, a mineral that has been flagged as a possible cancer risk when inhaled, but there is no evidence that mask users inhale it at all, or in harmful quantities. Experts told Reuters that some masks approved in the U.S. may contain small amounts of titanium dioxide. However, the study tested masks distributed in Europe and did not test whether mask users inhaled any particles. Although some face masks approved by the FDA can contain titanium dioxide, the study cited in online claims does not provide evidence that titanium dioxide is released from face masks or that face mask users can inhale titanium dioxide released from masks. Titanium dioxide has only been classified as a carcinogen by the European Chemicals agency under specific conditions.
For those only exposed through food, the EPA says that glyphosate residues on food are safe up to certain thresholds. The chemical giant Monsanto introduced glyphosate in its product Roundup in 1974. “Glyphosate is the most widely used chemical weedkiller in human history because of genetic engineering,” said Dave Murphy, the founder of Food Democracy Now, an advocacy group that tests glyphosate in food. “It’s sprayed ubiquitously and Monsanto has, for decades, just maintained that it’s the safest agricultural chemical ever made.”The EPA’s safety limits for glyphosate exposure from food are twice the levels allowed in the European Union. The company pointed NBC News to other studies — including some that it has sponsored — that either refuted a link to cancer or challenged the relationship between acres sprayed and exposure levels.
Вреден ли Wi-fi для здоровья
  + stars: | 2020-12-17 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md   time to read: +2 min
"Ряд специалистов и некоторые общественные организации требуют усилить предосторожности при использовании wi-fi и новых технологий, особенно в общественных местах типа школ и больниц", - говорится в статье. Фонд Vivo Sano подсчитал: ребенок, который ходит в детский сад и школу с 3 до 16 лет, будет более 10 тыс. Что касается сетей wi-fi, то они воздействуют на мозг еще слабее, чем телефоны, уверяет Элизабет Кардис из Центра исследований эпидемиологии окружающей среды. Размещать точку доступа к wi-fi не ближе чем в 1 м от мест, где человек проводит много времени (кровать, стол, диван, места для игр);3. В общественных местах лучше установить одну сеть wi-fi для всех устройств либо вернуться к проводному Интернету.
Persons: Sano, Ракель Келарт, Элизабет Кардис Organizations: DECT, ВОЗ, Центр исследований эпидемиологии окружающей среды Locations: La Vanguardia, ЕС
Estimarea, care se bazează pe date din 185 de ţări asupra a 36 de tipuri de cancer, aduce numărul de decese cauzate în 2020 de această afecţiune la 9,95 milioane, atât bărbaţi, cât şi femei, de orice vârstă. IARC a admis că este deocamdată prea devreme pentru a cunoaşte impactul pandemiei de coronavirus asupra acestei afecţiuni şi a subliniat că estimările publicate marţi au fost făcute pe baza tendinţelor incidenţei şi a mortalităţii din anii precedenţi, neluând în considerare efectele pandemiei. Cele mai multe decese provocate de cancer sunt în Asia (58,3%), urmată de Europa (19,6%) și de America Latină şi Caraibe (7,2%). Potrivit comunicatului transmis marţi de IARC, una din cinci persoane din întreaga lume dezvoltă cancer la un moment dat în timpul vieţii. De asemenea, unul din opt bărbaţi şi una din 11 femei mor din cauza acestei boli.
Persons: IARC Locations: Asia, Europa, America Latină, Caraibe
Estimarea, care se bazează pe date din 185 de ţări asupra a 36 de tipuri de cancer, aduce numărul de decese cauzate în 2020 de această afecţiune la 9,95 milioane, atât bărbaţi, cât şi femei, de orice vârstă, 58,3% în Asia, urmată de Europa (19,6%) şi de America Latină şi Caraibe (7,2%).Potrivit comunicatului emis marţi de IARC, una din 5 persoane din întreaga lume dezvoltă cancer la un moment dat în timpul vieţii. De asemenea, unul din 8 bărbaţi şi una din 11 femei mor din cauza acestei boli.În cazul ambelor sexe şi la orice vârstă, cancerul care conduce numărul deceselor este cel pulmonar (18%), urmat de cel colorectal (9,4%), hepatic (8,3%), de stomac (7,7%) şi de sân (6,9%).În rândul bărbaţilor, cele trei tipuri de cancer cele mai letale sunt cel pulmonar (21,5%), hepatic (10,4%) şi colorectal (9,3%), în timp ce la femei acest podium este ocupat de cancerul de sân (15,5%), pulmonar (13,7%) şi colorectal (9,5%).Din motive metodologice, raportul IARC, bazat pe GLOBOCAN, o bază de date statistice asupra cancerului a OMS, nu poate oferi o comparaţie cu ultima analiză, care datează din 2018.Potrivit raportului, cancerul de sân este cel mai frecvent tip de cancer diagnosticat la nivel mondial, depăşind cancerul pulmonar. Cele aproximativ 2,3 milioane de cazuri noi indică faptul că unul din opt cazuri de cancer diagnosticate în 2020 este cancer mamar. Printre factorii de risc identificaţi se numără amânarea sarcinii, mai puţini copii, niveluri mai ridicate de grăsime corporală şi lipsa activităţii fizice.În 2040, agenţia cu sediul în oraşul francez Lyon, estimează că vor fi 28,4 milioane de cazuri noi de toate tipurile de cancer, o creştere de 47% în comparaţie cu 19,3 milioane în acest an.IARC a admis că este deocamdată prea devreme pentru a cunoaşte impactul pandemiei de coronavirus asupra acestei afecţiuni şi a subliniat că estimările publicate marţi, pe baza tendinţelor incidenţei şi a mortalităţii din anii precedenţi, nu au luat-o în considerare. "Schimbările actuale la nivelul structurii populaţiei, mediile în care oamenii trăiesc şi modul în care sistemele sanitare sunt capabile să controleze în mod efectiv cancerul vor determina incidenţa, mortalitatea şi prevalenţa în următoarele decenii", a declarat doctorul Freddie Bray, directorul departamentului de monitorizare a cancerului în cadrul IARC.
Persons: Freddie Bray Organizations: OMS Locations: Asia, Europa, America Latină, Caraibe, agenţia, francez Lyon
infografic-istoria tutunului / Sursa:tutunIndienii americani considerau tutunul un medicament universal și îl foloseau pentru a trata durerile de orice fel. În acest scop tutunul era mestecat, prizat pe nas sau aplicat local. Primul om care a fumat pe stradă, Rodrigo de Jerez, a fost întemnițat. Pentru unele popoare – în China, Rusia, Turcia – „păcatul” fumatului era atât de grav, încât era pedepsit cu moartea. Ceea ce înseamnă că, în ciuda interzicerii fumatului în locurile publice și a altor campanii împotriva fumatului, numărul fumătorilor rămâne relativ constant.
Persons: Cristofor Columb, Jean Nicot, șamanul, Rodrigo, fumătorii, Philip Morris, Brown, Brown & Williamson, R.J, Reynolds, OMS Organizations: American, Brown &, Albă, Congresul American Locations: Europa, Franței, Portugalia, Franța, Jerez, China, Rusia, Turcia, Lorillard, Europei, SUA, Moldova, Japonia, Suedia
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