Aspartame is Poison

Why doesn’t this surprise me. I don’t need to wait until it’s scientifically proven to know when I know something doesn’t taste right or I’m suffering from sharp headaches.

I’m also wary of the brine water used in canned tuna, the chemistry of the vinegar used in those little tubs of processed salads (ie. coleslaw) you might find at your local supermarket.

Why would someone use something like Splenda? Well for one people with diabetes such as my self. It’s never been proven to be harmful by competent research. In fact my Dr. tells me not to believe any of that ****. How ever there have been proven smear campaigns from the sugar industry trying to disseminate misinformation to the general public that without any proof just accepts anything they read “If it’s on the internet it must be true” You really need to read more information from reliable sources on this subject.

Just so’s you know (and I love poking at you when I can) caffeine is literally one of the most poisonous substances on Earth.

That and it breaks down into formaldihyde at temps above like 100f or something …

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Chris,

Just wanted to come by and say “thank you” for posting this video. I drink an average of 6 liters of diet coke a day (all day, every day) and I myself have noticed some of the symptoms listed. Definitely scared the **** out of me. Bye Bye Diet Coke and all other Aspartame containing items.

Watch this video people. It could save your life.

Go online and look up references to this subject. (Snopes is a good start). Personally, I can’t stand the stuff (and I am a diabetic!). Every NEW reference says it is safe, the only references to it being unsafe are from the 80’s and 90’s! If you want to “rant” on a poison - look into Fluoride, a poisonous byproduct that is FORCED onto us by the US government! You can avoid Aspartame, but you can’t escape Fluoride!!!

Aspartame is nasty stuff, we’ve known that for many years now. I’m with you on Splenda too. There’s something about it that just makes me a little nervous.

How about the actual effects of fluoride additives? It does what they say, effectively hardening the enamel of your teeth. A fluoride treatment at the dentist is probably a good idea for just about everyone. But we ingest the stuff daily, it’s added to the water which means it’s in nearly every processed or even marginally prepared thing we eat as well. Since we already know what it does for teeth, what does that constant exposure do to the rest of our bodies, or more importantly to the chemistry of our brains?

I’m sure you’ve seen it already, but if you want a good chuckle Google for “dihydrogen monoxide”. Apparently at least one politician swallwed that one whole and tried to enact a law aginst it!

Please Chris, stick with what you know. You have just helped spread further another great myth. Learn about peer review. A good place to start is http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/

You have great computing smarts. Don’t become a luddite in the other areas of your life.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

I’m deeply disappointed, that you have fallen for this hoax - and even more so, that you are part of spreading it further around.

I can understand naive people can fall for this hoax, but you should be wiser and better informed - or at least that was my opinion of you until now.

Numerous scientific investigations in numerous countries have found absolutely no proof that aspartame is poisonous or in any way dangerous. Aspartame is one of the most tested food additive in the world. It would really take a very big conspiracy in order to fake all these results or to hide negative results.

If it was only a question of you and your like-mindeds effort to minimize the profit of one company, it would not be nice but I would probably not mind that much. But you are scaring and giving uncertainty to a lot of people that is very much helped by aspartame - all the diabetics.

What is the next, you will push? That man has never been to the moon, or that 9/11 was a plan hatched in the White house?

I agree on your advice for everyone to do their own investigation. It’s not that hard to find a lot of articles written about both Aspartame and Splenda. Why would the manufacturer of Splenda register domain names like splendakills and victimsofsplenda in the first place?

Because a lot of the hard core not-so-positive material is often not as easy to find I recommend the following two sites that have been exposing Aspartame and Splenda for quite a while:

http://aspartame.worldwidewarning.net

http://splenda.worldwidewarning.net

I guess I’m a goner ’cause I’ve used Sweet N Lo for more than 30 years. Two packs on cereal. one in coffee and two in a large glass of tea. I’m approaching my 87th year with no problems. I did have a small nose cancer removed. Do you reckon Sweet ‘N Low caused that.

Regards,

Leigh

It’s getting harder and harder to buy non-processed food.

When the oil runs out we’ll have to grow our own. We could do that now, as long as we are don’t mind a mainly vegetarian diet.

Maybe you can post a tutorial on how to make a stylish hat from tinfoil next.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

Get a clue!

So everyone’s on the take, huh? Everyone in the scientific community was being paid off by Searle somehow to skew study results? Has anyone ever wondered whether the SUGAR industry has anything to do with fostering fears about artificial sweeteners? HINT: They DO!

Follow the money, people. Question EVERYONE’S motives in studies. Accept NO anecdotal reports as true. The scientific method does not rely on anectodal reports.

More people are becoming sick and dying in the U.S. because of obesity, which is incontrovertibly linked to excess sugar/carbohydrate intake. Additionally, diabetics rely upon artificial sweeteners TO LIVE.

So err on whatever side you want. If Aspartame –a substance studied ad nauseum– was truly unsafe, the lid would have been blown off this YEARS AGO. Scientists are not generally the types to trust government agencies. You would be wise to stop fear-mongering.

check out this site
http://www.dorway.com
rob

One of the links you provided, http://www.douglassreport.com/aspartame, contains as much wiffle-ball, pseudo-scientific, hyped-up quackery as your thinking you have to avoid supermarkets.

The wackp Dr. Bill Douglas also asserts:
LOSE WEIGHT and beat diabetes with a real “sugar” that’s virtually calorie-free
SLASH ALZHEIMER’S RISK OVERNIGHT…it couldn’t be easier!
KEEP CHOLESTEROL LEVELS ABOVE 200 because massive strokes soar when it’s lower
GROW YOUR OWN NEW KNEE, elbow or shoulder with this astonishing real breakthrough
WATCH GYM GOERS TURN GREEN WITH ENVY as you learn to build muscle without exercise

Grow your own nee? Msucles without exercise? Ya right!

Get real.

Thank you Chris.

Aspertame? Splenda? Poison? Everything is poison to someone. I dont do alot of artificial sweetener but i do a lot of natural sweetener (sugar, corn syrup etc.). I dont eat fruit either because to me it is a poison. Most fruits (apples, melons, apricots, pears, peaches, pineapples) I am allergic to and also flare up my asthma. So what do I do? I don’t eat them. Pretty simple. If it bothers you, dont drink it, take it, or drink it. Granted Aspertame is marketed, sold and made the same company that gave us Agent Orange and Round up but everything bothers somebody. Lets focus on poisons that some local governments force in to your home. Do the research on water flouridation.

Chris, stick to computers, as one of the first subscribers to your old newletter, its what you do best.

But how could the FDA approve it then? It MUST be safe. You are all a bunch of conspiracy nuts, yada, yada. Sound familiar?

Ok people, is this your argument? Even after researching the topic on your own. Go ahead, I’ll wait. “Google: aspartame research”. Still not convinced Aspartame is poison? But the FDA . . . no they couldn’t be corrupt! They have no gain approving Aspartame, or wait, do they? Kickbacks, no, not the FDA.

But they have reports PROVING its safe. And those reports MUST be credible, Aspartame hired the researchers THEMSELVES, so its not like the reports are biased, they just wanted an honest opinion before releasing their product, for the good of mankind.

And look, ALL the other reports from independent researchers say its poison. I guess they aren’t as credible then, heck, even Aspartame didn’t trust them for their researching.

I can’t PROVE to you it’s poison, I’m not a scientist. I’m just saying, open your mind, and understand that other agencies may not have your best interest at heart. But don’t YOU? Again, research it, you’ll be surprised. I can lead you to the information, but I can’t make you read. Or is that a horse? Friend, make YOUR own, INFORMED decision. Peace.

This is an urban myth.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

There are a lot of people who have limit or eliminate sugar from their diets. Diabetics and hypoglycemics to name some. They either have to go without sweets entirely, or use artificial sweeteners.

So, you’ve lost credibility with this blog reader and IT expert - enough that my next step will be to unsubscribe. Your work has grown increasingly unfocused. Reminds me of actors anf musicians who put all their spare energy into posturing as political experts. Hope you enjoy your “fame”.

Have a nice cause.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

Thank God someone is publishing this information. I wonder why this isn’t on CBS, NBC or CNN?
People are dying from this, we need to stop eating this horrible chemical AS WELL AS HFCS, which is almost as bad.

*HFCS= High Fructose Corn Syrup (It’s in almost everything..stay away from it or pay the price)

Yup..we gave up the fake stuff a few years back due to the number it performed on our colons.

I’m allergic to Aspartame. I haven’t had more than a sip of a beverage with it in on accident in more than 15 years. When I was in high school - I discovered that anytime I drank a soda with Aspartame or chewed gum with Aspartame I’d get migraine headaches - Headpounding, nausea inducing headaches where it felt like my eyes were about to explode, the slightest whisper hurt my ears, any light hurt my eyes. Luckily (I guess), I didn’t get more than queasy. My best friend in college was also allergic and Aspartame made him vomit violently.

I am astounded you are just finding out about aspartame.
You may want to also want to look at Splenda too. This is basically a sugar molecule with two chlorine atoms attached. It was originally designed as a pesticide. Less than one percent of a Splenda packet is sucralose (the sweetening agent) and the rest is sugar. Splenda is a very effective ant killer..and that’s about all.

This claim has been debunked by Snopes.com.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

Sad to see someone as intelligent as you on the fringe of joining the Ignoratio. Junk science keeps this group alive. Would you like a link to the Flat Earth Society too?

Apparently you’ll believe anything. Care to back any of this up with some actual scientific proof from a reputable organization?

This stuff surfaces every year and idiots like you propagate it.

The jury, however, is not still out on sugar. It’s bad for you! Is processed sugar one of the things you consider an artificial sweetener? Just curious.

Unless it kills you put right nothing can be worse than refined sugar.

Aspartame is “one of the most thoroughly tested and studied food additives the agency has ever approved.” Further, the FDA reports that “more than 100 toxicological and clinical studies it has reviewed confirm that aspartame is safe for the general population.”

It boils down to who you choose to believe–the conspiracists and those hawking “natural” cures for everything that ails you or the real scientists.

This nonsense about aspartame is as old as the hills, and just as unproven and ridiculous as when some woman made it up. The natural/synthetic debate is a straw man. Plenty of natural substances will kill you some in seconds and some by cancer. We all have to watch watch we eat but sticking to the “natural” doesn’t really mean a thing.

Perhaps you should also include this link?
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/AspartameQandA

When I was in high school, (Camelback High School, Phoenix, AZ 1984-1988) I was in a class called Science Seminar. We did science fair projects at the end of each year. Two girls tested samples of aspartame before it was released to the public. The lab rats ended up with tumors and ate each other. I will never knowingly eat aspartame as long as I live.

I am an EE that used to be a food chemist. I always find bleeding edge techie luddites (yeah. I know. “Luddites were actually …blah, blah” Analogy, OK) to be a kind of laugh. Not from any contempt, it’s just that expertise in one field, even if it’s technical, doesn’t protect you from being somewhat naive in another. Poor Linus Pauling and Vitamin C.

Aspartame is totally “edible” and “process-able.” It just happens to be a peptide - not what we usually think of as “sweet” - sugar. It breaks down completely to two amino acids - phenylalanine and aspartic acid (there are 20 amino acids that make all proteins) and a small amount of methanol - wood alcohol.

Your body metabolizes amino acids all the time and wood alcohol as well (like a lot of things, too much IS toxic). The amino acids are in all proteins and the methanol is present, in small amounts, in many fruits.

The peptide aspartame happens to sweeten like crazy and so the nutritive value of eating it is small.

There are a WHOLE lot of claims but not much science. If you look at refereed technical journals you can see that much has been tested and, so far, nothing proved.

One of the problems with Aspartame study will always be that there is a HUGE association (obviously) between people with weight problems - a gigantic health hazard - and artificial sweeteners that they crave disproportionately. Add to this the problem that they also may have problems with “portion control” and so drink a lot more diet cola, for instance. Which is the “tail” and which is the “dog?”

There is a huge amount of anecdotal stuff because so many people use artificial sweeteners. Phenylketoneurics (PKU) have problems with the phenylalanine but, then, they have trouble with the phenylalanine in “natural” things.

Cancer correlation is wildly difficult to prove. Cancer is a symptom, not a disease. Watch the journals and wait for the peer review before you make up your mind.

  I was reading over atChris Pirillo’s bloghow he has come to the conclusion that Aspartame is poison. However, he mentioned that he thought the dangers of Splenda was still on the fence, but he was going on the side of caution. Wise. I wanted to comment on his blog, but getting a password

As was stated above, for diabetics, this is a pick your poison scenario. For us, natural sugar is deadly. No arguments there. While there may or may not be dangers with artificial sweeteners, knowing the absolute and immediate dangers of real sugar, I’ll take my chances with the Splenda/Equal.

This sounds more and more like the “frankenfood” scare going on as well. Genetically engineered food is perfectly safe. Safer than many so-called “natural” foods. Did you know that tomatoes were considered poisonous at one time? It was because they are members of the nightshade family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato

Really disappointed that you would help spread this urban legend - it has more whiskers than Santa Claus, and not nearly as much veracity.
Buying “local” makes some sense. Buying “China-free” probably makes a whole bunch of sense for the near future until they get their food safety institutions under control. Buying “organic” only make sense if you can afford spending 40-60% more for your food; reputable labs can’t tell any real difference.

Depends on your reaction, I discovered aspertime causes me to run a fever. Splenda has no noticable side effect on me. I think, if you are senstive to ANY of the chemicals in a sweetner you should stay away from it. In my (diabetic) case it’s sugar.

@Ben Groseclose:

Aspartame was used before then, it is just as difficult to obtain as a raw chemical compound as many other chemicals (you cannot, for instance, simply order vials of caffeine legally), and I highly doubt that the rats were given biopsies both before and after they were provided with whatever they were fed.

The tumors could have been caused by any of an extremely large number of things, and rats will engage in cannibalistic behavior for a number of reasons.

Always check the results AND the process used to obtain them before deciding what to accept.

Wow really stirred up the pot on this one. I have been off the stuff for awhile now. I think that there is a connection somewhere so to be safe until its conclusive I stay away from it. Just use sugar in moderation. Anything that is man made anyway is questionable. You are putting chemicals into your body! How good can that be??

This is an urban myth.

I didn’t take the time to read the great many comments but if anyone is reading this,I wonder if someone could advise what one might do if we leave off Aspertane and/or Cyclamate?.
I have diabetes 2 and can’t have real sugar.Presently using a generic brand as it’s relatively dirt cheap,what with being totally wheelchair bound and on a severely small pension.This brand tells you NOT to use cyclamate without doctor advice,yet she says both the above are okay.

I just read all of the comments. Its amusing. Listen to the tone of the comments and what side that person is on. There is an obvious trend of PRO-aspartame people being very rude, and putting down the the ANTI-aspartamers, calling them idiots, etc.

The ‘ANTI’s are also convinced they are in the right, but say so in a much kinder way, mostly. BUT REALLY, NONE OF US KNOW the real answer. And DON’T reference SNOPES, I checked them out, sure, they SAY it isn’t poison, but offer LITTLE proof, again, all circumstantial (again, you gotta ignore the FDA opinions). They didn’t offer links to sites claiming it is poison, for us to make our own opinion. Very one sided.

But its all circumstantial for both sides. HOW do you prove it either way, you can’t. I’ll respect an opinion that states that you are PRO-aspartame, and for whatever reason. But not when you threaten to unsubscribe, call the rest idiots, etc, that just make you look ignorant. Chris, keep showing us these controversial topics, and WE’LL decide to believe or not, and don’t listen to the people with the loudest voice, they don’t represent us all. You can’t call yourself open minded if you don’t even want to hear about potential problems.

Me, I honestly don’t know what side I’m on. No PROOF was really presented to me from either side. But aspartame IS artificial. So, for my own safety, I’m avoiding it . . . and floride too of course.

Forgot to add, I also have diabetes. And I choose . . . neither. Water is fine for me, clean and pure, and cheap. Just make sure there is no Fluoride (FL) added. And you don’t need the other sweet foods, or use unsweetened if possible. I realize this limits us quite a bit tho. Celery anyone?

And where has it been proven that sugar is bad for diabetes? I want references! ha, diabetes sucks.

Apparently, everyone who is debunking this video and linking to Snopes, neither watched the video, nor checked Snopes sources. Snopes sources are all FDA reports and studies. That was exactly the point of the video, that the FDA cannot be trusted. I was convinced when I learned that Donald Rumsfeld was the CEO of Searle when Aspartame was approved.

While clearly, our government has been for sale to the highest bidder for some time, it certainly has attained a level not seen before under our current administration. When we see that government studies are consistently censored and modified to meet a political agenda, our government is no longer credible.

Chris,

I too agree that your list is becoming less and less relevant. As a scientist I find it disgusting when people scaremonger without any basis in scientific fact.

I refuse to be part of your soapbox anymore - and like other readers, will be unsubscribing from your list. I have been subscribed now for around a decade.

Maybe one of the things you should put in your next book about internet mailing lists is “stick to the topic, and don’t promote beliefs as fact.”

later. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, they did a similar thing with tobacco. Set aside an hour and a half sometime in the near future, and watch this video. And for your health’s sake, stop eating it. The original place where I found this ishere

I don’t know about any brain or cancer related disease but I can you this from personal experience.

After using Aspartame, heavily, in college for several years. I was developing symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, it was only on after overhearing a co worker tell someone else that a friend of hers couldn’t east anything with Nutra Sweet in it that I discovered Aspartame was the cause. Within a week of kicking the stuff my symptoms were disappearing, but it took almost a year to get back to normal.

I sincerely hope there were no long term effects of it, but it’s scary what the FDA lets slip through the cracks. My advice If you don’t have to use the chemicals, its always better to use the natural stuff. All things in moderation of course, that is the hard part.

Did you even watch the entire video? You of all people should know how much misinformation is on the internet. Any information before passing it on (ESPECIALLY when you have access to such a large subscriber base) should be checked out. If it can be verified it should not be passed on. Shame on you for this.
The American Cancer Society says there is no proven link of aspartame causing cancer. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society says there is no proven link between aspartame and MS. The American Epilepsy Society has no information about aspartame on its website. The Lupus Foundation of America states there is no specific proof of Aspartame causing lupus. The Alzheimer Association links to the FDA May 2006 statement reaffirming aspartame’s safety. The National Parkinson Foundation has no information on it’s website about aspartame.

Why not use STEVIA, a 100% natural sweetener already well known in Asia…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia
http://www.replacesugar.com/faq.htm

Regards,
Bertrand, Brussels

with Chris Pirillo that they will be looking at and while you might want to argue against it you know as well as anyone the vagaries of the advertising world. All that said and returning to your once wishful private blog much of what you havebeenwriting about in the past little while is enough of a borderline controversial type of stuff that it can make advertisers very very nervous. Advertising by its very nature abhors controversy not to mention gets real pissy when you go attacking the

Chris,

This has always been unproven Bull S…!! I am a retired doctor and this is urban legend!!! just like the Monilia Syndrome that these incompetent, people and doctors tried to push, without any documentation or evidence!
Chris, Why don’t you use your computer skills and investigate these unsubstantiated cause and effects buls..t!!!

Miles E. Stone, M.D.

Ps. Giving dead people enemas is very bad for them!!!

CHRIS
I USED TO THINK YOU WERE BRIGHT AND WOULD CRITICALLY EVALUATE AND INVESTIGATE THE THING YOU PROMOTE OR DECIDE AGAINT LIKE THE NEW VISTA, ETC. ARE YOU BEING PAID TO PROMOLGATE THIS OVERWHELMING HORSE **** AND HOGWASH REGARDING ASPARTANE?

HOW COULD A CLEVER INVESTIGATIVE THINKER BE SOLD ON BELIEVING THIS 10 YEAR OLD MYTH? IT IS UNSUBSTANTIATED “NATIONAL ENQUIRER” TABLOID SENSATIONALISM!! *** CAUSES HAIRY VAGINAS TOO! AND RECTAL CANCER!! LOOKING UNDER A GILR’S ARM, CAUSES NIGHT BLINDNESS, LOOKING AT A GIRL WITH A THICK BLACK PATCH BELOW WILL CAUSE GLAUCOMA. THESE DOCTORS GOT THEIR MD DEGREES ON LINE FOR 12 DOLLARS! !2 GB OF RAM CAUSES ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN STEWED LIZARDS!!! GIRLS WITH A THICK GOB OF CURLY HAIR ON THEIR SEXUAL AREA HAVE A GRATER RISK OF COLON CANCER! STEWED ALLEY RATS ARE THE CAUSE OF AIDS!! MASTURBATION IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF CATARACTS. I MUST WONDER NOW ABOUT YOUR COMPUTER SAVVY? IF YOU ARE SO NAIVE TO PROMOTE THIS UTTER GARBAGE ON YOUR SITE!!

M.E.STONE, M.D.

ALL RESPONSIBLE HEALTH AGENCIES, THE FDA, AMA, CDC, ETC., ETC. HAVE PUT THIS UNPROVEN ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS

“Why would anyone, anywhere, willingly and knowingly ingest something that nature doesn’t deem edible or process-able?”http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/07/17/aspartame-is-poison/

Guess you were too strong in your assertions. Rattled a lot of cages.
Must have been a religious question from the diatribes in response.
I think it can be safely said that EVERYTHING is a poison to some - people, animals, or plants. Garlic kills cats, or so I have heard. Yet southern European cooks use it all the time. Even oxygen can kill if we get too much of it. Look into the effects of the Gas Laws and O2 partial pressures. Sugar certainly kills diabetics and I am one. But even diabetics ingest small amounts of sugar and must have a certain amount of glucose in their blood or they become hypoglycemic (too little) or hyperglycemic (too much). Moderation in all things, make it a rule.

oh, don’t worry about aspartame, snopes.com says it’s fine and you don’t want to be one of those chemophobics do you? i might be wrong, but snopes.com doesn’t really have the time to test aspartame in a lab or study it’s long term effects in humans, do they? they’ve no more say in the matter than anyone else! i myself am not going to give up my occasional piece of aspartame laced gum but neither am i going to turn a deaf ear to the advice of others - my advice on the matter: anything is excess is poison.

My sister that passed away 7 years ago got multiple scleorosis at the age of 18. She started drinking diet soda and eating sugarless gum laced with aspartame when she was a 13. If I knew then what I know now, I would have prevented her from taking that stuff. :(

What makes since is that we have found out 20 yrs later that things we though were good for us passed by the FDA are no longer the case
Same as cigarettes when they hid the truth for over 30 years knowing the effects and the research
I tried a small experiment after having diabetics and never touch diet drinks any longer and drank a few cans to see what the effects where
I got a huge headach felt really tired ,just like when I was first diag with diabetic so I know all the cans I ust to drink daily ,,,,,had some effects on me
Snopes really does a good job but not hearing both sides makes me wonder
Most folks do not have a lab to test in their homes or the internet so the best thing to do if you suspect something to be toxic at least try to use less or stay away from it all together .Better safe than sorry
One thing I noticed is I have a friend that drinks at least 6 cans of soda or more a day ,she has ms and fibro ,,,,,,,,when she drinks a can I see her start to shake ,and she cant focus very well ,it just makes the disease stronger ,When she doesnt drink it she can control her shaking a bit easier ,

How about we call it ASP!

I had a crippling attack of phlebitis in May 2007. After about a month, my legs were fine, but I continued to suffer from excruciating hip pain - especially at the start of the day, and had trouble with the stairs. I read an article on Aspartame, and as a heavy consumer of diet Cola, I went cold turkey immediately. The effects were immediate. Within 24 hours my pain had gone. It is still gone. Twice in the past couple of months I have had some twinges; I suspect I have consumed Aspartame accidentally.

I am very annoyed to read articles exonerating this vile poison. The latest: http://www.aspartame.info/aspartame_news.html boasts how it had no ill effects on a list of groups (with the notable absence of MS sufferers!)

I also found an article with no axe to grind on the subject, that innocently reveals the truth about aspartame: http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20060612.htm

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Hi

China does not use aspartame as at May 2009.

Look at the cancer rates for China compared to aspartame countries.

May not be related but something is causing China to have one fourth of some cancers as the rest of the world.

LMFA at the people that are using snopes as a point of reference - a husband and wife team FFS !!!!