[CamperBob2]

Aspartame is interesting in that unlike caffeic acid, it's a newly-introduced substance that saw rapid, widespread adoption in the mass market. So, where's the statistical increase in cancer rates among aspartame consumers that would have accompanied such a trend, if aspartame were carcinogenic to humans? Is there one? No? Well, what made them even ask the question, then?

When everything causes cancer, nothing does. Like Proposition 65, actions like this ultimately leave us all less aware, less informed, and less safe.

[DropInIn]

One issue in cancer stats is the frequent misattribution of cancers to smoking.

You smoked for 4 years 20 years ago? Then that's what is put as the "cause" for damn near any cancer, which totally destroys the value of the stats.

What we can see though is that rates have generally gone up, either due to increased detection or due to actualized rate increases (most likely a combination of both).