• Bastou
    +2

    Still, I wouldn't touch that shit until it's unequivocally proven as harmless.

  • AdelleChattre
    +2
    @Bastou -

    It's unequivocal. I was weirdly disappointed too. There's more to worry about in the plastic bottles and environs than the artificial sweeteners.

  • Gozzin
    +3
    @AdelleChattre -

    Yep..And plastic is destroying wildlife on land and in water world wide..And it's screwing us up too.

    • Bastou
      +4
      @AdelleChattre -

      It's funny to compare Europe and America's approaches to banning products for agricultural and human consumption. In Europe, if something is suspected to cause harm, it is first banned, and people who want to use/sell it have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that it's harmless. In the USA, before something gets banned, people have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that it causes harm, and then again, if a lobby representing anyone making money out of that product is strong enough, it may not get banned even if there is substantial proof that it's harmful!