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KANSAS CITY ROYALS: The Royals win most of the games played on the artificial surface at Royals Stadium but sometimes have trouble winning on the road. Willie Mays Aikens gives them bat strength.
Saccharin appeared to be on the way out three years ago. A Canadian research team had just reported that "large amounts" of the artificial sweetener caused bladder cancer in rats. It hardly seemed to matter that the "large amounts" were the equivalent of 800 eight-ounce glasses of diet soda...
A few years ago, the answer might have been an unequivocal yes. After all, Psychologists Allen and Beatrice Gardner of the University of Nevada had managed in the late 1960s to teach the chimp Washoe to use 132 signs; the precocious animal was even credited with having invented a phrase...
Even considering a margin of error, the study finds the use of artificial sweeteners to be much less harmful than cigarette smoking, SPH researchers reported.
The purchase of sugar substitutes and diet drinks may be a harmless voluntary choice by people who then "feel better about their self-image," Hoover said. He emphasized, however, the necessity of "informed decisions," and questioned the use of artificial sweeteners as a food additive.