Scientist's note to FDA regarding Aspartame: It can cause brain tumors, Parkinson's, retardation, Alzheimer's, etc...
Trigger Warning: Not fake news. All these facts are independently verifiable if you wish to research them. The package pictured above no longer carries the health risk warning due to corporate lobbyists' efforts.
It's one of those things that you refuse to believe is true, until you read it directly from the FDA's website.
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dailys/03/jan03/012203/02p-0317_emc-000199.txt
Oh, and guess who owns the patent to Aspartame?
Monsanto
Guess who helped approve it while scientists unanimously declared it unsafe?
Donald Rumsfeld
It's one of those things I wish was not true.