Splenda ingredient, sucralose, linked to leukemia

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1. Researchers found similar results with Rats eating saccharine but eventually determined

the cancer effects on rats did not occur in humans. So cancer in rats may or may not mean cancer in humans.

What does an increase of <.05 mean anyway? Is that 5%? The risk of getting Lukeman is 1.5%. As Sci-Show points out if you eat processed meat your risk of rectal cancer goes from about 5% to about 5.8%. An increase of 18% of your original risk. So if our risk of getting leukemia is only 1.5% and we are increasing that risk by around 5% then by drinking Splenda (if it actually does increase cancer risk in humans) would go from 1.50% to something like 1.51%

Correct me if I messed up the math as math is not a strong point for me. My calculator says 5% of 1.5 = .00075