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That’s what some Mexican consumer rights groups are saying. Coca-Cola is using a potentially carcinogenic — and banned in the U.S. since the late 60s — sweetener for its Coca-Cola Zero product in Mexico.

Sodium cyclamate, which is 30 times sweeter than sucrose and prized because it lacks a strong aftertaste, was outlawed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 38 years ago over cancer concerns. It was legalized in Mexico last year, shortly before Coca-Cola launched the Mexican version of Coca-Cola Zero, the soda giant’s latest diet drink.Mp>

Recent U.S. and European studies have downplayed sodium cyclamate’s role as a carcinogen and suggested that it is safe in low doses. The sweetener is now legal in more than 50 countries, including Canada and the European Union nations.

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