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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 11:48 am
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Originally Posted by wanderlustoz
I assume Stevia at least biodegrades, I hard that splenda has started to pop up in the water supply over the world.

http://naturalsociety.com/sucralose-...rinking-water/
Two sources there. One of them,"Mercola.com" is not well-sourced and is a nutrition site which appears to have axes to grind. The other links to a legitimate source (an abstract from Environ Sci Technol. 2011 Aug 31. Epub 2011 Aug 31. PMID: 21879743) which indicates that a few hundred PPB (parts per billion) have been found at some US drinking water treatment plants (not "all over the world") without any support for claims of it being unhealthful.

Here's a hint: if you can't digest it, it goes through you. Like anything else.
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