In the news

You could have a beer instead. Not sweetened, does cause cancer and a load of other stuff. Maybe an alcohol free* beer?

These are nice and probably won't give you cancer

https://drinkhippop.com/collections/gut-lovin-sodas

The upper safe limit is 17 cans a day for a man and the evidence is weak

BBC News - Aspartame advice unchanged despite cancer question
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66180986

It’s a big headline with no real impact but people have gone loopy over it.

My mum called me yesterday to tell me to stop drinking Coke because it causes cancer. She also told me that she read that you shouldn’t buy pre cut watermelons because she had read that it can harbour bacteria and you’ll need bowel surgery because of someone she had heard of on the news.

The safe level:

JECFA concluded that the data evaluated indicated no sufficient reason to change the previously established acceptable daily intake (ADI) of 0–40 mg/kg body weight for aspartame. The committee therefore reaffirmed that it is safe for a person to consume within this limit per day. For example, with a can of diet soft drink containing 200 or 300 mg of aspartame, an adult weighing 70kg would need to consume more than 9–14 cans per day to exceed the acceptable daily intake, assuming no other intake from other food. sources.

That’s 3l - 4.5l.

Other notable things on the 2A cancer risk list:
Red meat
Hot beverages above 65 degrees.

Edit: aspartame is in the 2B category, which is less risk than the above.

Search for which of the fizzy drinks use stevia instead.

Iirc Fanta does.

The WHO announce aspartame could cause cancer.

You couldn't really make this shit up, could you?