We’ve all heard how pharmaceuticals mange to slip through sewage treatment systems and end up creating Frankenfishes.

Now comes a study that indicates artificial sweeteners evade treatment and end up in the environment, too.

A team of German scientists took water samples below two treatment plants in Germany and tested the water for signs of seven artificial sweeteners including saccharin and sucralose.

They did find the sweetners, suggesting the incomplete water treatment.

The study doesn’t full explore the bigger question - should we be concerned about sweeteners ending up in the environment?

What do you think, EcoSpeak readers? Do you think artificial sweetners are really bad for you? Or is sugar the real enemy here?