Aspatame back in the corporate news
bobby | 14.07.2005 17:44 | Health
Years ago the non-corporate media gave coverage to health risks of aspartame - a product of Monsanto - now it's back in the mainstream headlines.
From BBC news online.
Thursday, 14 July, 2005, 15:26 GMT 16:26 UK
Sweetener 'linked' to leukaemias
Fresh doubts about the safety of an artificial sweetener have been raised by Italian scientists who have linked its use to leukaemias in rodents.
Aspartame is 200 times sweeter than sugar and is used throughout the world in low-calorie drinks and foods.
Regulators say existing studies show it is safe, but will look at the European Journal of Clinical Oncology study.
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This is from Seize the Day's website. I can't vouch for accuracy but if you doubt them, it's probably checkable.
http://www.seizetheday.org/monsanto/main.htm
NUTRA-SWEET/ASPARTAME
Aspartame was originally listed in the US military's Chemical Warfare division - whether it was used as a sweetener to hide the taste of poison, or as a poison itself, is not clear.
Now used as an artificial sweetener, it was banned in the USA for causing brain-tumours -
The ban was over-turned under Ronald Reagan.
Thursday, 14 July, 2005, 15:26 GMT 16:26 UK
Sweetener 'linked' to leukaemias
Fresh doubts about the safety of an artificial sweetener have been raised by Italian scientists who have linked its use to leukaemias in rodents.
Aspartame is 200 times sweeter than sugar and is used throughout the world in low-calorie drinks and foods.
Regulators say existing studies show it is safe, but will look at the European Journal of Clinical Oncology study.
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This is from Seize the Day's website. I can't vouch for accuracy but if you doubt them, it's probably checkable.
http://www.seizetheday.org/monsanto/main.htm NUTRA-SWEET/ASPARTAME
Aspartame was originally listed in the US military's Chemical Warfare division - whether it was used as a sweetener to hide the taste of poison, or as a poison itself, is not clear.
Now used as an artificial sweetener, it was banned in the USA for causing brain-tumours -
The ban was over-turned under Ronald Reagan.
bobby
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worse than you think
14.07.2005 20:40
mine, ALL MINE
microscopic holes and tumors in the brains of experimental mice
epileptic seizures in monkeys
in addition to which it caused the formation of dangerous toxins in the body, such as formaldehyde.
But then, that knight in armor, (or festering rider of the apocalypse to be realistic), Donald Rumsfeld, yes you got it DONALD RUMSFELD, who was the CEO of Searle pharmaceutical corporation, used the election of Reagan to ram through approval of Aspartame.
This was done by means of their crony and tool Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes, who Rumsfeld and Reagan installed as Commisioner of the FDA. Why on earth was Hayes, a professor and Defense Department contract researcher, given this position? Uh, to approve Aspartame! Hayes approved this toxic garbage in November 1983 and then resigned...in November 1983, after a meaningless tenure of four months. His sole purpose was to get this neurotoxin into the food supply and to make Rumsfeld rich.
Disgusting isn't it?
Read all the sordid details here:
And NEVER, EVER drink or eat anything that contains ASPARTAME, NUTRISWEET or anything that has the warning: "contains phenylktonics." Your brain will crumble pronto, and next thing you know you will be voting Republican or Tory...egad!
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