- Since the publication of out Aspartame cover story (September
2005) we have been inundated with letters and emails from people wishing
to congratulate us on our tough stand on this toxic food additive.
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- We have been given a great deal of support and enough
additional information for three more features by Betty Martini, long time
anti-aspartame campaigner and founder of Mission Possible International
(www.dorway.com). We have also been keeping a keen eye on events in New
Mexico where activist Stephen Fox has been petitioning the State to act
on long existing statutes that provide for the removal of adulterated food
substances from sale within the state, thus allowing New Mexico to provide
a higher degree of consumer protection than is being offered at federal
level.
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- Early in October New Mexico's Environmental Improvement
Board met and heard arguments for and against the proposed ban. In spite
of industry lawyers' attempts to convince the Board that they had no legal
right to enact such a ban, it was decided that New Mexico in fact did.
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- When New Mexico's Gov. Bill Richardson was asked after
the hearing if he is considered aspartame harmful, he answered, "Yes,
from what I've learned." Gov. Richardson, of course, has the power
to order the removal of all aspartame-containing products from sale in
New Mexico. As it stands a further 5-day hearing has been scheduled for
July 2006 that will hopefully resolve the issue.
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- In cases like this the legal hurdles are often more difficult
to negotiate than the medical evidence. Stephen Fox (stephen@santafefineart.com)
and attorney Stevan Douglas Looney are to be congratulated for their dogged
determination in this respect and we look forward to the party in New Mexico
next summer.
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- In the UK opportunities to pre-empt decisions taken at
UK government and EU level can be difficult to find. However, as a start,
we would like to see parents and patients pressing local education authorities,
hospitals and Trusts to stand up to the Food Standards Agency, the EU's
Scientific Committee on Foods and refuse to stock aspartame-containing
products.
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- Finally readers may be interested to know that we are
currently in discussion with Tate & Lyle's lawyers who tell us that
their clients took exception to our article Sucralose: Life After Aspartame.
Watch this space for developments.
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- For more information on aspartame and New Mexico go to
www.wnho.net .
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- Dr. Betty Martini, Founder, Mission Possible International,
9270 River Club Parkway, Duluth, Georgia 30097 770 242-2599 www.wnho.net
and www.dorway.com Aspartame Toxicity Center, www.holisticmed.com/aspartame
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- Aspartame Documentary: Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World,
www.docworkers.com In the UK, Namaste Publishing, info@namastepublishing.co.uk
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