- Action at last over additive Aspartame as fears grow
of health risk in food and drink.
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- The Government has ordered a top-level investigation
into the safety of Britain's best-selling sweetener amid fears that the
low calorie chemical is a health risk.
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- Aspartame, used in thousands of diet food and drinks
has been linked to more than 90 adverse reactions including brain tumours
and blindness.
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- The Sunday Express has seen a leaked letter which reveals
the Government's food watchdog - the Food Standards Agency - has sent more
than 500 research papers on the chemical to the Brussels-based Scientific
Committee on Food.
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- If it finds it is a health risk, the sweetener widely
used in fizzy drinks, squashes, yoghurts, spring water, chewing gum and
pharmaceutical products, and often sold under the names NutraSweet and
Canderel, could be banned. Last night, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker,
who is campaigning for NutraSweet to be taken off the shelves added: "This
is a very positive step.
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- Doubts have been raised about this product and they need
to be cleared."
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- Last September, the Sunday Express led calls for an inquiry
after our investigations discovered large numbers of people were claiming
their health had been damaged by the sweetener.
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- They included Lyn Hunter, 49, of Liverpool, who regularly
drank diet drinks with Aspartame and had pain in her limbs, headaches,
lack of concentration and insomnia.
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- Her constant pain became so great she even considered
suicide. Her doctor treated her for arthritis even though tests for this
condition were negative. When she eliminated Aspartame her symptoms disappeared.
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- The leaked letter from food scientist Dr Sandy Lawrie
expresses concern that Aspartame has not been reviewed by the Scientific
Committee on Food for 13 years.
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- It states: "We have discovered more than 500 papers
on Aspartame published between 1988 and 2000. There is clearly sufficient
new data on Aspartame to justify a review."
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- Sources at the agency say that if scientists find strong
evidence about dangers of a product, they will advise an EU-wide ban.
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- A spokeswoman for European manufacturers of Aspartame,
Ajinomoto, said: "All of the good scientific data shows it is safe.
No data raises any concerns about Aspartame either new or old."
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- However, many studies which have not been sponsored by
the food industry highlight potential dangers. Professor Ralph Walton of
Northwestern Ohio Universities said: "I dispute the assertion that
there are no health risks.
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- "I believe Aspartame increases risk of cancer. Virtually
all the studies attesting to its safety have been funded by the industry."
One independent study on animals shows how digestion breaks Aspartame down
into formaldehyde, which accumulates in the animals' cells, damaging DNA
and poisoning the liver, kidneys, eye and brain. However, the manufacturers
argue that all the constituents of Aspartame are found in much greater
quantities in natural drinks such as milk and tomato juice, and are not
considered a health risk.
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- In the US, there are now five Aspartame detox centres.
Symptoms reported to America's Food and Drug Administration include headaches,
skin problems, stomach disorders, poor vision, depression, carbohydrate
cravings, panic attacks, irregular heart rhythms and seizures.
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- For more information send an SAE to Geoff Brewer, Additives
Survivors Network, 63 Downlands Road, Devizes, SN10 5EF or visit the online
support group at www.dorway.com _____
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- Comments by Betty Martini Mission Possible International
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- As many know, I lectured in the UK the end of August
and Sept, 2001 and provided many records the UK had not seen. Aspartame
was approved in the UK through a business deal between Searle and Professor
Paul Turner. When Parliament found out there was a big blowout but the
order was not rescinded. (Article in Guardian) Therefore, the UK did
not know that in the beginning the FDA had asked for the indictment of
Searle but two U.S. Prosecutors hired on with the defense team and the
statute of limitations expired. For 16 years the FDA refused to approve
aspartame because of the brain tumors but Searle hired Don Rumsfeld (now
Secretary of Defense) who said he would call in his markers and get it
approved anyway. See UPI 8 month investigation of aspartame on www.dorway.com
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- The day after Reagan took office he appointed Dr. Arthur
Hull Hayes. A Board of Inquiry was setup who told Dr. Hayes it had not
been proven safe, and because of the brain tumor issue he could not approve
it. (See Board of Inquiry summation on www.dorway.com). Dr. Hayes over-ruled
the Board of Inquiry and approved aspartame anyway, and then went to work
for the PR Agency of the manufacturer and refused to talk to the press
ever since. Over a year ago Fox News in Washington, D.C. went to Dr. Hayes
house and asked "were the public ever at risk?" Again, Dr. Hayes
refused to answer and shut the door. With audio hear the Fox News newsclip
on DORway.
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- We thank James Turner, Attorney, Washington, D.C. for
those records and Jon Baum, Mission Possible National Capital Area for
sending them to us. Aspartame which was never proven safe and in original
studies triggered brain, mammory, uterine, ovarian, testicular, thyroid
and pancreatic tumors, as well as grand mal seizures should never have
been approved. Three congressional hearings because of the outrage of
consumers being poisoned never banned aspartame because senators like Orrin
Hatch were paid by Monsanto who bought Searle in l985, and since sold.
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- On June 20, l999, The Independent in the UK exposed "World's
top sweetener is made with GM bacteria." As more and more evidence
is brought forward we hope that aspartame will now be banned having created
one of the greatest plagues in world history. H. J. Roberts, M.D. is about
to release a 1000 page medical text on this global plague titled ASPARTAME
DISEASE; THE IGNORED EPIDEMIC. Consumers and physicians will be able
to get it by accessing www.sunsentpress.com/ or in the US by calling 1
800 814 - 9800. We wish to thank all those in the UK working to expose
this deadly chemical poison, Felicity Mawson, Geoff Brewer, Carl Sims,
Marjorie Schofield, Joanna Clarke, John Smith, and many others.
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- The Sunday Express is not on web and for those reading
it on the Internet who would like to send them their case history on aspartame
poisoning you may write expressletters@express.co.uk
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- Betty Martini, Founder Mission Possible International
770 242-2599 www.dorway.com Aspartame Toxicity Center www.holisticmed.com/aspartame
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- Aspartame Support Groups may be accessed from www.dorway.com
www.aspartamekills.com Jon Baum, Mission Possible National Capital Area
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