ASPARTAME IN THE NEWS 2008





The articles posted for previous years have been archived and links are provided to them, by year, at the bottom of this page.


31 Dec 2008 - National Federation Of The Blind Of Hawaii - Aspartame And Vision

31 Dec 2008 - Acesulfame Potassium Sometimes Blended With Aspartame And Splenda

31 Dec 2008 - Is Aspartame In Cigarettes? Read The Letter From Philip Morris

31 Dec 2008 - The Dangers Of Aspartame [Has an embedded video on the web page]

30 Dec 2008 - FDA Says Coca Cola's Diet Coke Plus Is Misbranded

30 Dec 2008 - Methanol - Coverup Of Aspartame By NIH

30 Dec 2008 - Aspartame: Sweet, Sweet Poison

30 Dec 2008 - Problems With New Sweetener

30 Dec 2008 - Super Size My Aspartame [Has an embedded video on the web page]

23 Dec 2008 - Acupuncture/Chiropractic Healthcare: Aspartame... What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

22 Dec 2008 - Two Norway Studies On Aspartame

22 Dec 2008 - Urgent Need: Aspartame Death Tax

22 Dec 2008 - Coke's Stevia ('Truvia') - What's Really In It?

22 Dec 2008 - Prescription For Disaster (Gary Null) [Embedded video on the web page]

19 Dec 2008 - Truvia: New Low Calorie Sweetener (Toxin)

18 Dec 2008 - Aspartame Is Neurotoxic Genotoxic Molecular Food & Vaccine Pharmaco-Genocide

16 Dec 2008 - President Jimmy Carter - Executive Order 12264 - Export Of Banned Or Significantly Restricted Substances - January 15, 1981 [The Executive Order President Carter signed so banned and unsafe additives couldn't be exported, and President Reagan revoked] [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

12 Dec 2008 - Why Diet Drinks And Sugar Free Products Make You Fat And Stressed

12 Dec 2008 - How Aspartame Causes Many Breast Cancers

11 Dec 2008 - Neurotoxicity: Identifying And Controlling Poisons Of The Nervous System - April 1990 - OTA-BA-436: NTIS Order #PB90-252511 [This is a government sponsored study on Neurotoxicity and it is about 365 pages. They reference the study on aspartame on page 315. Aspartame was turned down on September 30, 1980. Five days before President Carter left office he wrote an executive order that set the controls on exports of substances that were banned or severely restricted in the United States. This order went into law on January 15, 1981. The order included food additives, what aspartame is. This executive order was order number 12264. On February 17 President Ronald Reagan revoked this order. This is stated in the document on page 21 on the bottom right hand side.] [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

09 Dec 2008 - FDA Policymaking In Light Of Scientific Uncertainty: The Bittersweet Approval Of Aspartame [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

08 Dec 2008 - Samuel Skinner Transportation Document: Congressional Record, 1989 (Sam Skinner Was US Prosecutor Who Was Asked To Indict Searle For Fraudulent Aspartame Studies. Instead He Hired On With The Defense Team And The Statute Of Limitations Expired.)

08 Dec 2008 - New Study By Ramazzini Institute: How Aspartame, Sugar Enhance Onset Of Cancers

08 Dec 2008 - Coke/Pepsi Used As Pesticides In Other Countries [YouTube Video]

05 Dec 2008 - Seizures And Hyponatremia After Excessive Intake Of Diet Coke

01 Dec 2008 - Benzaldehyde Formation From Aspartame In The Presence of Ascorbic Acid And Transition Metal Catalyst - Glen D. Lawrence and Dongmei Yuan - Chemistry Department, Long Island University, New York - 1996 [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

01 Dec 2008 - Identification Of Products Of Thermal Decomposition In Sweetener Using Dynamic TG Couples To GC/MS - Conceicao, Santos, Filgueiras, Macedo, Fernandes, and Souza - Universade Federak De Campina Grande, Brazil - 2007 [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

01 Dec 2008 - Racemization Of Aspartic Acid And Phenylalanine In The Sweetener Aspartame - Marcus F. Boehm and Jeffery L. Bada - National Academy of Sciences - August 1984 [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

25 Nov 2008 - Testimony, Research, News Articles Concerning Aspartame And Other Issues

06 Nov 2008 - Aspartame Call For Data By EFSA

06 Nov 2008 - Pharma Testing 1976 Aspartame

06 Nov 2008 - Splenda Is A Seizure Triggering Drug, Admitted By The Manufacturer

04 Nov 2008 - APRISO(TM) Granted FDA Marketing Approval For Maintenance Of Remission Of Ulcerative Colitis (Aspartame)

04 Nov 2008 - Drug Research Under Question - Aspartame

04 Nov 2008 - Splenda Linked To Weight Gain

29 Oct 2008 - Winning Formulas For Health, Vitality, Longevity And Fat Loss

27 Oct 2008 - Prison Study To Investigate Link Between Junk Food And Violence (Aspartame Is The Culprit)

27 Oct 2008 - Review And Ban Aspartame: Food Standards

27 Oct 2008 - Confidential Trade Secret Information On Aspartame

27 Oct 2008 - One Month Without Diet Coke

23 Oct 2008 - No Pre-Emption For FDA

22 Oct 2008 - Jeffrey Bada Statement: The Bada Report - Aspartame

21 Oct 2008 - Duke University Study Links Splenda To Weight Gain, Health Problems

20 Oct 2008 - RAO Monkey Study, 1972, Became Pivotal In The Approval Of Aspartame, 52 Week Oral Toxicity, 5 Out Of 7 Monkeys Had Grand Mal Seizures And One Died

20 Oct 2008 - Diet Soft Drink Makers Not Required To Disclose Chemical Sweetener Ingredients In Restaurants

15 Oct 2008 - New Zealand Coke Stooge And Publicity

15 Oct 2008 - Letter From Adrian Gross To Senator Metzenbaum Concerning Aspartame 11/03/1987 [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

15 Oct 2008 - Letter From Dr. John Onley To Senator Metzenbaum Concerning Aspartame

15 Oct 2008 - Louis Elsas, M.D. (Genetics) Testifying To Congress On Aspartame And Birth Defects, 11/3/1987

13 Oct 2008 - How Aspartame Got Approved In England (The Famous Guardian Article)

13 Oct 2008 - The Bressler Report [The missing sections is where the FDA withheld the information] [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

13 Oct 2008 - Congressional Testimony Of FDA Toxicologist Dr. Jacqueline Verrett On Aspartame - November 3, L987 [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

08 Oct 2008 - Adverse Effects Of Aspartame: Current Bibliographies In Medicine, National Institutes Of Health, Health And Human Resources (167 Citations)

08 Oct 2008 - Letter From Dr. Adrian Gross, FDA Toxicologist, To Carl Sharp

07 Oct 2008 - James Turner, Attorney, November 3, 1987 (Testimony Before Congress On Aspartame) [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

06 Oct 2008 - Norway Study, Shows Aspartame Destroys Brain, Especially In The Area Of Learning

03 Oct 2008 - Strippers, armadillos Inspire Ig Nobel Winners [Anderson, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Boston University's School of Medicine, and her colleagues claim to have found that not only was Coca-Cola a spermicide, but that Diet Coke for some reason worked best. Their study appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1985] [Actually the aspartame is in the Diet Coke, and we know that aspartame is an endocrine disrupting agent. It stimulates prolactin, changes the menses and causes infertility. A study in Japan some years ago also showed that aspartame causes infertility in the male - Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum.]

02 Oct 2008 - Super Size My Aspartame [YouTube video]

29 Sep 2008 - California Assembly Committee On Health, Deceptive Advertising And Health Effects On Aspartame And Splenda (Must Receive Cases By Early Next Week To Get Into The Record)

29 Sep 2008 - Letter To Allegra N. Kim, California Assembly Committee On Health, Concerning Aspartame

26 Sep 2008 - A Response To The Article "Aspartame: Free To Choose"

25 Sep 2008 - Bernadene Magnuson, Aspartame Flack, Disgraces Herself In New Zealand

25 Sep 2008 - Uncensored Magazine 8-Page Special Edition - Diet Soft Drinks Are Poison [Also has some excellent information on health freedom, vaccines, and more] [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

25 Sep 2008 - Dead Rats Don't Lie

25 Sep 2008 - Aspartame Consumption Again Linked To Degeneration Of Brain Neurons

24 Sep 2008 - To Martin Johnston: Diet Drinks Lose Out To Sugary Alternatives: New Zealand Herald

24 Sep 2008 - Splenda Study Raises Health Worries [If you go from aspartame to Splenda, according to Dr. James Bowen, you will maintain the reactions to the chemical poison aspartame and pick up those from Splenda.]

24 Sep 2008 - Aspartame Promotion Again Lacks Independence

24 Sep 2008 - Buy Your Poison - Aspartame, Diet Soda, Splenda

23 Sep 2008 - Harmful Misinformation From NZ Toxic Foundation & What's Her Name Magnuson

23 Sep 2008 - Abby Cormack Debating Bernadene Magnuson, Aspartame Flack, New Zealand TV

18 Sep 2008 - Aspartame And Manufacturer-Funded Scientific Reviews

18 Sep 2008 - Aspartame: Is the Sweet Taste Worth the Harm?

15 Sep 2008 - You Can Kill Fire Ants With Aspartame Or Orange Juice And Repel Them With Baby Powder

15 Sep 2008 - How To Kill Pests Without Killing Yourself Or The Earth

15 Sep 2008 - Devra L. Davis, PhD, MPH, Talks About Aspartame [Has an embedded video on the web page]

12 Sep 2008 - Aspartame Study: 67% of Female Rats Developed Visible Tumors [Word format] (It will open in a new window)

12 Sep 2008 - Aspartame Study: 67% of Female Rats Developed Visible Tumors [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

10 Sep 2008 - The Autism Epidemic: What Does It Teach Us? 1 In 10 Worldwide!

09 Sep 2008 - Aspartame (Nutrasweet(r)) Addiction [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

09 Sep 2008 - Dirty Secrets Of The Food Processing Industry

09 Sep 2008 - Aspartame Promotes Grand Mal Seizures, Say Health Experts [Was originally published in June 2005]

08 Sep 2008 - Become Informed About Artificial Sweeteners

07 Sep 2008 - Lawmaker Wants Artificial Sweeteners Banned, Philippines

07 Sep 2008 - Chinese Aspartame Firm Makes UK Move: SinoSweet Is Stepping Up Its Activities In The UK This Month With The Opening Of A New Sales Office For Aspartame, Which It Believes Will Help Sales Of The Sweetener In The Face Of Rival Sucralose. [This is bad news. Instead of making more of this poison they should be using the safe alternatives!]

02 Sep 2008 - Waiter, Kindly Remove This Neurotoxic Drug From Our Table

02 Sep 2008 - The Cravings Coach: Dr. Betty Martini Aspartame Awareness - Show #22 [Has an embedded MP3 of the show on the web page]

02 Sep 2008 - Just Like Sugar Packet Design (It will open in a new window) (PDF Format)

02 Sep 2008 - Anti-Aspartame Activists Don't Take No For An Answer: Hawaii Chapter Of Mission Possible: A Small Group With Big Plans

02 Sep 2008 - Landmark Civil Suit Against Johnson & Johnson - Alleged False Advertising On Splenda

29 Aug 2008 - Campaign To Ban Synthetic Sweetener Aspartame Gaining Global Ground

29 Aug 2008 - Anti-Aspartame Movement Gears Up

28 Aug 2008 - Aspartame Awareness Weekend 2008 - Artificially Sweetened Times - UPDATE

28 Aug 2008 - UPI Investigative Report On Nutrasweet From 1987 - By Gregory Gordon - UPI Investigative Reporter [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

28 Aug 2008 - Europe: Gap Is Closing On Aspartame's Lead Over Sucralose: Note, Just Like Sugar, The Safe Sweetener Is Ranked #2 As The Fastest Growing Food And Beverage Company In US

27 Aug 2008 - Fat, MSG, Aspartame, It's In All The Food [Google Video embedded on web page]

26 Aug 2008 - Excessive Levels Of Methanol In Counterfeit Spar-Brand Imperial Vodka (So What About Aspartame In The UK Which Has Free Methyl Alcohol?)

26 Aug 2008 - New FDA Labels May Protect Drug Makers

25 Aug 2008 - Artificial Sweeteners Cause Weight Gain

22 Aug 2008 - Food Standards In England Continues To Lie - Response To 11 July 2008 Letter

19 Aug 2008 - Old News Article About Aspartame, Controversy From The Beginning

18 Aug 2008 - Aspartame Awareness Weekend 2008 - Artificially Sweetened Times, And Some Good News

18 Aug 2008 - Professional Opinion Concerning The Role Of Products Containing Aspartame (NutraSweet) In Arthritis And Fibromyalgia

18 Aug 2008 - Congressional Record - Vol 131 No 58 - 07 May 1985 [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

18 Aug 2008 - Congressional Record - Vol 131 No 106 - 01 August 1985 [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

16 Aug 2008 - Put Down That Diet Soda: 5 Pseudo-Healthy Foods-And 5 That Are Healthier Than You Think

15 Aug 2008 - Last Swill And Testament: Diet Pop

15 Aug 2008 - Aspartame Killed My Wife - One Man's Story [YouTube video]

14 Aug 2008 - 'Aspartame (Nutrasweet) Causes Brain Tumors...Beyond A Shadow Of A Doubt'

14 Aug 2008 - Attempt To Ban Aspartame 'Poison' From Food, Drink

12 Aug 2008 - Former New Zealand Health Minister Admitted Aspartame Not For Kids

11 Aug 2008 - More On Seizures And Aspartame - Dr. Hattan

08 Aug 2008 - CBS, WebMD: Complete History Of Aspartame And This Shameful Report

08 Aug 2008 - FDA Urged To Ban 8 Dyes Used In Foods

08 Aug 2008 - Epilepsy Rates On The Rise; Seizures Increase After Dilantin Reformulation; Aspartame Implicated

05 Aug 2008 - Coke & Pepsi Will Still Use Aspartame Even Though They Plan Stevia Sweeteners

31 July 2008 - To Food Standards: European Journal Of Clinical Nutrition, No Controversy On Aspartame; It's A Deadly Poison (Our Ref: ADB 33/265 L) Reply

31 July 2008 - New Zealand's Phoenix Organics Launches Anti-Aspartame "Think Before You Drink" Campaign

30 July 2008 - Submission On Aspartame Petition

30 July 2008 - Ketocal Is On The Ketogenic Diet For Epilepsy [It just doesn't stop. They are putting aspartame in the very products used to treat the problems aspartame causes. One more for the list. They know better than this. This product has aspartame in it which triggers seizures - this is what they are doing to children]

30 July 2008 - Natural Sweetener Stevia Loaded With Antioxidants; Protects Against DNA Damage

29 July 2008 - Parliamentary Submission - Aspartame

25 July 2008 - Wall Street Journal - Feb 19, 1987. p. 1 - Sweetener Found To Promote Seizures In Predisposed Mice [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

24 July 2008 - Letter To The Editor of Scoop News In New Zealand - Diet Drinks Affect Young Brains

24 July 2008 - Chicago Tribune - April 22, 1986 - Dr. Richard Wurtman And Aspartame Seizures [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

24 July 2008 - New Zealand: Calls For Nutra-Sweet (Aspartame) To Be Banned [This is an interview with Alison White, Safe Food Campaign Of NZ, On Aspartame] [Embedded video on the web page]

23 July 2008 - In Response To The Article "Drug Company Corruption Endangers Our Children": Medical Report By Respected M.D.

23 July 2008 - Epileptic Seizure Statistics From Hawaii Are Alarming, Tied To Aspartame In Medications, By Dr. Betty Martini, Founder, Mission Possible International

22 July 2008 - Letter To The Associated Press Concerning Their Article Entitled, "Deadly Tolls: Sick Truckers Causing Fatal Wrecks"

16 July 2008 - Sainsburys Says No To Removing The Poison Splenda/Sucralose, With No Concern For The Health Of The People Of The UK

16 July 2008 - The Truth About Aspartame, MSG, And Excitotoxins - With Mike Adams Interviewing Dr. Russell Blaylock, Neurosurgeon [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

15 July 2008 - Epilepsy Study Incriminates Aspartame In Medications

14 July 2008 - How Many More Will Die Before FDA Ghouls Are Held Accountable?

11 July 2008 - Researchers List 5 Deadly Chemicals

11 July 2008 - Aspartame: The Curtain Falls On Artificial Sweeteners [Has an audio interview with Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum., embedded on the web page, as well as other information]

10 July 2008 - Aspartame - Diabetes, Vision, Retinal Detachment, Weight Gain

10 July 2008 - Beware Of Drink Mixers Based On Diet Soda

10 July 2008 - Government Agencies, Health Experts Join Forces To Push Aspartame Safety

07 July 2008 - Beijing-The Codex Food Additives Committee Meeting

07 July 2008 - Attack Of The Diet Cokes! Newsweek The Addiction And Weight Gain With Aspartame

05 July 2008 - Food And Drug Regulation After 75 Years By Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr., FDA Commissioner Who Over-Ruled The Board Of Inquiry And Got Deadly Aspartame Marketed - JAMA, 9/11/81

01 July 2008 - To Food Standards: European Journal Of Clinical Nutrition, No Controversy On Aspartame; It's A Deadly Poison

27 June 2008 - George Carlin Dead: Diet Coke With Aspartame And Cardiac Death

25 June 2008 - Junk Science Carl Manion, (And Allen Edmundson) The Man Who Recommended Aspartame For Pain And Gave It To His MS Suffering Wife Who Died, Is Now Going To Make Health Care Products With The Poison To Absorb Into The Skin

24 June 2008 - 12 Food Additives To Avoid

23 June 2008 - Aspartame - Part 1 of 2 -- 60 Minutes Segment -- 12/29/1996 [YouTube video]

23 June 2008 - Aspartame - Part 2 of 2 -- 60 Minutes Segment -- 12/29/1996 [YouTube video]

20 June 2008 - Letter To Editor Of Cameroon Radio TV: Aspartame And Headaches

19 June 2008 - Sorbitol Linked To Bowel Problems: Chronic Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain

17 June 2008 - Australia: "Nasty Aspartame" In Response To Your Article

16 June 2008 - Over-The-Counter And Prescription Drugs Containing Aspartame

16 June 2008 - Products In New Zealand That Contain Aspartame

13 June 2008 - Mike Adams, Founder Of The Consumer Wellness Center, Discusses Healthy Sweeteners

06 June 2008 - An Aspartame Safety Update: Pioneer Local, Sun Times News Group (Aspartame Is An Addictive Excitoneurotoxic Carcinogenic Drug)

06 June 2008 - Two Negative New Mexico Legislators Who Killed Nutrition Council Bills Are "Retired" By Voters!

05 June 2008 - The Health Ranger Reports On Health Transformation Breakthroughs From The Best Weekend Ever In Atlanta [This article also includes a Special interview with Dr. Betty Martini!]

03 June 2008 - The Hidden Danger In Your Food

02 June 2008 - Letter To The FDA And HHS: ASPARTAME STUDY 2008 All Independent Studies Continue To Show The Toxicity Of Aspartame. How Many Do You Need To Ban?

02 June 2008 - Aspartame Is Notorious For Triggering Birth Defects. Retract Your Article Immediately

28 May 2008 - Sodium Benzoate Removed From Diet Coke [But only in Britain]

26 May 2008 - Food And Beverage Giants Lining Up To Cash In When Stevia Gets GRAS Approval In U.S.

12 May 2008 - Supermarket Bans Aspartame From Own-Label Products

12 May 2008 - UK: Food Standards Cover-Up Of Aspartame Toxicity

09 May 2008 - Corroborating References For Senate Concurrent Resolution 191, Introduced By Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland

09 May 2008 - All Substitutes Are Not Equal

09 may 2008 - FDA Probes Suicide Risk In Merck Singulair: Aspartame And Singulair Cases

05 May 2008 - Curtain Fall On The Aspartame Follies

05 May 2008 - Open Letter To Senator David Ige Regarding His Refusal To Set Up Committee Meeting On Hawaii Senate Resolution SCR 191 On Aspartame

05 May 2008 - Letter To Food Standards: Food Additives Could Be As Damaging as Lead in Petrol - Independent

02 May 2008 - Aspartame Studies Before And After Aspartame Manufacturer Funding. (Spiers And Wurtman)

01 May 2008 - Aspartame Press Conference, Hawaii State Capitol, May 1, 2008, 11:00 To Noon, Dr. Bill Deagle

01 May 2008 - Nutrasweet - The History Of This Toxic Chemical And Its Promotion (Part 1)

01 May 2008 - Review Raises Questions Over Aspartame And Brain Health

01 May 2008 - Aspartame And Other Health Frauds

01 May 2008 - Beijing - The Codex Food Additives Committee Meeting

01 May 2008 - New Zealand: Push To Remove Drinks Containing Sugar Substitute From Schools

01 May 2008 - Get Diet Drinks Out Of Our Schools!: Joint Media Release Safe Food Campaign And Soil & Health Association

01 May 2008 - Aspartame Can Mess Up Your Body And Brain

28 Mar 2008 - Aspartame, Can Be Very Dangerous To Your Health!

28 Mar 2008 - Just Like Sugar Now Has A New Label

25 Mar 2008 - Letter To Florida State University Concerning Their Recent Study "Media Perpetuates Unsubstantiated Chemical Imbalance Theory Of Depression"

20 Mar 2008 - Letter To Representative Josh Green, M.D., Labeling Or ban On aspartame

20 Mar 2008 - Poison? You Bet Your Sweet Aspartame!

19 Mar 2008 - Letters Of Testimony For HB2680 & SB2506 (Part IV) Ban Aspartame In Hawaii Senate & House Health Committees - Updated

18 Mar 2008 - Truth About Aspartame [Word Format] (It will open in a new window)

18 Mar 2008 - Resources On Aspartame

14 Mar 2008 - Phoenix Organics Calls On Government Agencies, Coke, To Fund Aspartame Scan [Word format] (It will open in a new window)

13 Mar 2008 - Open letter To Food Safety Authority: Controversial Issues

13 Mar 2008 - Hawaii Senate Resolution On Aspartame By Senator Chun Oakland, House Resolution By Rep. Josh Green, M.D. / Text Of Senate Resolution

13 Mar 2008 - Center For Science And The Public Interest, And MSG

12 Mar 2008 - Ban Aspartame War In Hawaii Continues

11 Mar 2008 - Aloha Aspartame? Unfortunately, Not Yet

11 Mar 2008 - Strong Medicine: Brash Don Rumsfield Tries His Prescription To Turn Searle Around [This is another old article about Rumsfeld and Searle. We thank Lane Shore for finding it, and Annie for putting it in Word. I have spoken to Mr. Moe who was fired. He headed the department that Jerome Bressler was investigating at Seare - Dr. Betty Martini, D. Hum.] [Word format] (It will open in a new window)

11 Mar 2008 - The New FDA: Good Medicine For Drug Firms

11 Mar 2008 - Letter To The Editor At Scoop - New Zealand News Regarding The Article, Calls For Govt To Scrap Forcing Aspartame On Kids

10 Mar 2008 - Washington Post - June 1, 1979 - "Indictment Accuses Drug Testing Firm of Falsifying Results" (More on when FDA tried to have Searle, maker of aspartame, indicted) [The two US Prosecutors who were told to do the investigation for indictment were Sam Skinner and William Conlon who both hired on with the defense team, Sidley & Austin.]

10 Mar 2008 - Washington Post - September 22, 1982 - The Market Is Sweet On Aspartame (Note author's quote: Now, of course, the study will be an open-ended one conducted in the population at large. Participation is voluntary.)

10 Mar 2008 - Probe Asked In Charge That Searle Rigged Test

10 Mar 2008 - FDA Is Urged To Alert Parents On NutraSweet

10 Mar 2008 - Plea For Sweetener

07 Mar 2008 - Methanex: What Is Methanol? - Safe Handling Information [This is from the Methanex company and shows how deadly the free methyl alcohol in aspartame really is. It isn't bound but free. It's also flammable. Notice when it's transported it carries the flammable liquids classification as well as a toxic substance] [PDF Format ] (It will open in a new window)

07 Mar 2008 - Monsanto: A Checkered History

06 Mar 2008 - Diet Sweeteners Can Make You Sick And Fat

05 Mar 2008 - Yes, MSG, The Secret Behind The Savor [Also brings up the fact about aspartame being an excitotoxin near the end of the article]

04 Mar 2008 - 5 Ridiculous Diet Devices

04 Mar 2008 - Artificial Sweeteners Once Again Linked To Weight Gain

03 Mar 2008 - The Case Against Aspartame: What Are The Dangers Of Aspartame? Are They Real?

29 Feb 2008 - Tom Theimer - Stevia Report and Aspartame Information [Used with permission by the author. Originally published on http://www.kitchendoctor.com] [PDF Format] (It will open in a new window)

28 Feb 2008 - Letters Of Testimony For HB2680 & SB2506 (Part IV) Ban Aspartame In Hawaii Senate & House Health Committees - Updated

27 Feb 2008 - Hawaii Senate's Plan To Ban Aspartame 'Deferred': Health Committee Passes The Buck To The FDA

26 Feb 2008 - Letter To Sciele Pharma, Inc., Concerning Allegra ODT With Aspartame

26 Feb 2008 - Health Concerns Warrant The Removal Of Aspartame Products Should Be Removed From Hawaii Marketplace

25 Feb 2008 - Hawaii Senate Aspartame Bill Will Be Heard Monday

22 Feb 2008 - NM Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino, Sponsor Of Aspartame Bill Writes Support Letter To Hawaii Senate Health

22 Feb 2008 - Bittersweet Alternative: Hawaii Legislature Proposes Aspartame Ban

22 Feb 2008 - Xylitol's Potential Beyond Gum Explored [Now they are going to add aspartame to Xylitol! Note they mention that adding Xylitol minimizes the degradation (adulteration/ breakdown) of aspartame. Everyone knows it's adulterated and against the law and nothing is done about it. Be warned.]

21 Feb 2008 - Letter To The Editor At Telluride Daily News (Telluride, CO) Concerning False Pro-Aspartame Information From Snopes: Aspartame Is An Addictive

21 Feb 2008 - Hawaiian Doctor Kills Anti-Aspartame Bill, Condemning Hawaiian Children To Drink Neurotoxic Sweetener

20 Feb 2008 - "Christian" Home Endangers Seizure Victims

20 Feb 2008 - Hawaii Aspartame Bill Update: Lobbyists Crushing Consumer Protection Law To Ban Nutrasweet

19 Feb 2008 - Phoenix Organics Defends Aspartame Stance - New Zealand (Aspartame Disease Can Mimic Or Precipitate MS)

19 Feb 2008 - Letter From Lady Carol Ann Davies-Joubert To Hawaii Senator David Ige Concerning Aspartame

18 Feb 2008 - The Illinois Shootings: Missing Pieces To Help Solve the Puzzle

18 Feb 2008 - Kevin Trudeau - Stay Away From Aspartame [Word Format] (It will open in a new window)

18 Feb 2008 - Banning The Neurotoxic Carcinogenic Aspartame In Hawaii? Health Director Relies On Ajinomoto Funded Toxicology "Report"

15 Feb 2008 - Hawaii House Health Bill, HB 2680: Banning Aspartame: Political Paralysis

15 Feb 2008 - Hawaii Lawmakers' Plan To Ban Aspartame Turns Sour: Dr. Josh Green And His Health Committee 'Defer' The Bill, Thus Killing The Bill For This Session

15 Feb 2008 - How Sweet It Is: Our Love-Hate Relationship With Sweeteners

15 Feb 2008 - Letters Of Testimony To The Hawaii House Committee On Health Concerning Aspartame - Updated

14 Feb 2008 - Dick Allgire - MSG And Aspartame - A Personal Story

14 Feb 2008 - Artificial Sweeteners Could Be A Diet No-No

13 Feb 2008 - Meat, Diet Soda Linked To Heart Disease: Study (Reuters) - With Additional Information By Dr. Betty Martini

13 Feb 2008 - To Nadia Saleem, Article In Gulf News About Water And Soda Pop

13 Feb 2008 - Too Much Cola Can Cause Kidney Problems

12 Feb 2008 - Update Hawaii, HB 2680, Banning Aspartame: House Health Committee

12 Feb 2008 - Speak Out Against Aspartame

12 Feb 2008 - Banning Aspartame - A Common Sense Precaution [This is by New Mexico Senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino]

12 Feb 2008 - Study: Artificial Sweeteners Increase Weight Gain Odds - Fake Sweeteners, Lack Of Calories May Trick Brain

12 Feb 2008 - Caffeine Nation: Diet Coke Addiction - Consumers Spend More Than $21 Billion On Diet Sodas Each Year

12 Feb 2008 - Woman Drinks 12 Diet Cokes A Day - Health Expert Fears Too Much Soda Could Lead To Bone Damage

11 Feb 2008 - Diabetic Study Halted Because Of Deaths! How Many Were On Aspartame/Nutrasweet/Equal? Bill To Ban Aspartame HB2680 Now Before The Hawaii House Health Committee

11 Feb 2008 - Who Filched The Testimonies For Hawaii: B 2680 Bill To Ban Aspartame, Room 329

08 Feb 2008 - To Sabrina Hall, About Her Broadcast On Aspartame: Hawaii

07 Feb 2008 - Aspartame - In Brief

07 Feb 2008 - To All Physicians, Victims And Activists. Please Help Hawaii Ban Aspartame. Letters To Health Committee - (Meets 8:00 AM Friday So Timing Is Urgent)

04 Feb 2008 - Heath Ledger: Was Death Due Too Psycho Drug In Diet Coke And Interaction?

04 Feb 2008 - Harmful Food Additives That Trigger Hyperactive Behaviour In Children Must Be Banned, Say MPs

01 Feb 2008 - FDA Threatened Celestial Tea Company Over Use Of Natural Sweetener Stevia

29 Jan 2008 - To Marcelle Pick: Diet Soda: How Healthy Is It? Response To Her Article Concerning Aspartame

29 Jan 2008 - Response To KHON Fox TV (Hawaii) - Aspartame: Bill Calls For Sugar Substitute Ban

26 Jan 2008 - Meat, Diet Soda Linked To Heart Disease: Study

25 Jan 2008 - Comments on Aspartame (From All Jacked Up Documentary Movie) (Video)

25 Jan 2008 - Lane Shore, Mission Possible Chicago On News Target, Clip, Also All Jacked Up Clip (DVD To Get Junk Food Out Of Schools; Goes Into Aspartame)

24 Jan 2008 - Health Effects Of Aspartame On Diabetics [This articles comes with a video]

23 Jan 2008 - Hawaii Moves To Ban Aspartame (NutraSweet/Equal/E951/Canderel, Etc.)

22 Jan 2008 - Government Chemist Challenges Her Boss At FDA

21 Jan 2008 - Answer To The American Diabetes Association - Propaganda Is Not Appreciated

21 Jan 2008 - Some Of Gregory Gordon's Excellent Articles On The Approval Of Aspartame, Conflicts Of Interest, Revolving Door - All The Political Chicanery To Approve A Chemical Poison

21 Jan 2008 - Skinner Stunned By Loss Of Post [U.S. Attorney Sam Skinner lost his job. He was suppose to indict Searle on aspartame and instead went to work for the defense team] [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

21 Jan 2008 - Juices Stir For Rumsfield [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

21 Jan 2008 - Former FDA Commissioner Who Over-Ruled The Board Of Inquiry To Approve Aspartame Suspends Two Who Took Favors [This is one for the books. Hayes resigned while Department of Health & Human Services was investigating his acceptance of gratuities including free rides aboard General Foods jet. Then he accepted a position as senior medical advisor for Searle's public relations firm, Burston Marsteller who represented NutraSweet on a ten year contract at $1,000 per day as a consultant. What a reward for over-ruling the Board of Inquiry of the FDA who had revoked the petition for aspartame approval!] [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

19 Jan 2008 - Gum Story On Sorbitol Spurs Concerns But Aspartame Causes Disease And Death

18 Jan 2008 - Regarding The Story "A Is For Apple -- And Advice"

18 Jan 2008 - To Miriam Horowitz About Her Article On Sweeteners - 5 Towns/Jewish Times

17 Jan 2008 - Milk Debate On Review List: The Swedish Scientist Appointed To Review New Zealand's Handling Of Food-Safety Matters Is Well Aware Of The Controversy Surrounding A1 And A2 Milk [They will be reviewing information on aspartame as well]

16 Jan 2008 - Reply To Food Standards, Aspartame: Listen To The Outcry: Ban The Poison And Ditch The Propaganda

16 Jan 2008 - Sweet And Savory Patents Help Secure New Flavors [Senomyx patents - Beware]

15 Jan 2008 - FDA-GATE: FDA Destroys Incriminating Records On Aspartame

15 Jan 2008 - To Saks Fifth Avenue: Your Promotion With Nutrisoda Using Splenda, A Chlorocarbon Poison

14 Jan 2008 - Senate Bill No. 2147 To Ban Aspartame Was Approved, Thirteenth Congress Of The Republic Of The Philippines

14 Jan 2008 - Too Much Sugar-Free Gum Linked To Bowel Problems

11 Jan 2008 - Possible Neurologic Effects Of Aspartame

11 Jan 2008 - Article From 1977 When They Asked US Prosecutor Sam Skinner To Investigate Searle Who Made Aspartame For Possible Indictment. Instead He Went To Work For Their Defense Team (It will open in a new window)

08 Jan 2008 - FDA Reports - From 1995 To 1998 - Aspartame

08 Jan 2008 - Aspartame Puts Deadly Methanol In the Blood

07 Jan 2008 - Article On FDA Toxicologist Dr. Jacqueline Verrett Who Testified Against Aspartame Says FDA Not Doing Their Job

07 Jan 2008 - Articles On former FDA Commissioner Jere E. Goyan

07 Jan 2008 - D Is For Ditch The Diet Drinks

07 Jan 2008 - No, It's For Real: Aspartame Causes Cancer

07 Jan 2008 - US Judge Rules Trial Against Splenda False Advertising Claims Can Proceed

03 Jan 2008 - 12 Toxicologists Ask For Ban Of Aspartame [PDF format] (It will open in a new window)

03 Jan 2008 - Dr. William Campbell Douglass On Aspartame


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