http://www.sightings.com/general/sacch.htm US Officially Removes Saccharin From List Of Potential Cancer Agents http://news.excite.com/news/r/000515/11/health-cancer-saccharin 5-15-00 (Note - Many in the aspartame awareness field has said for years that saccharin is a safe sweetener...and was set up as a sacrificial scapegoat to drive the market to switch to aspartame. This would seem to validate there contentions.) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has removed saccharin from its list of potential cancer-causing agents, the latest bi-annual report on the issue said Monday. The National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), which issues the report, said it had removed saccharin because tests that showed it caused tumors in rats did not apply to humans. It had been listed since 1981. "Two decades ago, when saccharin was shown to produce bladder tumors in rats, it was a prudent, protective step to consider the sweetener to be a likely human carcinogen," NIEHS director Dr. Kenneth Olden said in a statement. "However, our understanding of the science has advanced and allows us to make finer distinctions today. Studies now indicate that the rat bladder tumors arise from mechanisms that are not relevant to the human situation. In addition, we have decades more data from observations of humans using saccharin that adds to our confidence." The NIEHS also removed ethyl acrylate, a substance used in making latex paints and textiles, from the list. SIGHTINGS HOMEPAGE http://www.sightings.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
