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Will Europe Ban Aspartame? -
UK Orders A Full Investigation
From Betty Martini
(Betty's comments at end of article)
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5-21-1
Action at last over additive Aspartame as fears grow of
health risk in food and drink.
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.
Aspartame, used in thousands of diet food and drinks
has been linked to more than 90 adverse reactions
including brain tumours and blindness.
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.
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.
Doubts have been raised about this product and they
need to be cleared."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
Sources at the agency say that if scientists find strong
evidence about dangers of a product, they will advise
an EU-wide ban.
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."
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.
"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.
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.
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 _____
Comments by Betty Martini Mission Possible
International
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
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.
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.
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.
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betty Martini, Founder Mission Possible International
770 242-2599 www.dorway.com Aspartame Toxicity
Center www.holisticmed.com/aspartame
Aspartame Support Groups may be accessed from
www.dorway.com www.aspartamekills.com Jon Baum,
Mission Possible National Capital Area
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