Dear Group, At last some notice is being taken - even mentioned in the Sout Australian Advertiser... So I'm not just on a hobby horse you unbelievers!!!! Code number 951 - Aspartame, Equal, Nutrasweet - deadly poison - it is not a food additive it is a drug! Judith.
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 20:14:34 -0400 From: Betty Martini <[email protected]> Subject: WILL EUROPE BAN ASPARTAME? SUNDAY EXPRESS, MAY 20, 2001, PAGE 7, SWEETENER PROBED Comments by Betty Martini, Mission Possible International, 770 242-2599 at end of article and email address of Sunday Express Aspartame: UK national press article May 20, 2001 The Sunday Express, May 20, 2001 page 7 Sweetener probed By Lucy Johnston, Health Editor 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 END OF ARTICLE Comments from 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 -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. 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