Nope, saw it years ago, but cannot find any reference any more.  Probably is
a myth, not much way to know for sure.

Marshall

"Dean T. Miller" wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 09:47:18 -0400, "Nina Silver, Ph.D."
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> Don't use sugar -- use Aspartame.  Aspartame was invented to be an ant
> >> poison.  (but I wouldn't say it's exactly non-toxic)
> >
> >Where is the research that says this specifically?
>
> Well, I guess it's an urban myth.  There isn't much aspartame history
> on the WWW, but everything I can find says it was discovered while
> looking for an ulcer remedy.
>
> However, I did find two references about using aspartame as an ant
> poison, and one that stated it was developed as an ant poison.  Looks
> like I may have been repeating a falsehood.
>
> Here's one reference:
>   *******************************************
> Subject: Re: CS Red (colored) CS
> From: Marshall Dudley <[email protected]>
> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 13:18:47 -0500
>
> Just as aspertame was initially developed as ant poison, flouride was
> originally and still is rat poison.
>   *******************************************
>
> Marshall, do you recall where you read this??   :)
>
> -- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF
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