CBT
03-02-2011, 12:16 PM
Here's a recent one. I didn't like Donald Rumsfeld before I started this paper, now I like him even less!
Aspartame: Sweet, Sweet Poison
Aspartame is the technical name for the brand names NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, and Equal-Measure. It was discovered by accident in 1965 when James Schlatter, a chemist of G.D. Searle Company, was testing an anti-ulcer drug, He got some on his hand, and when he licked his thumb and forefinger to separate some of his study notes, he noted a very, very sweet taste.
Aspartame is made up of three chemicals: aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methanol. Free methanol is created from aspartame when it is heated to above 86 Fahrenheit. Methanol breaks down into formic acid and formaldehyde in the body. Formaldehyde is a deadly neurotoxin. An EPA assessment of methanol states that methanol "is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate of excretion once it is absorbed. In the body, methanol is oxidized to formaldehyde and formic acid; both of these metabolites are toxic."
Aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA. Many of these reactions are very serious including seizures and death, along with headaches, migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain.
One has to wonder how Aspartame was ever allowed to be let loose on consumers knowing the already listed reactions mentioned above, coupled with the knowledge that the following chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by ingesting of aspartame: Brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's, mental retardation, lymphoma, birth defects, fibromyalgia, and diabetes.
One common complaint of persons suffering from the effect of aspartame is memory loss. Ironically, in 1987, G.D. Searle, the manufacturer of aspartame, undertook a search for a drug to combat memory loss.
Dr. Woodrow C. Monte, once director of the food science and nutrition laboratory at Arizona State University, stated "There are no human or mammalian studies to evaluate the possible mutagenic, teratogenic or carcinogenic effects of chronic administration of methyl alcohol." He was so concerned about the unresolved safety issues that he filed suit with the FDA requesting a hearing to address these issues. He asked the FDA to "slow down on this soft drink issue long enough to answer some of the important questions. It's not fair that you are leaving the full burden of proof on the few of us who are concerned and have such limited resources. You must remember that you are the American public's last defense. Once you allow usage of aspartame there is literally nothing I or my colleagues can do to reverse the course.” The Commissioner of the FDA at that time was, Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr.
In 1981, after over 15 years of FDA disapproval of Aspartame, G.D. Searle CEO Donald Rumsfeld, vowed to "call in his markers" to get aspartame approved. Twenty days later, Ronald Reagan was sworn in as 40th President of the United States, appointing Rumsfeld as Special Envoy to the Middle East and Arthur Hull Hayes Jr., a friend of Rumsfeld's , to FDA commissioner.
On January 21, 1981, the day after Ronald Reagan's inauguration, Searle re-applied to the FDA for approval to use aspartame (http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=12366.0) in food sweetener. Reagan's new FDA commissioner, Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr., appointed a 5-person Scientific Commission to review the board of inquiry's decision.
It soon became clear that the panel would uphold the ban by a 3-2 decision, but Hayes then installed a sixth member on the commission, and the vote became deadlocked. He then personally broke the tie in Aspartame's favor (http://www.quantumbalancing.com/news/aspartameapproved.htm). Hayes left the FDA in September of 1983 under allegations of impropriety, and two months later, in November of 1983, took a position with Burson-Marsteller, the chief public relations firm for both Monsanto and G.D. Searle.
Monsanto bought G.D. Searle in 1984 and the Aspartame business become Monsanto subsidiary NutraSweet Co.
Hayes was hired under a ten-yearcontract with Burson-Marsteller (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Burson-Marsteller) where he received $1,000 per day for each day worked. Since that day in 1983 until his death in February, 2010, Hayes never spoke publicly of Aspartame.
Aspartame: Sweet, Sweet Poison
Aspartame is the technical name for the brand names NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, and Equal-Measure. It was discovered by accident in 1965 when James Schlatter, a chemist of G.D. Searle Company, was testing an anti-ulcer drug, He got some on his hand, and when he licked his thumb and forefinger to separate some of his study notes, he noted a very, very sweet taste.
Aspartame is made up of three chemicals: aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methanol. Free methanol is created from aspartame when it is heated to above 86 Fahrenheit. Methanol breaks down into formic acid and formaldehyde in the body. Formaldehyde is a deadly neurotoxin. An EPA assessment of methanol states that methanol "is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate of excretion once it is absorbed. In the body, methanol is oxidized to formaldehyde and formic acid; both of these metabolites are toxic."
Aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA. Many of these reactions are very serious including seizures and death, along with headaches, migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain.
One has to wonder how Aspartame was ever allowed to be let loose on consumers knowing the already listed reactions mentioned above, coupled with the knowledge that the following chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by ingesting of aspartame: Brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's, mental retardation, lymphoma, birth defects, fibromyalgia, and diabetes.
One common complaint of persons suffering from the effect of aspartame is memory loss. Ironically, in 1987, G.D. Searle, the manufacturer of aspartame, undertook a search for a drug to combat memory loss.
Dr. Woodrow C. Monte, once director of the food science and nutrition laboratory at Arizona State University, stated "There are no human or mammalian studies to evaluate the possible mutagenic, teratogenic or carcinogenic effects of chronic administration of methyl alcohol." He was so concerned about the unresolved safety issues that he filed suit with the FDA requesting a hearing to address these issues. He asked the FDA to "slow down on this soft drink issue long enough to answer some of the important questions. It's not fair that you are leaving the full burden of proof on the few of us who are concerned and have such limited resources. You must remember that you are the American public's last defense. Once you allow usage of aspartame there is literally nothing I or my colleagues can do to reverse the course.” The Commissioner of the FDA at that time was, Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr.
In 1981, after over 15 years of FDA disapproval of Aspartame, G.D. Searle CEO Donald Rumsfeld, vowed to "call in his markers" to get aspartame approved. Twenty days later, Ronald Reagan was sworn in as 40th President of the United States, appointing Rumsfeld as Special Envoy to the Middle East and Arthur Hull Hayes Jr., a friend of Rumsfeld's , to FDA commissioner.
On January 21, 1981, the day after Ronald Reagan's inauguration, Searle re-applied to the FDA for approval to use aspartame (http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=12366.0) in food sweetener. Reagan's new FDA commissioner, Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr., appointed a 5-person Scientific Commission to review the board of inquiry's decision.
It soon became clear that the panel would uphold the ban by a 3-2 decision, but Hayes then installed a sixth member on the commission, and the vote became deadlocked. He then personally broke the tie in Aspartame's favor (http://www.quantumbalancing.com/news/aspartameapproved.htm). Hayes left the FDA in September of 1983 under allegations of impropriety, and two months later, in November of 1983, took a position with Burson-Marsteller, the chief public relations firm for both Monsanto and G.D. Searle.
Monsanto bought G.D. Searle in 1984 and the Aspartame business become Monsanto subsidiary NutraSweet Co.
Hayes was hired under a ten-yearcontract with Burson-Marsteller (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Burson-Marsteller) where he received $1,000 per day for each day worked. Since that day in 1983 until his death in February, 2010, Hayes never spoke publicly of Aspartame.