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The War on Aspartame 33 33 The War on Aspartame Hawaii Lawmakers State of California suing Whole Foods because making false statements in reports of animal Pushing for Aspartame they covered up a known carcinogen in their 365 studies to establish the safety of aspartame." Two specific studies of concern were cited. No action Body Care products, like soaps and lotions. I strongly recommend Hawaii residents Ban Should Be get involved, speak with your lawmakers and ask was taken, and the statute of limitations for prosecution expired. July 1977: Samuel Skinner left the U.S. Commended them to cosign and cosponsor this important attorney's office to represent G.D. Searle's law Resolution of Mele Carroll, which will be turned By Stephen Fox By Stephen Fox in next Wednesday and then assigned a number. If firm, Sidley and Austin. your representative has signed it already, call the October 1980: FDA appointed Public I want to personally extend my thanks and representatives in the neighboring districts and Board of Inquiry submitted a written commendation to 12 members of the Hawaii State any whom you might already know personally. recommendation that NutraSweet not be House of Representatives for cosponsoring and I am particularly concerned about the approved pending further brain tumor testing. cosigning the Resolution by Rep. Mele Carroll. Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the House May 1981: Three of six FDA scientists The resolution asks the FDA and Health and Health Committee, the first committee assignment formally advised against aspartame approval. Human Services Secretary to rescind the FDA for such a Resolution. Chair Ryan Yamane and July 1981: FDA Commissioner Arthur approval for aspartame, the neurotoxic and Vice Chair Scott Nishimoto declined to even Hull Hayes, Jr. solely approved NutraSweet artificial sweetener found in 6,000 USA food schedule a hearing on the bill to ban aspartame (aspartame) for dry products. products, despite the very well known fact that it earlier in the session, as did Senator David Ige of July 1983: FDA Acting-Commissioner is metabolized as methanol and formaldehyde. Pearl City. This is pretty shocking as Mark Novitch, M.D. approved aspartame in These members include: obstructionist behaviour in any legislator, and carbonated beverages and carbonated beverage perhaps if readers in their House and Senate syrup bases. Rep. Cindy Evans Districts also spoke to these legislators and made October 1983: The NutraSweet Company Rep. Tom Brower them realize that this is a deadly serious consumer filed two patent extensions for an extension of Rep. Della Au Belatti protection effort, we might seem some five years, ten months and seventeen days (each). Rep. Karen Awana meaningful results from these 2 reps and one state November 1984: Center for Disease Rep. Joe Bertram III senator (from Pearl City), because to date we have Control (CDC) published the first list of Rep. Jerry Chang seen none. consumer complaints related to aspartame use. Rep. Corinne Ching If you Representative is on the Consumer July 1986: The NutraSweet Company Rep. Faye Hanohano Committee, where such a resolution would go filed thirty patent extensions for an extension of Rep. Michael Magaoay next, Chairman Robert Herkes and Vice Chair five years, ten months and seventeen days (each). Rep. Ken Ito McKelvey need to hear from you as well. November 1987: "NutraSweet: Health Rep. Marilyn Lee A similar Senate Resolution is languishing and Safety Concerns" hearing was held by the Rep. Roy Takumi in Senator Ige's Committee, Senate Resolution 13, U.S. Committee on Labor and Human Resources, sponsored by Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland. Ige Senator Howard Metzenbaum, chairman. These representatives have seen past the killed a bill to ban last year and this year, and September 1992: FDA released a list of perfidious corporate lobbyists opposing this killed the same Resolution last year also ninety-two complaint categories filed against Resolution on commercial grounds, for fear their sponsored by Suzanne Chun Oakland. NutraSweet, totaling over 8,000 complaints filed. products might be impugned or questioned. I also (See Appendix XI of Sweet Poison: How The warmly acknowledge and thank Mele Carroll for Aspartame History World's Most Popular Artificial Sweetener Is listening to her constituents enough to bring this Killing Us--My Story, by Dr. Janet Starr Hull for Resolution and the bill to ban aspartame forward. Highlights the complete list.) The people of Hawaii need to know that By Dr. Janet Starr Hull December 1992: G.D. Searle's patent last September, parents in British Columbia, extensions on aspartame expired, allowing other Canada, prevailed upon their Education Ministry companies to produce aspartame. to ban all artificial sweeeteners in the elementary 1965: Jim Schlatter, a chemist at G.D. 1992 - 1997: A gap in public information, and middle schools, even though Health Canada, Searle & Company was working on a project to and a media black-out begins. the equivalent of the FDA, still approves the discover new treatments for gastric ulcers. He 1997- 2008: "Sweet Poison: How The products. accidentally and unknowingly spilled some of the World's Most Popular Artificial Sweetener Is Apparently the parents in BC have been heated chemical on his hand. Later he licked his Killing Us--My Story" is published, the first book paying more attention to the massive evidence of finger as he reached for a piece of paper, and documenting the truth and history of aspartame. neurotoxicity and carcinogenicity than the noticed the sweet taste. He and a friend decided to 2004-2007: European studies are responsible officials in Ottawa, Canada's Capital. test some in coffee and both agreed the chemical performed proving aspartame dangers to human Similarly, parents in Hawaii should be had a sweet taste. The result: aspartame. The health - Healthy Newsletter, Feb 2006 (click the doing the same. Unfortunately, Hawaii residents manufacturer merely changed the FDA paperwork links for the PDFs) have another hurdle to overcome as Health from drug to food additive, but did not change the 2007: A second Italian aspartame study Department Director, Dr. Fukino, has done little substance itself. with results of leukemia and lymphoma is more than parrot industry mantras about how 1969: G.D. Searle applied for the first repeated by Morando Soffritti, Fiorella Belpoggi, those 200 industry-paid-for "studies" "prove" patent on aspartame. Saccharin and cyclamate Eva Tibaldi, Davide Degli Esposti, and Michelina aspartame to be "safe." were alleged to cause bladder cancer in rats. Lauriola at the Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Hawaii isn't the only state considering March 1973: G.D. Searle submitted its Center, European Ramazzini Foundation of action on aspartame. Just last week, on Friday, first petition to the FDA for aspartame use in Oncology and Environmental Sciences, Bologna, March 5, the State of California Office of foods. Italy - Bella Italia: The Soffritti Aspartame Study Environmental Hazards announced that its 1974: FDA approved aspartame use in (full text in PDF) Carcinogen Identification Committee will carbonated beverages and in dry products. Sept. 2008: The aspartame media consider labeling aspartame as a chemical that December 1975: FDA task force blackout breaks down, and the dangers of causes cancer, and to require labeling as such. The concluded that some of Searle's studies were aspartame are becoming more accessible as comment period is open till the end of May, and I questionable and rescinded aspartame approval. mainstream news. encourage Representatives, Senators, physicians April 1976: FDA Commissioner Schmidt Oct. 2008: Readers return all products and health oriented people into organic foods, to wrote Senator Ted Kennedy, informing him of with aspartame to their grocer to request a full take the time to submit testimony. G.D. Searle's "questionable integrity of the basic refund. [] This also puts on legal notice the safety data submitted (by Searle) for aspartame aspartame makers like Ajinomoto and the safety." Join Rob McConnell in The ‘X’ Zone on the corporations that add it to their products while January 1977: FDA Chief Counsel TalkStar Radio Network and their growing knowing full well that the formaldehyde it Richard Merrill submitted a thirty-three-page list of international affiliates across Canada, metabolizes into causes cancer and serious letter to U.S. attorney Samuel Skinner the United States, Central America, the neurodegenerative illnesses. This is all according recommending a grand jury investigation into Caribbean, South America, the Pacific Rim, to Proposition 65, which recently resulted in the G.D. Searle "for concealing material facts and 20 Asian Countries and Europe.