Government Says Aspartame Is Good For You

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Government Says Aspartame Is Good For You

AP calls study independent, omits previous human studies showing Aspartame

danger

Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com | April 5 2006

The deadly toxin Aspartame which is included in more than 6,000 food and drink

products around the world is good for you according to a new government study.

The Associated Press falsely labels the results as independent and omits

referencing previous human studies undertaken by groups with no corporate or

government ties that concluded the opposite.

Associated Press health correspondent Marilynn Marchione seems to revel in

suggesting the study is beyond reproach because it uses human subjects rather

than rats.

" A huge federal study in people -- not rats -- takes the fizz out of arguments

that the diet soda sweetener aspartame might raise the risk of cancer, " smarms

the article in an attempt to discredit last year's Italian study which linked

aspartame to an increased risk of leukaemias and lymphomas in female lab rats

" at doses very close to the acceptable daily intake for humans. "

In putting the study in this context, the Associated Press has lied by

omission. Numerous independent controlled studies (not ones conducted by

corporations or government) using human subjects have concluded that aspartame

is deadly. They are Camfield (1992), Elsas (1988), Gulya (1992), Koehler (1988),

Kulczycki (1995), Spiers (1988), Van Den Eeden (1994), Walton (1993). Why

doesn't the AP mention any of these studies?

Why doesn't the AP mention the fact that " out of 90 independently-funded

studies, 83 of them found one or more

problems caused by aspartame. But out of the 74 studies funded by the aspartame

industry (e.g., Monsanto, G.D. Searle, ILSI, etc.), every single one of them

claimed that no problems were found? "

 

The AP immediately draws the conclusion that the study was, " done by reputable

researchers independent of any funding or ties to industry groups. "

The AP cites the Center For Science in the Public Interest as praising the

results of the study. CFSPI is a Rockefeller front organization that also

receives funding from Ted Turner's Nuclear Threat Initiative. Its board of

directors is also littered with former government henchmen, including former FDA

officials.

Having the federal government conduct studies that heavily impact profits of

major corporations depending on the results and calling them independent is like

Charles Manson being judged by Jeffrey Dahmer. In the 21st century of corporate

fascism the two are inseparable from one another.

The Aspartame controversy is noted for the fact that it explicitly connects

government conflicts of interest with corporations. Donald Rumsfeld became the

chief executive officer of a worldwide pharmaceutical G.D. Searle & Company

(later bought out by Monsanto) in 1977, 12 years after aspartame was discovered

by G.D. Searle chemist James Schlatter.

A story by Rishi Mehta, associate commentary editor for the University of

Connecticut Daily Campus newspaper, points out the following: “In 1981, after

over 15 years of FDA disapproval of aspartame, Rumsfeld said in a Searle sales

meeting that he would use ‘political rather than scientific means’ to finally

get FDA approval. Only 20 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 Hayes Hull Jr. - a friend of Rumsfeld's - to FDA

commissioner. "

 

If one of the most influential members of the current administration has

publicly stated that he would use political pressure to force the acceptance of

aspartame would it would therefore overwhelmingly be in the interest of a

federal government study to conclude that the use of aspartame was acceptable?

Yes.

Therefore the study is not independent and it is not credible.

Futhermore, the FDA has been caught in the past removing negative data from

government studies that indicated aspartame was dangerous to humans.

According to consumer rights group Mission Possible, " Since its 1981 approval,

the FDA has published a list of 92 symptoms of aspartame poisoning, which

includes headaches, vision loss including blindness, seizures, neurological

problems, cardiovascular problems and death. The FDA admits adverse reactions to

aspartame comprise about 80 percent of consumer complaints it receives each

year. "

Proponents of aspartame are like the idiots in the 50's who said there were no

health dangers in smoking. Moves by British parliamentarians and bills such as

one in New Jersey calling for the outright banning of aspartame in all foods

should be supported and this poison-peddling industry shut down.

 

 

 

 

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired

signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are

not fed, those who are cold and not clothed.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

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