Canada: Aspartame banned in Elementary and Middle Schools

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British Columbia Canada Education Ministry Bans ALL

Artificial Sweeteners, Including Aspartame, in all Elementary and

Middle Schools; Parents Say No to Artificial Sweeteners

Fri, 27 Feb 2009

 

 

British Columbia Canada Education Ministry Bans ALL Artificial Sweeteners,

Including Aspartame, in all Elementary and Middle Schools; Parents Say No to

Artificial Sweeteners

 

by John O'Connor

 

Despite the findings by Health Canada that artificial sweeteners are

safe, parents in B.C. have decided to play it safe and say no. The B.C.

Ministry of Education has recently pulled all artificial sweeteners from

being sold in B.C. primary and middle schools after consultations with

parents of school children.

 

Id be very suspicious of Aspartame, said former Nicola Valley

Teachers Union leader, Ralph Poynting. I wouldnt put it in there; why

take the chance?

 

The findings were issued in the September 2007 Guidelines for Food and

Beverage Sales in B.C. Schools enacted by the B.C. ministries of education

and health as part of a healthy schools initiative. The ministry came to its

after consultations with parents, trustees, and dietitians. The guidelines

allow for artificial sweeteners in small amounts and as a condiment in

secondary schools, but not in elementary or middle schools.

 

The studies related to aspartame clarify enough concern as regards adverse

health effects, that their use in schools should be banned, said

neurosurgeon, Russell Blaylock, in an exclusive interview with the Merritt

News. Careful studies, including the original studies by G.D. Searle

company, demonstrate a significant cancer risk, especially for brain

cancers, breast cancer, lymphomas and leukemias, such that would justify

their being banned, he continued.

 

Blaylock considers artificial sweeteners and MSG as excitotoxins that play

a critical role in neuro-degenerative diseases like Parkinsons Disease,

Alzheimers, and MS. Health Canada has allowed the use of artificial

sweeteners since 1981, when former U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald

Rumsfeld, then CEO of the Searle Corporation, petitioned the Federal Drug

Administration (FDA) for approval.

 

The passing came despite the fact that the FDAs Public Board of Inquiry,

made up of scientists, voted unanimously against the approval of aspartame.

 

On July 15, 1981, Dr. Arthur Hayes Jr, in one of his first acts as FDA

Commissioner, overruled the Public Board of Inquiry and approved NutraSweet

for dry products. Health Canada followed suit and the artificial sweetener

industry was born.

 

Health Canada scientists have concluded that the reported findings of the

European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology, which found malignancies in rats

tested with doses of aspartame, did not indicate a need to change the

existing restrictions already outlined in the Food and Drug Regulations.

 

Health Canada concludes that the overwhelming body of evidence supports the

safety of artificial sweeteners. Health Canada has requested the complete

raw data from the Ramazzini Foundation and has been analyzing it since 2006.

There has been no word yet on their analysis.

 

Some of the most common artificial sweeteners are: Aspartame, Sucralose,

Splenda, Acesulfame-K (Acesfulfame Potassium), NutraSweet, as well as

Saccharin.

 

Aspartame is composed of L-Aspartly-L-phenylalanine methyl ester.

They can be found in beverages, breath mints, chewing gum, prescription

drugs, supplements and vitamins, and various other food products.

 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Symptoms attributed

to Aspartame in complaints submitted to the FDA show headaches as the

highest complaint followed by dizziness. Aspartame related complaints

make up 80 per cent of total complaints to the FDA each year. The FDA

lists a total of 92 aspartame-related symptoms.

 

The Aspartame Material Safety Data Sheet, a description label used by

industry, states under toxicological information, that acute effects

may be harmful by inhalation, ingestion, or skin absorption.

Stevia is one herb, not approved by Health Canada, that some advocate

as being a safer alternative to artificial sweeteners even for use by

diabetics.

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Please pass this and our Report For

Schools http://www.mpwhi.com/report_on_aspartame_and_children.htm

to pediatricians, Board of Educations, school officials, etc.

 

Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum, Founder

Mission Possible International

9270 River Club Parkway

Duluth, Georgia 30097

770 242-2599

www.mpwhi.com, www.dorway.com and www.wnho.net

Aspartame Toxicity Center, www.holisticmed.com/aspartame

Aspartame Information List, www.mpwhi.com scroll down to banners

 

Resources on Aspartame:

 

Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic, www.sunsentpress.com H. J.

Roberts, M.D. 1000 page medical text

Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills by neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock,

M.D., www.Russellblaylockmd.com

Aspartame Documentary: Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World, www.soundandfury.tv