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I believe that you ha...And thanks to you anonymous. I believe that you have sensed the intention of my essay, and possibly peered into the heart of this blog.James Killushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08265296146264452333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071936218849577375.post-59932468991123964572008-06-16T23:35:00.000-07:002008-06-16T23:35:00.000-07:00AHHHH!!!Your all nerds!Oh well...I found this blog...AHHHH!!!<BR/><BR/>Your all nerds!<BR/><BR/>Oh well...I found this blog vastly amusing and I would like to point out the highlights...<BR/><BR/>1. "...the active ingredient in the demon rum."<BR/>2. "and it likes to hook up with its nearby carbon buddy,"<BR/>3. "pumpernickel"<BR/>4. "pharmacological sedative" aka weed<BR/>5. "ethanol technology has an ancient history"<BR/>6. "sit on the back porch until it went hard"<BR/>7. "Also, the dry ice added some carbonation, and carbonation enhances alcohol absorption by the digestive tract."<BR/>And last but not least...<BR/>8. "Whenever I think about this particular concoction, I’m bound to remember one particular night in 1972 involving the blender daiquiris plus the Quicksilver Messenger Service’s extended version of “Who Do You Love?” by Bo Diddley. Modesty and discretion compel me to refrain from giving specifics. I will note, however, that the effects of ethanol are such that, while one may still remember that actions have consequences, the relative values placed on the actions vs. consequences may change substantially. Suffice it to say that it all Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time."<BR/><BR/>I believe that you should make a comedy program!<BR/><BR/>Thanks alot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071936218849577375.post-75369489831414540162007-10-27T22:34:00.000-07:002007-10-27T22:34:00.000-07:00I personally don't care for artificial sweeteners,...I personally don't care for artificial sweeteners, and for that matter prefer sucrose to fructose, not that that does me a lot of good in today's world. And I'm aware of the controversies over aspartame, including the one about methanol as the breakdown product.<BR/><BR/>But the concentrations of aspartame in artificially sweetened beverages is pretty small, and there are plenty of other sources of methanol, formaldehyde, and formic acid in the environment, including natural fruit fermentation (for methanol) and air (for formaldehyde).<BR/><BR/>There is a percentage of the population that is hypersensitive to methanol poisoning, such that there was some concern back when methanol was being considered as an automotive fuel that such people would be poisoned by just spilling motor fuel onto their skin. The fact that we don't have reports of hypersensitives going blind from drinking diet coke suggests that the amounts or methanol involved are similar to those found in other environmental sources.<BR/><BR/>Also, and I can tell you this from substantial personal experience, the main cause of hangovers is simple dehydration, and can be at least partly prevented by drinking sufficient water before going to sleep. Certainly there are other compounds in various alcoholic beverages that can contribute to its toxicity (fusel oil, a mixture of higher alcohols and furfural, being my favorite, because it has such a cool name) but your pointing a finger at a single compound and tying it to a particular food additive suggests both some degree of ignorance and some magnitude of agenda. Of course, given the nearly spam-like numbers of links you provide, I'm not exactly being Sherlock Holmes here.<BR/><BR/>Or, put another way, I do not believe that you are correct, but I imagine that you have reasons for continuing to believe what you believe, no matter what I say, so there we are. I'd offer you good luck in your crusade (it's no skin of me in any case, since I don't care for the stuff), but basically, I don't care that much.James Killushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08265296146264452333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071936218849577375.post-50266184242315635262007-10-27T08:55:00.000-07:002007-10-27T08:55:00.000-07:00The 11 % methanol component of aspartame converts ...The 11 % methanol component of aspartame converts in humans into formaldehyde and then formic acid at the same amounts from diet soda as from dark wines and liquors -- the major cause of "morning after" hangovers.<BR/><BR/>"Of course, everyone chooses, as a natural priority,<BR/>to actively find, quickly share, and positively act<BR/>upon the facts about healthy and safe food, drink,<BR/>and environment."<BR/><BR/>Rich Murray, MA Room For All rmforall@comcast.net<BR/>505-501-2298 1943 Otowi Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505<BR/><BR/>http://RMForAll.blogspot.com new primary archive<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages<BR/>group with 111 members, 1,482 posts in a public,<BR/>searchable archive<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1472<BR/>bias, omissions, incuriosity = opportunity, aspartame safety evaluation, Magnuson BA, Burdock GA, Williams GM, 7 more, 2007 Sept, Ajinomoto funded 98 pages html [$ 32 781888262_content.pdf]: Murray 2007.09.15<BR/>////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<BR/><BR/><BR/>13 mainstream research studies in 24 months showing aspartame toxicity, also 3 relevant studies on methanol and formaldehyde: Murray 2007.10.27<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1464<BR/><BR/>Aspartame toxicity was shown in thirteen detailed mainstream research<BR/>studies in 24 months in work by expert teams in South Africa, England,<BR/>Italy, Greece, Hungary, and Mexico.<BR/><BR/>Very little has been publicized in mass print and broadcast media.<BR/><BR/>Also highly relevant are a study in South Korea that finds levels of<BR/>methanol similar to those from aspartame drinks cause the hangovers<BR/>from alcohol drinks, a study in China on Alzheimer's type damage in<BR/>nerve cells from low dose formaldehyde, and an IARC review by 25<BR/>experts that determines formaldehyde to be a human carcinogen.<BR/>////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://RMForAll.blogspot.com October 12, 2007<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1479<BR/>13,620 seniors using more than 1 can/week artificially sweetened<BR/>[aspartame] soft drinks had 8 % higher death risk, 1981-2004, Paganini-<BR/>Hill A, Kawas CH, Corrada MM, U. Southern Cal., Prev. Med. 2007 April<BR/>44(4) 305-10: Murray 2007.10.12<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1475<BR/>19,000 people, the 4 % of users of aspartame who drink average 5 cans<BR/>daily, have more problems in NIH AARP study of 474,000 people: Murray<BR/>2007.09.21<BR/>http://RMForAll.blogspot.com September 21, 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/>This is the first good data about the percentage of aspartame users<BR/>who use over 3 cans daily, averaging 5 cans daily at 200 mg per 12 oz<BR/>can diet soda.<BR/><BR/>About 4 % of 473,984 is 19,000 people, with a peak intake of 17 cans<BR/>daily, and average 5 cans daily.<BR/><BR/>It would be worthwhile to investigate a wide variety of symptoms for<BR/>the 0.1 % of highest level users, about 500 people.<BR/><BR/>For about 200 million USA aspartame users, this would be 200,000<BR/>people.<BR/><BR/>Table 1 reveals consistent increase in problems from<BR/><BR/>--------------------- zero to (400-600) to (over 600) mg/d<BR/>aspartame intake:<BR/><BR/>% of cohort ---------- 46 -------- 5 -------- 4 %<BR/><BR/>mean aspartame mg/d --- 0 -------441 ------ 986<BR/><BR/>16+ education -------- 37 ------- 40 ------- 34 %<BR/><BR/>diabetes history ------ 3 ------- 22 ------- 26 %<BR/><BR/>alcohol g/d ---------- 14 ------- 11 ------- 13<BR/><BR/>never smoke ---------- 36 ------- 31 ------- 29 %<BR/><BR/>Body Mass Index ------ 26 ------- 29 ------- 29<BR/><BR/>18.5 - 25 ------------ 42 ------- 21 ------- 19 %<BR/><BR/>30 - 35 -------------- 13 ------- 23 ------- 26 %<BR/><BR/>over 35 -------------- 4 ------- 10 ------- 13 %<BR/><BR/>Physical activity %:<BR/><BR/>under 3-4/mo --------- 32 ------- 32 ------- 37 %<BR/><BR/>under 1-2/wk --------- 22 ------- 21 ------- 19 %<BR/><BR/>over 3-4/wk ---------- 45 ------- 45 ------- 43 %<BR/><BR/>Calories kcal ----- 1,919 ---- 1,855 ---- 2,044 %<BR/><BR/>Caffeine mg/d ------ 393 ------ 364 ------ 424<BR/><BR/>There do seem to be many increases of problems<BR/>from the second to third row, as mean aspartame use doubles.<BR/><BR/>Granted, this is cherry picking the data, selecting interesting<BR/>patterns.<BR/><BR/>Correlations alone do not prove any direction of causation.<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, it may be of value to study the correlations for<BR/>increasing aspartame intake among the 4 % using over 600 mg, the<BR/>equivalent of 3 cans 12-oz cans diet soda daily. The average use for<BR/>this group is 5 cans daily.<BR/><BR/>For instance, are a minority of these heavy users displaying the great<BR/>majority of the problems that are reflected in the mean for each level<BR/>of use, with most users only having little or no increase in problems?<BR/><BR/>This is a group of about 20,000 people.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1141<BR/>Nurses Health Study can quickly reveal the extent of aspartame<BR/>(methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid) toxicity: Murray 2004.11.21<BR/><BR/>The Nurses Health Study is a bonanza of information about the health<BR/>of probably hundreds of nurses who use 6 or more cans daily of diet soft<BR/>drinks -- they have also stored blood and tissue samples from their<BR/>immense pool of subjects, over 100,000 for decades.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006 Sep; 15(9): 1654-9.<BR/>Comment in:<BR/>Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Jul; 16(7): 1527-8;<BR/>author reply 1528-9.<BR/>Consumption of aspartame-containing beverages and incidence of<BR/>hematopoietic and brain malignancies.<BR/>Lim U, Subar AF, Mouw T, Hartge P, Morton LM, Stolzenberg-Solomon R,<BR/>Campbell D, Hollenbeck AR, Schatzkin A.<BR/>Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences,<BR/>National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Boulevard, EPN 4005,<BR/>Rockville, MD 20852-7344, USA. PMID: 16985027<BR/><BR/>Unhee Lim 1,<BR/>Amy F. Subar 2, subara@mail.nih.gov,<BR/>Traci Mouw 1,<BR/>Patricia Hartge 1,<BR/>Lindsay M. Morton 1,<BR/>Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon 1,<BR/>David Campbell 3,<BR/>Albert R. Hollenbeck 4<BR/>and Arthur Schatzkin 1<BR/><BR/>1 Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics,<BR/><BR/>2 Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer<BR/>Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services;<BR/><BR/>3 Information Management Services, Inc., Rockville, Maryland; and<BR/><BR/>4 AARP, Washington, District of Columbia<BR/><BR/>Requests for reprints: Amy Subar,<BR/>Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences,<BR/>National Cancer Institute,<BR/>6130 Executive Boulevard, EPN 4005, Rockville, MD 20852-7344.<BR/>Phone: 301-594-0831; Fax: 301-435-3710. E-mail: subara@mail.nih.gov<BR/><BR/>http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/full/15/9/1654 free full<BR/>text<BR/><BR/>BACKGROUND:<BR/>In a few animal experiments, aspartame has been linked to<BR/>hematopoietic and brain cancers.<BR/><BR/>Most animal studies have found no increase in the risk of these or<BR/>other cancers.<BR/><BR/>Data on humans are sparse for either cancer.<BR/><BR/>Concern lingers regarding this widely used artificial sweetener.<BR/><BR/>OBJECTIVE:<BR/>We investigated prospectively whether aspartame consumption is<BR/>associated with the risk of hematopoietic cancers or gliomas<BR/>(malignant brain cancer).<BR/><BR/>METHODS:<BR/>We examined 285,079 men and 188,905 women ages 50 to 71 years in the<BR/>NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study cohort<BR/><BR/>Daily aspartame intake was derived from responses to a baseline self-<BR/>administered food frequency questionnaire that queried consumption of<BR/>four aspartame-containing beverages (soda, fruit drinks, sweetened<BR/>iced tea, and aspartame added to hot coffee and tea) during the past<BR/>year.<BR/><BR/>Histologically confirmed incident cancers were identified from eight<BR/>state cancer registries.<BR/><BR/>Multivariable-adjusted relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence<BR/>intervals (CI) were estimated using Cox proportional hazards<BR/>regression that adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, body mass index, and<BR/>history of diabetes.<BR/><BR/>RESULTS:<BR/>During over 5 years of follow-up (1995-2000), 1,888 hematopoietic<BR/>cancers and 315 malignant gliomas were ascertained.<BR/><BR/>Higher levels of aspartame intake were not associated with the risk of<BR/>overall hematopoietic cancer<BR/>(RR for over 600 mg/d, 0.98; 95 % CI, 0.76-1.27),<BR/>glioma (RR for over 400 mg/d, 0.73; 95 % CI, 0.46-1.15;<BR/>P for inverse linear trend = 0.05),<BR/>or their subtypes in men and women.<BR/><BR/>CONCLUSIONS:<BR/>Our findings do not support the hypothesis that aspartame increases<BR/>hematopoietic or brain cancer risk. PMID: 16985027<BR/><BR/>"We cannot exclude the possibility that higher aspartame consumption<BR/>than that observed in this study may be associated with an elevated<BR/>risk of hematopoietic or brain cancers.<BR/><BR/>In the laboratory study with positive findings, animals were fed doses<BR/>starting from 4 mg up to 5,000 mg per kg body weight.<BR/><BR/>Significantly elevated lymphomas and leukemias were observed in female<BR/>rats fed 20 mg of aspartame and higher (e.g., 1,200 mg for humans<BR/>weighing 60 kg or 132 lb; refs. 13, 14).<BR/><BR/>The reported aspartame intake in our data ranged from 0 to 3,400 mg/d<BR/>with sparse numbers in the upper intake categories (under 1 %<BR/>consuming over 1,200 mg/d).<BR/><BR/>However, we did not detect any increase in risk estimates in the<BR/>highest categories (over 1,200 or 2,000 mg/d, which is equivalent to<BR/>about 7 to 11 cans of soft drinks daily) compared with the lowest<BR/>categories,<BR/>and the associations were similarly null in both men and women."<BR/><BR/>Table 1. NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study aspartame intake levels from<BR/>beverages, 1995-2000 (N = 473,984) [ adapted from article ]<BR/><BR/>0 - under 100 - 100-200 - 200-400 - 400-600 - 600-1200 - over 1200 mg/d<BR/><BR/>cohort %<BR/>46 ------- 25 ------ 13 ------ 7 -------- 5 -- about 3 --- under 1<BR/>////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1472<BR/>bias, omissions, incuriosity, opportunity, aspartame safety<BR/>evaluation, Magnuson BA, Burdock GA, Williams GM, 7 more, 2007 Sept,<BR/>Ajinomoto funded 98 pages html [$ 32 781888262_content.pdf]: Murray<BR/>2007.09.14<BR/><BR/><BR/>Eur J Clin Nutr. 2007 Aug 8; [Epub ahead of print]<BR/>Direct and indirect cellular effects of aspartame on the brain.<BR/>Humphries P,<BR/>Pretorius E, resia.pretorius@up.ac.za,<BR/>Naudé H.<BR/>[1] Department of Anatomy, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng,<BR/>South Africa<BR/>[2] Department of Anatomy, University of the Limpopo, South Africa.<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1463<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ultrastruct Pathol. 2007 Mar-Apr; 31(2): 77-83.<BR/>Ultrastructural changes to rabbit fibrin and platelets due to<BR/>aspartame.<BR/>Pretorius E,<BR/>Humphries P.<BR/>Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine,<BR/>University of Pretoria, South Africa.<BR/>[ Humphries P also at<BR/>Department of Anatomy, University of Limpopo.<BR/>Medunsa Campus, Garankuwa. South Africa ]<BR/>*Correspondence to E. Pretorius,<BR/>BMW Building, PO Box 2034,<BR/>Faculty of Health Sciences,<BR/>University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1452<BR/><BR/><BR/>[ not about aspartame, but highly suggestive... ]<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1471<BR/>Food additives and hyperactive behaviour in kids, McCann D, Grimshaw<BR/>K, Sonuga-Barke, Warner JO, Stevenson J, et al, The Lancet 2007.09.06<BR/>pdf 454 KB: Murray 2007.09.06<BR/><BR/>www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/womenfamily.html?in_article_id=45\3431&in_page_id=1799<BR/>By UK Daily Mail Newspaper<BR/>The proof food additives ARE as bad as we feared<BR/>By SEAN POULTER Last updated at 09:53am on 18th May 2007<BR/><BR/>[ This team will publish their confirming study later in 2007. ]<BR/>http://adc.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/89/6/506<BR/>Archives of Disease in Childhood 2004; 89(6): 506-511<BR/>Erratum in: Arch Dis Child. 2005 Aug; 90(8): 875.<BR/>© 2004 BMJ Publishing Group & Royal College of Paediatrics and Child<BR/>Health<BR/>The effects of a double blind, placebo controlled, artificial food<BR/>colourings and benzoate preservative challenge on hyperactivity in a<BR/>general population sample of preschool children<BR/>B Bateman 1,<BR/>J O Warner 1, j.o.warner@imperial.ac.uk,<BR/>E Hutchinson 3,<BR/>T Dean 5, tara.dean@port.ac.uk,<BR/>P Rowlandson 4, Dr. Piers Rolandson, Paediatric Tutor<BR/>C Gant 5,<BR/>J Grundy 5,<BR/>C Fitzgerald 3<BR/>and J Stevenson 2 jsteven@soton.ac.uk,<BR/>1 Infection, Inflammation and Repair Division, University of<BR/>Southampton, Southampton, UK<BR/>2 Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK<BR/>3 Department of Clinical Psychology, St Mary's Hospital, Isle of<BR/>Wight, UK<BR/>4 Department of Paediatrics, St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight, UK<BR/>5 David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, St Mary's Hospital,<BR/>Isle of Wight, UK<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1461<BR/><BR/><BR/>www.ehponline.org/members/2007/10271/10271.pdf free full text 24 pages<BR/>National Institutes of Health<BR/>U.S. Department of Health and Human Services<BR/>ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES<BR/>Lifespan Exposure to Low Doses of Aspartame Beginning During Prenatal<BR/>Life Increases Cancer Effects in Rats<BR/>doi:10.1289/ehp.10271 (available at http://dx.doi.org/)<BR/>Online 13 June 2007<BR/>Morando Soffritti 1,<BR/>Fiorella Belpoggi 1,<BR/>Eva Tibaldi 1,<BR/>Davide Degli Esposti 1,<BR/>Michela Lauriola 1<BR/>1 Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center, European Ramazzini Foundation<BR/>of Oncology and Environmental Sciences, Bologna Italy<BR/>Address of the institution: Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center,<BR/>European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences<BR/>Castello di Bentivoglio, Via Saliceto, 3, 40010 Bentivoglio, Bologna,<BR/>Italy +39 051 6640460 fax +39 051 6640223<BR/>crcfr@ramazzini.it, www.ramazzini.it<BR/>Address correspondence to: M. Soffritti<BR/>Acknowledgements:<BR/>This research was supported entirely by the European Ramazzini<BR/>Foundation Environmental Sciences.<BR/>The authors declare that they have no competing financial interests.<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1441<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.ramazzini.it/fondazione/docs/NYAS_Aspartame_Ramazzini.pdf<BR/>Results of Long-Term Carcinogenicity Bioassay on Sprague-Dawley Rats<BR/>Exposed to Aspartame Administered in Feed<BR/>Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 2006 Sep; 1076: 559-577.<BR/>Fiorella Belpoggi,<BR/>Morando Soffritti,<BR/>Michela Padovani,<BR/>Davide Degli Esposti,<BR/>Michelina Lauriola, and<BR/>Franco Minardi.<BR/>The end judges everything -- HERODOTUS (480-425 B.C.) The History<BR/>Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center,<BR/>European Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences<BR/>'B. Ramazzini', 40010 Bentivoglio, Bologna, Italy<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1382<BR/>[ and, previously ]<BR/>First experimental demonstration of the multipotential<BR/>carcinogenic effects of aspartame administered in the feed to Sprague-<BR/>Dawley rats.<BR/>Environ. Health Perspect. 2006 Mar; 114: 379-385. PMID: 16507461<BR/>Soffritti M, Belpoggi F, Degli Esposti D, Lambertini L, Tibaldi E,<BR/>Rigano A.<BR/>Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 113, Number 11<BR/>November 2005 Current print issue<BR/>The full version of this article is available for free in PDF format.<BR/>http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2005/8711/8711.pdf 35 pages<BR/>First Experimental Demonstration of the<BR/>Multipotential Carcinogenic Effects of Aspartame<BR/>Administered in the Feed to Sprague-Dawley Rats.<BR/>Morando Soffritti, Fiorella Belpoggi, Davide Degli Esposti,<BR/>Luca Lambertini, Eva Tibaldi, and Anna Rigano.<BR/>doi:10.1289/ehp.8711 (available at http://dx.doi.org/)<BR/>Online 17 November 2005<BR/>The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences<BR/>National Institutes of Health<BR/>U.S. Department of Health and Human Services<BR/>http://www.ehponline.org/<BR/>Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center,<BR/>European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and<BR/>Environmental Sciences<BR/>Sofritti, M. et al. 2005.<BR/>Aspartame induces lymphomas and leukaemias in rats.<BR/>Eur. J. Oncol. 2005; 10: 107-116.<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1250<BR/><BR/><BR/>Food Chem Toxicol. 2007 Jun 16;[Epub ahead of print]<BR/>The effect of aspartame metabolites on the suckling rat<BR/>frontal cortex acetylcholinesterase. An in vitro study.<BR/>Simintzi I,<BR/>Schulpis KH, inchildh@otenet.gr,<BR/>Angelogianni P,<BR/>Liapi C,<BR/>Tsakiris S. stsakir@cc.uoa.gr,<BR/>Department of Experimental Physiology, Medical School,<BR/>University of Athens,<BR/>P.O. Box 65257, GR 15401 Athens, Greece.<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1459<BR/><BR/><BR/>Toxicology. 2007 May 18; [Epub ahead of print]<BR/>l-Cysteine and glutathione restore the reduction of rat hippocampal<BR/>Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity induced by aspartame metabolites.<BR/>Simintzi I,<BR/>Schulpis KH,<BR/>Angelogianni P,<BR/>Liapi C,<BR/>Tsakiris S.<BR/>Department of Experimental Physiology,<BR/>Medical School, Athens University,<BR/>P.O. Box 65257, GR-15401 Athens, Greece.<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1447<BR/><BR/><BR/>Pharmacol Res. 2007 May 13; [Epub ahead of print]<BR/>The effect of aspartame on acetylcholinesterase activity in<BR/>hippocampal homogenates of suckling rats.<BR/>Simintzi I,<BR/>Schulpis KH,<BR/>Angelogianni P,<BR/>Liapi C,<BR/>Tsakiris S.<BR/>Department of Experimental Physiology,<BR/>Medical School, University of Athens,<BR/>P.O. Box 65257, GR-15401 Athens, Greece.<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1444<BR/><BR/><BR/>Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005 Dec 14; [Epub ahead of print]<BR/>The effect of L-cysteine and glutathione on inhibition of<BR/>Na(+), K(+)-ATPase activity by aspartame metabolites<BR/>in human erythrocyte [red blood cell] membrane.<BR/>Schulpis KH, Kleopatra H. Schulpis, MD, PhD.<BR/>Institute of Child Health, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital,<BR/>GR-11527 Athens (Greece) +30 1 7708291, Fax +30 1 7700111<BR/>inchildh@otenet.gr<BR/>Papassotiriou I, biochem@paidon-agiasofia.gr,<BR/>Tsakiris T,<BR/>Tsakiris S. Stylianos Tsakiris. stsakir@cc.uoa.gr,<BR/>1 Institute of Child Health, Research Center,<BR/>'Aghia Sophia' Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.<BR/>ggbriass@med.uoc.gr ersi_voskaridou@yahoo.com<BR/>mmoschov@med.uoa.gr siahanidou@hotmail.com<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1279<BR/><BR/><BR/>Pharmacol Res. 2005 Aug 26; [Epub ahead of print]<BR/>The effect of aspartame metabolites on human [red blood cell]<BR/>erythrocyte membrane acetylcholinesterase activity.<BR/>Tsakiris S,<BR/>Giannoulia-Karantana A,<BR/>Simintzi I,<BR/>Schulpis KH.<BR/>Department of Experimental Physiology, Medical School,<BR/>University of Athens, P.O. Box 65257, GR-154 01 Athens, Greece.<BR/>Stylianos Tsakiris. stsakir@cc.uoa.gr,<BR/>Giannoulia-Karantana A. First Department of Pediatrics,<BR/>Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.<BR/>Kleopatra H. Schulpis, MD, PhD. Institute of Child Health,<BR/>Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, GR-11527 Athens (Greece)<BR/>Tel. +30 1 7708291, Fax +30 1 7700111 inchildh@otenet.gr<BR/>[ Papoutsakis T. tina.papoutsakis@hua.gr,<BR/>Papadopoulos G. Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology,<BR/>University of Thessaly, Ploutonos 26, 41221 Larisa, Greece<BR/>papg@chem.auth.gr, ]<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1213<BR/><BR/><BR/>In Vivo. 2007 Jan-Feb; 21(1): 89-92.<BR/>The effect of aspartame administration on oncogene and suppressor gene<BR/>expressions.<BR/>Gombos K, katalin_gombos@yahoo.com,<BR/>Varjas T,<BR/>Orsos Z,<BR/>Polyak E,<BR/>Peredi J,<BR/>Varga Z,<BR/>Nowrasteh G,<BR/>Tettinger A,<BR/>Mucsi G,<BR/>Ember I.<BR/>Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Public Health University of Pecs,<BR/>Pecs, Hungary.<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1414<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hum Exp Toxicol. 2006 Aug; 25(8): 453-9.<BR/>The effect of aspartame on rat brain xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes.<BR/>Vences-Mejia A 1,<BR/>Labra-Ruiz N 1,<BR/>Hernandez-Martinez N 1,<BR/>Dorado-Gonzalez V 1,<BR/>Gomez-Garduno J 1,<BR/>Perez-Lopez I 1,<BR/>Nosti-Palacios R 1,<BR/>Camacho Carranza R 2,<BR/>Espinosa-Aguirre JJ 2.<BR/>Laboratorio de Toxicologia Genetica,<BR/>1: Instituto Nacional de Pediatria, Insurgentes Sur, 3700-C,<BR/>04530 Mexico, DF Mexico.<BR/>2: Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, UNAM, Apartado postal<BR/>70228,<BR/>Ciudad Universitaria 04510 México, D.F., México<BR/>http://www.biomedicas.unam.mx/index.asp<BR/>*Correspondence: JJ Espinosa-Aguirre, Instituto de Investigaciones<BR/>Biome´dicas, UNAM, Apartado postal 70228, Ciudad<BR/>Universitaria 04510 Me´xico, D.F., Me´xico<BR/>Human & Experimental Toxicology (2006) 25(8): 453 - 459.<BR/>www.sagepublications.com<BR/>c 2006 SAGE Publications 10.1191/0960327106het646oa<BR/>[ Dra. Araceli Vences M<BR/>Jefa de Laboratorio de Toxicologia Genetica<BR/>6° P de Hospital Laboratorios<BR/>10 84 09 00 Ext.1410 -1448 aritaven@yahoo.com.mx, ]<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1373<BR/><BR/><BR/>Toxicol Sci. 2006 Mar;90(1):178-87.<BR/>Synergistic interactions between commonly used food additives in a<BR/>developmental neurotoxicity test.<BR/>Lau K, McLean WG, Williams DP, Howard CV.<BR/>Developmental Toxicopathology Unit,<BR/>Department of Human Anatomy & Cell Biology,<BR/>University of Liverpool, Sherrington Buildings, Liverpool L69 3GE, UK;<BR/>Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics,<BR/>University of Liverpool, Sherrington Buildings, Liverpool L69 3GE, UK.<BR/>W. Graham McLean w.g.mclean@liv.ac.uk,<BR/>C. V. Howard c.v.howard@liverpool.ac.uk,<BR/>D. P. Williams dom@liv.ac.uk, 0151 794 5791 http://www.liv.ac.uk/<BR/>Miss. Karen Lau karenlau@liv.ac.uk, 0151 795 4223<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1271<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2202-8-9.pdf<BR/>free full text 28 pages<BR/>This Provisional PDF corresponds to the article as it appeared upon<BR/>acceptance.<BR/>Copyedited and fully formatted PDF and full text (HTML) versions will<BR/>be made available soon.<BR/>Amyloid-like aggregates of neuronal tau induced by formaldehyde<BR/>promote<BR/>apoptosis of neuronal cells<BR/>BMC Neuroscience 2007 Jan 23, 8(1): 9 doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-8-9<BR/>Chunlai Nie niecl1022@ioz.ac.cn,<BR/>Xing sheng Wang step@sun5.ibp.ac.cn,<BR/>Ying Liu liuy@moon.ibp.ac.cn,<BR/>Sarah Perrett sperrett@ibp.ac.cn,<BR/>Rongqiao He herq@sun5.ibp.ac.cn,<BR/>ISSN 1471-2202<BR/>Article type Research article<BR/>Submission date 15 August 2006<BR/>Acceptance date 23 January 2007<BR/>Publication date 23 January 2007<BR/>Article URL http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/8/9<BR/>Chun Lai Nie 1,3,<BR/>Xing Sheng Wang 1,3,<BR/>Ying Liu 1,<BR/>Sarah Perrett 2 and<BR/>Rong Qiao He 1,3*<BR/>1 State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science,<BR/>Institute of Biophysics, 15 Datun Rd, Chaoyang District, Beijing<BR/>100101, China<BR/>2 National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules,<BR/>Institute of Biophysics, 15 Datun Rd, Chaoyang District, Beijing<BR/>100101, China<BR/>3 Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Rd,<BR/>Shijingshan<BR/>District, Beijing 100049, China<BR/>*Corresponding author<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1406<BR/><BR/><BR/>Addict Biol. 2005 Dec;10(4): 351-5.<BR/>Concentration changes of methanol in blood samples during<BR/>an experimentally induced alcohol hangover state.<BR/>Woo YS, Yoon SJ, Lee HK, Lee CU, Chae JH, Lee CT, Kim DJ.<BR/>Chuncheon National Hospital, Department of Psychiatry,<BR/>The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.<BR/>http://www.cuk.ac.kr/eng/ sysop@catholic.ac.kr<BR/>Songsin Campus: 02-740-9714 Songsim Campus: 02-2164-4116<BR/>Songeui Campus: 02-2164-4114<BR/>http://www.cuk.ac.kr/eng/sub055.htm eight hospitals<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1394<BR/><BR/><BR/>" Absorbed formaldehyde can be oxidized to formate and carbon dioxide<BR/>or can be incorporated into biologic macromolecules. "<BR/><BR/>[ References include: Soffritti M, Belpoggi F, Lambertini L, Lauriola<BR/>M,<BR/>Padovani M, Maltoni C. 2002. Results of long-term experimental studies<BR/>on the carcinogenicity of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde in rats. Ann<BR/>NY Acad Sci 982: 87-105.<BR/><BR/>Soffritti M, Maltoni C, Maffei F, Biagi R. 1989. Formaldehyde: an<BR/>experimental multipotential carcinogen. Toxicol Ind Health 5:699-730.<BR/>"<BR/>Morando Soffritti is a member of the Working Group. ]<BR/><BR/>http://www.ehponline.org/members/2005/7542/7542.html free full text<BR/><BR/>After a thorough discussion of the epidemiologic, experimental, and<BR/>other relevant data, the working group concluded that formaldehyde is<BR/>carcinogenic to humans, based on sufficient evidence in humans and in<BR/>experimental animals.<BR/><BR/>In the epidemiologic studies, there was sufficient evidence that<BR/>formaldehyde causes nasopharyngeal cancer, "strong but not sufficient"<BR/>evidence of leukemia, and limited evidence of sinonasal cancer.<BR/><BR/>The working group also concluded that 2-butoxyethanol and<BR/>1-tert-butoxy-2-propanol are not classifiable as to their<BR/>carcinogenicity to humans, each having limited evidence in<BR/>experimental animals and inadequate evidence in humans.<BR/><BR/>These three evaluations and the supporting data will be published as<BR/>Volume 88 of the IARC Monographs. PMID: 16140628<BR/><BR/>Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Sep; 113(9): 1205-8.<BR/>Meeting report: summary of IARC monographs on formaldehyde, 2-<BR/>butoxyethanol, and 1-tert-butoxy-2-propanol.<BR/>Cogliano VJ, Vincent James Cogliano cogliano@iarc.fr,<BR/>Grosse Y, Yann Grosse grosse@iarc.fr,<BR/>Baan RA, Robert A. Baan baan@iarc.fr,<BR/>Straif K, Kurt straif@iarc.fr,<BR/>Secretan MB, Marie Béatrice Secretan secretan@iarc.fr,<BR/>El Ghissassi F, Fatiha El Ghissassi elghissassi@iarc.fr,<BR/>Working Group for Volume 88.<BR/><BR/>IARC, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon CEDEX 08, France<BR/>Tel: +33 (0)4 72 73 84 85 - Fax: +33 (0)4 72 73 85 75<BR/>© IARC 2004 - All Rights Reserved<BR/>http://monographs.iarc.fr cie@iarc.fr,<BR/><BR/>Monographs Recently Published<BR/><BR/>IARC Monographs Vol 88<BR/>Formaldehyde, 2-Butoxyethanol and 1-tert-Butoxypropan-2-ol<BR/>December 2006<BR/>478 pages<BR/>ISBN 92 832 1288 6<BR/>US$ 40<BR/><BR/>This volume re-evaluates the available evidence on the carcinogenic<BR/>potential of formaldehyde, a substance that is found in the workplace<BR/>and in the environment.<BR/>Formaldehyde is widely used in resins that bind wood products, pulp<BR/>and paper; in glasswool and rockwool insulation; in plastics and<BR/>coatings, textile finishing, chemical manufacture; and as a<BR/>disinfectant and preservative.<BR/>Also evaluated are two glycol ethers, 2-butoxyethanol and 1-tert-<BR/>butoxypropan-2-ol,<BR/>which are widely used as solvents in paints and paint thinners,<BR/>coatings, glass and surface cleaners, inks, adhesives, personal-care<BR/>products, and as chemical intermediates.<BR/>As for formaldehyde, there is sufficient evidence in epidemiological<BR/>studies for nasopharyngeal cancer, strong but not sufficient evidence<BR/>for leukaemia, and limited evidence for sinonasal cancer.<BR/>The extensive scientific database on the mechanisms by which<BR/>formaldehyde can induce nasal-tract cancer in humans is considered.<BR/>These data provide strong support for the empirical observation of<BR/>nasopharyngeal cancer in humans.<BR/>In contrast, the lack of information on possible mechanisms by which<BR/>formaldehyde might increase the risk for leukaemia in humans tempered<BR/>the interpretation of the epidemiological data on that cancer.<BR/>Although this volume focuses on a qualitative assessment of the<BR/>carcinogenic potential of formaldehyde, subsequent predictions of the<BR/>risks for nasopharyngeal cancer should consider pertinent information<BR/>on mechanisms of carcinogenesis, including genotoxicity and dose-<BR/>dependent cytoxicity.<BR/>A theme common to the three evaluations is the consideration of<BR/>mechanistic information to develop and evaluate hypotheses on the<BR/>sequence of steps that lead to the induction of tumours in<BR/>experimental animals.<BR/>The hypothesized mechanisms described provide an interesting set of<BR/>cases that range from a vast literature on respiratory tract tumours<BR/>in rats induced by the inhalation of formaldehyde to some more<BR/>tentative hypotheses on the various tumours observed in animals<BR/>following exposure to both glycol ethers.<BR/>Recurring issues were the criteria that characterize a rare tumour or<BR/>how to introduce additional information to resolve difficult<BR/>questions; for example, how to consider the results of historical<BR/>controls.<BR/><BR/>International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.<BR/><BR/>An international, interdisciplinary working group of expert scientists<BR/>met in June 2004 to develop IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of the<BR/>Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Humans (IARC Monographs) on<BR/>formaldehyde, 2-butoxyethanol, and 1-tert-butoxy-2-propanol.<BR/><BR/>Each IARC Monograph includes a critical review of the pertinent<BR/>scientific literature and an evaluation of an agent's potential to<BR/>cause cancer in humans.<BR/><BR/>Key words: 1-tert-butoxy-2-propanol, 2-butoxyethanol, carcinogen,<BR/>formaldehyde, glycol ethers, hazard identification, IARC Monographs,<BR/>leukemia, nasopharyngeal cancer, sinonasal cancer. Environ Health<BR/>Perspect 113: 1205-1208 (2005) .<BR/>doi:10.1289/ehp.7542 available via http://dx.doi.org/ [Online 12 May<BR/>2005]<BR/><BR/>Address correspondence to V.J. Cogliano, Carcinogen Identification and<BR/>Evaluation, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours<BR/>Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon cedex 08, France.<BR/>33-4-72-73-84-76. fax 33-4-72-73-83-19 cogliano@iarc.fr,<BR/><BR/>The Working Group for Volume 88 of the IARC Monographs includes:<BR/><BR/>Ulrich Andrae (Germany) , andrae@gsf.de, Dr. Ulrich Andrae, GSF-<BR/>Institut für Toxikologie,. Postfach 1129, D-85758 Neuherberg, Germany<BR/>Fax: 149-089-3187-3449 Sherwood Burge (UK),<BR/><BR/>Rajendra S Chhabra (USA) , http://dir.niehs.nih.gov/dirtob/chhabra.htm<BR/>chhabrar@niehs.nih.gov, General Toxicology Group, TOB, ETP, DIR<BR/><BR/>John Cocker (UK) , Health and Safety Laboratory, Buxton, UK<BR/>john.cocker@hsl.gov.uk,<BR/><BR/>David N Coggon (UK) , MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit at the<BR/>University of Southampton, UK dnc@mrc.soton.ac.uk,<BR/><BR/>Rory Conolly (USA) , Rconolly@ciit.org, Senior Research Biologist,<BR/>National Center for Computational Toxicology, Office of Research and<BR/>Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency<BR/><BR/>Paul Demers (Canada) , pdemers@unixg.ubc.ca, Occupational Hygiene<BR/>Institute, University of British Columbia<BR/><BR/>David A Eastmond (USA) , david.eastmond@ucr.edu, Enviromental<BR/>Toxicology<BR/>Graduate Program, University of California Riverside, CA 92521 (951)<BR/>827-4497 (Voice) (951) 827-3087 (Fax)<BR/><BR/>Elaine Faustman (USA) , faustman@u.washington.edu, Professor, Env. and<BR/>Occ. Health Sciences, Adjunct Professor, Evans School 206-685-2269<BR/><BR/>Victor J Feron (the Netherlands) , TNO Nutrition and Food Research<BR/>(retired), The Netherlands TNO-CIVO TOXICOLOGY AND NUTRITION INSTITUTE<BR/>Utrechtseweg 48 3704 HE Zeist The Netherlands (31)-3404 44 144<BR/><BR/>Michel Gérin (Canada, Chair) , gerinm@ere.umontreal.ca, Departement de<BR/>medecine du travail et d'hygiene du milieu, Universite de Montreal,<BR/>Quebec, Canada.<BR/><BR/>Marcel Goldberg (France) , marcel.goldberg@st-maurice.inserm.fr,<BR/>France -- National Institute of Health and Medical Research INSERM<BR/>Unite 88, HNSM 14 Rue de Val d'Osne F-94410 St. Maurice France [33]<BR/>1-451-83859 [33] 1-451-83889 Departement Sante Travail, Institut de<BR/>Veille Sanitaire, 12, rue du Val d'Osne, 94410 Saint Maurice, France<BR/><BR/>Bernard D Goldstein (USA) , bdgold@pitt.edu, Director of the<BR/>Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute and Professor<BR/>and Chair of the Department of Environmental and Community Medicine at<BR/>UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dean's Office, University<BR/>of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, A624 Crabtree Hall,<BR/>130 DeSoto St., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.<BR/><BR/>Roland C Grafström (Sweden) , roland.grafstrom@imm.ki.se, Roland C<BR/>Grafström, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet,<BR/>Box 210, S−17177 Stockholm, Sweden Telefax: +46-8−329402<BR/><BR/>Johnni Hansen (Denmark) , johnni@cancer.dk, PhD, Senior researcher,<BR/>Danish Cancer Registry , Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish<BR/>Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.<BR/><BR/>Michael Hauptmann (USA) , The National Cancer Institute<BR/><BR/>Kathy Hughes (Canada) , Head, Existing Substances Section 1, Health<BR/>Canada,<BR/><BR/>Ted Junghans (USA) , tjunghans@tech-res.com, Technical Resources<BR/>International, Inc., 6500 Rock Spring Drive, Suite 650, Bethesda, MD<BR/>20817, USA.<BR/><BR/>Dan Krewski (Canada) , MHA, MSc, PhD dkrewski@uottawa.ca, Professor<BR/>Director, R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk<BR/>Assessment, Institute of Population Healt, 1 Stewart Street, Room 320,<BR/>Phone: (613) 562-5381 Fax: (613)562-5380<BR/><BR/>Steve Olin (USA) , solin@ilsi.org, ILSI International Life Sciences<BR/>Institute<BR/><BR/>Martine Reynier (France) , martine.reynier@inrs.fr, Mme Martine<BR/>REYNIER,<BR/>Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité (INRS), 30, rue Olivier<BR/>Noyer, 75680 Paris Cedex 14 (France) Tel : +33 (0)1 40 44 30 81 Fax :<BR/>+33 (0)1 40 44 30 54<BR/><BR/>Judith Shaham (Israel) , yshaham@bezeqint.net, Occupational Cancer<BR/>Department, National Institute of Occupational and Environmental<BR/>Health,<BR/>Raanana, Israel. MD, Occupational Cancer Unit, Occupational Health &<BR/>Rehabilitation Institute, P.O. Box 3, Raanana 43100, ISRAEL<BR/><BR/>Morando Soffritti (Italy) , crcfr@ramazzini.it, European Foundation of<BR/>Oncology and Environmental Sciences "B. Ramazzini", Cesare Maltoni<BR/>Cancer Research Center, Bologna, Italy<BR/><BR/>Leslie Stayner (USA) , lstayner@uic.edu, Division of Epidemiology and<BR/>Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public<BR/>Health (M/C 923), 1603 West Taylor Street, Room 971, Chicago, IL<BR/>60612. E-mail:<BR/><BR/>Patricia Stewart (USA) , National Food Safety and Toxicology Center,<BR/>165 Food Safety and Toxicology Building, Michigan State University,<BR/>East Lansing, MI 48824; fax (517) 432-2310<BR/><BR/>Douglas Wolf (USA) , wolf.doug@epa.gov, DVM, PhD, USEPA, (Toxicology)<BR/><BR/>We gratefully acknowledge the important contributions of the<BR/>administrative staff of the IARC Monographs: S. Egraz, M. Lézère, J.<BR/>Mitchell, and E. Perez.<BR/>The IARC Monographs are supported, in part, by grants from the U.S.<BR/>National Cancer Institute, the European Commission, the U.S. National<BR/>Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the U.S. Environmental<BR/>Protection Agency.<BR/>The authors declare they have no competing financial interests.<BR/>Received 31 August 2004 ; accepted 12 May 2005.<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1417<BR/>////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1467<BR/>4 cases of aspartame-induced thrombocytopenia [ very low platelets in<BR/>blood ], HJ Roberts MD, Letter in Southern Medical Journal 2007 May:<BR/>100(5); 543: Murray 2007.08.25<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1468<BR/>Formaldehyde induced urticarial vasculitis in male medical student,<BR/>age 40, Michael Pellizzari, Gillian Marshman, Flinders U.,<BR/>Australasian J. Dermatol. 2007 Aug: Murray 2007.08.29<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1469<BR/>highly toxic formaldehyde, the cause of alcohol hangovers, is made by<BR/>the body from 100 mg doses of methanol from dark wines and liquors,<BR/>dimethyl dicarbonate, and aspartame: Murray 2007.08.31<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1470<BR/>new details on how formaldehyde and formic acid from methanol are<BR/>neurotoxic: Chun Lai Nie, Rong Giao He, et al, PLoS ONE 2(7): e629<BR/>2007.07.18 Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing: Murray 20097.09.01<BR/>////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1457<BR/>aspartame bans, tis more an avalanche than a trend...: Rich Murray<BR/>2007.08.17<BR/><BR/>[ see also:<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1458<BR/>ASDA, Wal-Mart's UK supermarket chain, bans artificial colors, trans<BR/>fats, MSG and aspartame, Marguerite Kelly, The Washington Post: Murray<BR/>2007.08.03 ]<BR/><BR/>So far, USA print and broadcast media are deaf, blind, and dumb,<BR/>regarding recent major bans of aspartame and MSG in the UK and EU.<BR/><BR/>The EU Parliament voted July 12 to ban artificial sweeteners<BR/>in newly born and infant foods.<BR/><BR/>On May 15 four huge UK supermarket chains announced bans<BR/>of aspartame and MSG, food dyes, and many additives<BR/>to protect kids from ADHD --<BR/>Sainsbury, Tesco, Marks & Spencer, and ASDA, a unit of WalMart.<BR/><BR/>May 31: Coca-Cola and the much larger Cargill Inc.,<BR/>after years of secret development, with 24 patents,<BR/>will soon sell rebiana (stevia) in drinks and food<BR/>in the many nations where it is approved as a sweetener --<BR/>for decades a major sweetener in Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan,<BR/>Thailand, Malasia, Saint Kitts, Nevis,<BR/>Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Israel,<BR/>and an approved supplement in USA, Australia, and Canada,<BR/>according to Wikipedia.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1454<BR/>recent research and news re aspartame and stevia: Murray 2007.08.16<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1395<BR/>Aspartame Controversy, in Wikipedia democratic<BR/>encyclopedia, 72 references (including AspartameNM # 864<BR/>and 1173 by Murray, brief fair summary of much more research:<BR/>Murray 2007.01.01<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1453<BR/>Souring on fake sugar (aspartame), Jennifer Couzin,<BR/>Science 2007.07.06: 4 page letter to FDA from 12 eminent<BR/>USA toxicologists re two Ramazzini Foundation<BR/>cancer studies 2007.06.25: Murray 2007.07.18<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNMmessage/1451<BR/>Artificial sweeteners (aspartame, sucralose) and coloring<BR/>agents will be banned from use in newly-born and baby foods,<BR/>the European Parliament decided: Latvia ban in schools 2006:<BR/>Murray 2007.07.12<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNMmessage/1437<BR/>stevia to be approved and cyclamates limited by<BR/>Food Standards Australia New Zealand:<BR/>JMC Geuns critiques of two recent stevia studies by Nunes:<BR/>Murray 2007.05.29<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1427<BR/>more from The Independent, UK, Martin Hickman, re ASDA<BR/>(unit of Wal-Mart Stores) and Marks & Spencer ban of<BR/>aspartame, MSG, artificial chemical additives and dyes<BR/>to prevent ADHD in kids: urray 2007.05.16<BR/>http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article2548747.ece<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1426<BR/>ASDA (unit of Wal-Mart Stores WMT.N) and Marks & Spencer<BR/>will join Tesco and also Sainsbury to ban and limit<BR/>aspartame, MSG, artificial flavors dyes preservatives additives,<BR/>trans fats, salt "nasties" to protect kids from ADHD:<BR/>leading UK media: Murray 2007.05.15<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1438<BR/>Coca-Cola and Cargill Inc., after years of development,<BR/>with 24 patents, will soon sell rebiana (stevia)<BR/>in drinks and foods: Murray 2007.05.31<BR/><BR/>http://RMForAll.blogspot.com October 17, 2007<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1480<BR/>the tobacco industry violated the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt<BR/>Organizations Act RICO law to "defraud the public." with huge amounts<BR/>of false research to mislead people about its addictive toxin, Elisa K<BR/>Tong, Stanton A Glantz, Circulation 2007 Oct. 16: Murray 2007.10.17<BR/><BR/>www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=PubMed search PubMed<BR/>////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Rich Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048425723553171316noreply@blogger.com