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It should be noted that the study by Dr. Diana Dow-Edwards was originally
funded by the NutraSweet Company.  When she got disastrous results they
withdrew their funding and Dr. Dow-Edwards had to pay for the study herself.
Then the NutraSweet Company refused to accept it.

Understand that indictment was sought for fraud on ones funded by Searle.
U.S. Attorney Sam Skinner went to work for Searle's law firm defending the
case rather than indicting them.  Had he done what was asked NutraSweet
would probably not be in the market today.

Cynthia Crossen in her book THE TAINTED TRUTH; THE MANIPULATION OF FACT
IN AMERICA, says "The road to hell was paved with the flood of corporate
research dollars which in 1991 had burgeoned to over $2.1 billion.
Researchers are working for people who don't like negative findings and
who aren't likely to fund further research by those who produce them. .."
"In today's corporate-dominated information market truth has become to
belong to those who commission it."

So now you get to decide if you want to use a sweetener that in reality
is a deadly drug that has caused grand mal seizures, brain tumors and
other cancers, 92 documented symptoms listed by the FDA, disability and
death, blindness, birth defects, Alzheimers and is deadly for diabetics!

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