Eleven year old Jennifer Cohen from Oradell, New Jersey, chose an experiment for her 6th grade science project that the FDA and the manufacturer's of aspartame should have found to be an obvious test subject. Using sound principles and double blind testing she developed and ran her tests like a professional. Her goal was simple: What happens to aspartame in diet coke? Upon completion of her experiment a reputable food laboratory performed all the necessary chemical evaluations and presented her with the startling results. The laboratory data proved that aspartame breaks down into formaldehyde and DKP (a brain tumor agent) over a wide range of temperatures, from the Soft Drink Association's suggested test temperature of 104 degrees (and higher) to even in the refrigerator. Dr. H. J. Roberts, world expert on aspartame, said the experiment was very important adding: "Jennifer deserves two gold stars". No wonder the population is rampant with so many of the problems listed in the FDA's acknowledged symptoms of aspartame poisoning (http:www.dorway.com/badnews.html). With results such as this, it is obvious why the pharmaceutical companies never tested their product in this manner! For those who require independent confirmation of all facts Winston Laboratories located in Ridgefield, New Jersey, (201-440-0022) ran the tests on the diet cokes used in the following experiment. New (7/97) Check out Jennifer's reply to Dr. Moser, the aspartame industry "mouthpiece" (who initiated contact with her with a five page disinformation spiel) who slammed the door in her face and broke off any further communications with her... because he would not answer a simple question! (Note 1: This is on DORway at: http://www.dorway.com/jcohen.html) (Note 2: This is in pamphlet form at http://www.dorway.com/jenpamp.html Download this as a pamphlet in Wordperfect 6 format from http://www.dorway.com/jenpamp.zip NOTE: Her WEB page was featured in the 5 May issue of "Food Chemical News". (Volume 39 No.11, pages 18 and 19, John Briley, author) ---------------------------------- Begin J. Cohen report THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT STORAGE TEMPERATURES ON THE TASTE AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF DIET COKE BY JENNIFER COHEN ----------------- Jennifer Cohen is an eleven-year old student in Mrs. Simmons' sixth grade Oradell, New Jersey class. The principal of Oradell Public School is Scott Ryan. He may be reached at 201 261-1181. Jennifer conducted an experiment proving aspartame, the artificial sweetener in diet soda, breaks down into two deadly neurotoxins when stored at room temperature and under refrigeration. ----------------- ABSTRACT: The level of aspartame in a can of Diet Coke was found to be 0.06% by a food testing laboratory. The remaining cans from one case of Diet coke were stored under three different heat conditions for 10 weeks. Seven cans were stored in an incubator (104 degrees Fahrenheit), seven cans were stored at room temperature (68-70 degrees Fahrenheit). At the end of 70 days samples were tested for levels of aspartame, formaldehyde and DKP (diketopiperazine). The refrigerated sample contained 0.058 percent aspartame, 0.001 percent DKP and 53.5 parts per billion of formaldehyde. The room temperature sample contained 0.051 percent aspartame, 0.002 percent DKP and 231 parts per billion of formaldehyde. The incubator sample contained 0.026 percent aspartame, 0.010 percent DKP and 76.2 parts per billion of formaldehyde. In addition 10 human subjects tasted each soda sample plus a new can of Diet Coke and rated each sample for taste on a 1-4 scale with 1 being the best and 4 being the worst. The new can of Diet Coke received an average rating of 2.0. The sample stored in the refrigerator received an average rating of 2.6. The sample stored at room temperature received an average rating of 2.5. The sample stored in the incubator received an average rating of 3.8. The effects of heat on Diet coke produced the worst taste and the highest amount of loss of aspartame as well as the greatest increase in levels of DKP. The most pleasing taste was for the new can of Diet Coke. The room temperature sample and the refrigerated sample scored almost the same in the taste test. All samples revealed a presence of formaldehyde. However, the highest level of formaldehyde occurred in the room temperature can. There was also formaldehyde present in the refrigerated sample. BACKGROUND: Aspartame was discovered in l965 by Searle chemist, Jim Schlatter. He was developing this drug for another use and after accidentally licking his finger found that aspartame was sweet. Today aspartame is consumed by more than 100 million people in the United States. This chemical (aspartame) has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) who said that an individual can safely consume 97 packets of aspartame every day. Aspartame is in many products including some that children use such as diet soda, light yogurt, Flintstone Vitamins, baked goods, puddings, and Winterfresh gum. It has been known to cause headaches, nausea, vision problems, seizures and cancer in its users. The ingredients in aspartame are aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methyl alcohol. Methyl alcohol is a chemical that breaks down in high temperatures and turns into formaldehyde and DKP (diketopiperazine), two chemicals known to cause problems in the nervous system. Aspartame's life is 262 days at 77 degrees Fahrenheit, or 25 degrees Celsius. The FDA gets more complaints about aspartame than any other food or drink. The symptoms of aspartame are a lot like the symptoms of multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. Ever since aspartame was approved in l985, there has been an increase in brain tumors. There is no direct proof that aspartame caused the brain tumors, but there is enough reason to suspect that, and the television show, "60 Minutes" recently did a report linking the increase in brain cancer to aspartame use. The FDA reviewed Searle's studies of this artificial sweetener in which rats were fed aspartame daily with their meals for one year. There were 12 brain tumors in the 320 rats that were fed aspartame and no brain tumors in the 120 rats that were not fed aspartame. There was also a study done at the University of Wisconsin on rhesus monkeys. they were fed aspartame daily. After day 200 of a one year study the monkeys developed epileptic seizures. After the study ended, the aspartame was discontinued and the monkeys were are fully watched for 60 days. The monkeys had no more seizures. METHOD: I did my own experiment on aspartame. On January 21, l997, I bought a new case of Diet Coke from the supermarket. I put 7 cans in the refrigerator, 7 cans in my room at room temperature (about 69 degrees) and I put 7 cans in a BOEKEL incubator (80 Watts, 120 AC volts, 0.75 Amps, catalog # 131500) and set the temperature at 40 degrees Celsius which is 104 degrees Fahrenheit. I left them in there for 10 weeks (70 days). I had a thermometer next to each group of cans and I checked the temperatures daily. I took the remaining three cans and brought them to Winston Laboratories in Ridgefield, New jersey to test for a beginning level of aspartame. When I got the test results back, they revealed that there was normally 0.06 per cent of aspartame in the can of diet soda. I chose that temperature because in l985 the National Soft Drink Association reported a similar experiment in which diet soda stored at that temperature turned into formaldehyde. In that experiment they explained that 104 degrees Fahrenheit was equal to a daytime temperature in Phoenix, Arizona over the summer. The National Soft Drink Association recommended that aspartame not be approved for use by people in soda. They published this experiment and their recommendation in the Congressional Record. On April 1, I took the cans of aspartame out of the refrigerator, out of my room and out of the incubator. That day I brought the samples to Winston Laboratory for analysis. I was going to do a taste in my sister's fourth grade class, but the school nurse said that I couldn't because of all the bad things people say about aspartame, so instead I tested the samples on a group of adults. I performed a double blind experiment. My mother helped to label each sample with a number. I conducted the experiment but I did not know which sample each person was drinking. I put all of the cans in a cooler and covered them with ice sos that they would be served at the same temperature. I gave each person a small cup of the soda from the refrigerator, from the incubator, from my room, and from a new can of soda fresh from the supermarket. I asked them to rate the taste on a scale of one to four, four being the worst and one being the best. The actual results are to be found in table#1. Table 1 ROOM COLD WARM NEW TEMP. STORAGE STORAGE CAN SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE #517 #502 #540 #563 SUBJECT #1 4 4 4 3 SUBJECT #2 3 2 4 1 SUBJECT #3 2 3 3 2 SUBJECT #4 1 2 4 2 SUBJECT #5 2 2 4 1 SUBJECT #6 2 3 4 1 SUBJECT #7 2 3 3 4 SUBJECT #8 3 2 4 3 SUBJECT #9 3 2 4 1 SUBJECT #10 3 3 4 2 AVERAGE 2.5 2.6 3.8 2.0 Table #2 contains the results of the testing conducted on the samples analyzed by Winston Laboratories. In the sample that was in the refrigerator all that was left of the 0.06 per cent of the aspartame was 0.058 percent. That extra aspartame had turned into 0.001 percent DKP and 53.5 parts per billion of formaldehyde In the sample from my room, all that was left of the 0.06 percent aspartame was 0.051 per cent. The extra aspartame had turned into 0.002 percent DKP and 231 parts per billion of formaldehyde. In the sample that was in the incubator all that was left of the 0.06 percent aspartame was 0.026 percent. The extra aspartame had turned into 0.010 percent DkP and 76.2 parts per billion in the formaldehyde. Table 2 ASPARTAME DKP FORMALDEHYDE % % Parts per billion BASELINE CAN 0.060% ** SAMPLE # 502 0.058% 0.0001% 53.5 (refrigerated) SAMPLE # 517 0.051% 0.002% 231.0 room temperature) SAMPLE #540 0.026% 0.010% 76.2 (incubator) SAMPLE # 563 * * * (new can) * Sample #563 (new can of Diet Coke was not tested by the lab. It was used for the taste test only. The baseline can was not tested for formaldehyde or DKP because it was assumed that FDA would ban any new product containing poison. The total cost of testing was $1250. This may not be a lot of money to a drug company but it is to me. As it is, I will be baby-sitting for the summer of 1997 to pay for this study. -JC DISCUSSION: There was an obvious preference for the newly purchased sample of Diet Coke. The scores for the sample in the refrigerator and room temperature were similar but were not as high as the new soda. The score for the incubator sample were very low. Nearly everybody hated the taste. There are taste differences. Ten people preferred the new soda to the other three samples. With 1 being the best and 4 being the worst, their average score for the new soda was 2.0. The aspartame contained in diet soda stored over time can break down into formaldehyde and DKP, two very dangerous poisons. Taste tests revealed a noticeable difference among tasters. The higher the heat of storage, the worse the taste. Diet soda stored for ten weeks loses flavor. Aspartame in that soda breaks down into two products, formaldehyde and DKP. The warmer the temperature, the greater the loss of aspartame and the greater the increase in DKP. Temperature creates two effects. First, the higher the temperature of storage, the higher the level of DKP in the soda. Second, room temperature seems to create the highest levels of formaldehyde in soda. At very high temperatures, the formaldehyde breaks down. However, even stored in a refrigerator at cold temperature, the aspartame breaks down into formaldehyde. After diet soda containing aspartame is purchased it should not be stored in the heat or under any condition for a long period of time. Further research should be performed with more samples at different temperatures for different time periods so that safety levels can be determined. Concerning aspartame, the FDA says, "we believe that based on all the information that we received to date that this is a safe product." I say, "Decide for yourself." Jennifer Cohen Bibliography 1) Artificial Sweeteners. "The World Book Encyclopedia" 1997 2) Azarnoff, Daniel. "Aspartame" McGraw-Hill. Encyclopedia of Science and Technology 1987 3) Constantine, Alex. "The NutraPoison" http://www.dorway.com/possible.html (items 26 and 27) March 13, 1997 4) Jibrin, Janis. "How Sweet It Is." American Health December 1995: 84-85 5) Jibrin, Janis. "Is Sugar Poison?" Mademoiselle December 1995: 84-85 6) Lepke, Janet. "A Dieter's Guide To Sugar Substitutes." Consumer's Digest May/June 1995: 71-74 7) Rao, K.S., McConnell, R.G., Waisman, H.A. SC-18862 52 Week Oral Toxicity Study In The Infant Monkey 8) Roberts, H.J. Aspartame (Nutra Sweet) Is It Safe? Philadelphia: The Charles Press, 1990] 9) Roberts, H.J. Sweetener Dearest. West Palm Beach: The Sunshine Sentinel Press, 1992 ----------------------------------------------- End J. Cohen report COMMENT: Ms. Cohen did an excellent report in all respects. Dr. Roberts, renowned expert on aspartame and its toxic effects gives her two gold stars. From the viewpoint of an informed layman, I give her FIVE gold stars and a heart-felt "Thank you!" I understand that the Jewish faith forbids the use of formaldehyde and the act of embalming. I also understand that somehow Nutrasweet was placed on a list of "Kosher" foods. It doesn't make sense that it is Kosher to EMBALM oneself while alive, on a dose by dose basis, but NOT Kosher to be embalmed after death. Did Nutrasweet lie once again, this time to the Jewish faith? Will their lies and disinformation EVER cease? Coke has a new advertising campaign where they state that Diet Coke is: "You are what you drink". Congratulations, Coca Cola, for finally getting it right! As Jennifer Cohen just proved, diet coke drinkers are consuming formaldehyde and diketopiperazine (DKP, a brain tumor agent) with each and every sip. The aspartame to methanol to formaldehyde to formic acid conversion of this chameleon substance (with a side-order of DKP and perhaps other tumor agents) makes an excellent toxic soup that gives rise to the 92 FDA acknowledged symptoms of aspartame poisoning. When their record-keeping was still honest, the FDA stated that it was the most complained about substance, comprising over 75% of their complaints. Then they stated that less that one (1) % of the consumers file complaints. The stated 10,000 complaints (in the early 80's) would then translate to over 1,000,000 potential complainers of the LESSOR effects of aspartame poisoning, ... headaches, hives, vision and memory problems. That would seem to be a significant figure. Most important, this does NOT include the even larger number of people suffering from long-term problems such as arthritis- like pains, vision loss, and problems that lead to a misdiagnosis of MS, CFS, Fibromyalgia or a whole host of other "diseases", because doctors have been brainwashed into believing that aspartame is as pure as the driven snow! ----------------------------------------------- Here are some of the more important pages on DORway, now over 150 pages and still growing! Use this as a menu with your browser. http://www.dorway.com/badnews.html Most of the 92 FDA acknowledged symptoms of aspartame poisoning, and how it does its dirty deeds [think methanol (wood alcohol that makes skid row drunks go blind), formaldehyde (do-it-yourself embalming) and formic acid (better known as ant sting poison)]. It should be noted that a Freedom of Information Act request was required to obtain this document from the DHHS/FDA. Most of those symptoms are listed below in a pamphlet. http://www.dorway.com/barua.html An excellent overview by two Indian doctors, complete with many references. This article was published in the Journal Of The Diabetic Association Of India 1995 :Vol. 35, No. 4. so a doctor should feel more comfortable with the information. In addition... the following pages are also significant: http://www.dorway.com/nuindex1.html Main menu http://www.dorway.com/whatis.html A brief of what it is, and is NOT! http://www.dorway.com/noban.html Why is it not removed from the market? http://www.dorway.com/offasprt.html Debunking of the IFIC safety myth http://www.dorway.com/enclosur.html Sordid history of its path to market http://www.dorway.com/asprlink.html Links many other sites http://www.dorway.com/books.html Links to books on aspartame http://www.dorway.com/stevia.html Assorted alternative sweeteners http://www.dorway.com/detox.html Suggestions on how to detoxify http://www.dorway.com/reprtfrm.html Report a bad experience to the FDA One new addition is a Mission Possible reply to Coca-Cola located at: http://www.dorway.com/heycoke.html Mission Possible Files located at http://www.dorway.com/possible.html Mission Possible Files Get them all, see below! 1. Response! Typical NutraSweet Industry DisInformation Response! (by Dave Rietz) 2. Nelson A rebuttal to Mr. Nelson of Nutrasweet on aspartame 3. Burne Message to J. Burne on aspartame and brain damage. 4. 87hear.txt Senate Hearing 100-567 in 1987. 5. blindns.txt NUTRASWEET/BLINDNESS, Chi-Sun Times (Oct. 96) 6. brainc.txt DOES ASPARTAME CAUSE HUMAN BRAIN CANCER? 7. casehist.txt Jack Thomas Testimonial 8. complain.txt FDA Complaints on NutraSweet 4/20/95 9. consent.txt INFORMED CONSENT PART 1 10. consentt.txt INFORMED CONSENT PART 2 11. deserts.txt Is Desert Storm Syndrome NutraSweet Disease? 12. devesta.txt UK Government Report on Obesity Withheld 13. diabetes.html H. J. ROBERTS, M.D. ON ASPARTAME 14. dr-elsas.txt Dr. Elsas Statement for U.S. Senate Committee 15. drbowen.txt JAMES D. BOWEN, M.D. ON FOOD LABELING 16. embalm.txt TO EMBALM..OR NOT TO EMBALM 17. environ.txt WORLD CONFERENCE & MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS 18. eye.txt H. J. ROBERTS, M.D on aspartame and the eye 19. fdainves.txt BITTERSWEET (former FDA Investigator) 20. headach.txt James B. Hays, M.D. Clinical with Aspartame 21. jointpan.txt H. J. Roberts, M.D. JOINT PAIN and ASPARTAME 22. metzbill.txt Metzenbaums Bill and Letter to Ruggles 23. minntrib.txt NUTRASWEET SUSPECT IN BRAIN TUMORS 24. morgraif.txt Dr. Morgan Raiford on aspartame 25. ms.txt H. J. Roberts, M.D. on MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS/aspartame 26. nutrap1.txt The NutraPoison by Alex Constantine Part 1 27. nutrap2.txt The NutraPoison by Alex Constantine Part 2 28. panicat.txt PANIC ATTACKS AND ASPARTAME INGESTION 29. pregnanc.txt H. J. Roberts, Pregnancy and aspartame 30. refer1.txt Aspartame/Diabetes/References Part 1 31. refer2.txt Aspartame/Diabetes/References Part 2 32. review1.txt Aspartame: Literature Review Part 1 33. review2.txt Aspartame: Literature Review Part 2 34. robrtfrm.txt H. J. Roberts, M.D. VOLUNTARY QUESTIONNAIRE 35. safeswet.txt Specific Sweetener Ideas 36. steviaap.txt Stevia Approved 9/18/95 37. testing.txt ASPARTAME TESTING - MALICE IN BLUNDERLAND 38. theyk2.txt Reuter's news release on aspartame and brain cancer 39. toxictim.txt Neurotoxic Potential of Aspartame (Newman and Mullarkey) 40. whitakr.txt Dr. Whitaker's Article of November 1995/Stevia 41. drprice.html Short Email by Dr. Price concerning Infertility 42. Dr. Olney The Original Dr. Olney Brain Cancer article 43. olneyup1 (part 1 Dr. Olney Feb. '97 Response to THEIR articles 44. olneyup2 (part 2) Additional information on article 45. olneyup3 (part 3) Symptoms and additional dialog NOTE: For those who wish to read off-line, DOWNLOAD one of the following: http://www.dorway.com/betty/possible.zip (315kb) http://www.dorway.com/betty/possible.exe (a self-expanding "EXE") (331kb) Next is the text of a double-sided tri-fold pamphlet that provides just about everything one NEEDS to know, with pointers to the rest of it. If arranged in three columns per side it makes a nice handout. --------------------------------- Begin aspartame info pamphlet OUTSIDE RIGHT PANEL (Front Page) Aspartame... = BAD NEWS! What's it IN? Equal Over 9000 products Nutrasweet and growing fast! Spoonful ???? Is it SAFE? NO! Why NOT? The 10% methanol converts to formaldehyde, and the 50% phenylalanine converts to DKP, a tumor agent. This happens even in the original unopened container! In BRIEF! Aspartame is NOT a natural substance! Aspartame is NOT a diet product! Aspartame is NOT safe... for ANYONE! Aspartame is NOT a food "additive", it is an UNREGULATED and UNSAFE DRUG! Aspartame is even worse for DIABETICS! Aspartame poisoning is cumulative... (it adds up!) Excess formaldehyde from its breakdown... gets stored in your FAT! Aspartame has 92 "official" side effects... (Including DEATH!) Aspartame MIMICS many diseases! Aspartame TOXIC effects are... USUALLY MISS-DIAGNOSED! Aspartame's approval by the FDA... is a SHAMELESS travesty! FDA approval for use in EVERYTHING is criminal! The ONLY "CURE"... is total exclusion from the diet! (Aspartame lawyers hired the Federal prosecutor who were after them!) Aspartame is unfit for human consumption! OUTSIDE MIDDLE PANEL Link to a printable report form: http://www.dorway.com/reprtfrm.html Send Complaints to: FDA Commissioner 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, Maryland 20857 Send PROOF copy to: Mrs. Betty Martini Mission Possible 5950 H State Bridge Road, Suite 215 Duluth, Georgia 30155 Internet E-mail: bettym19@idt.net Links to Additional Sites: http://www.dorway.com Front door to the FULL STORY... everything! http://www.dorway.com/possible.html Mission Possible Files http://www.dorway.com/asprlink.html Links to more sites/source information http://www.tiac.net/users/mgold/aspartame/a spartame.html Information http://www.tiac.net/users/mgold/aspartame/a spart.p20 References http://www.cco.net/~trufax/menu/food.html# aspartame Good articles Links to Books on aspartame: http://www.dorway.com/books.html OUTSIDE LEFT PANEL Aspartame poisoning... RECOVERY! If you use products with aspartame, and have physical, visual, mental problems; ailments the doctors can't seem to cure... then please try the 60-day no aspartame test. When your symptoms disappear please get involved in an international effort to get this deadly neurotoxin off the market. Write a letter to the FDA, with a copy to Betty Martini (for proof of how the FDA doesn't keep proper records). Write your congressmen. Return products containing aspartame to the point of purchase... for a FULL refund. Make a big stink if they WON'T give you a full refund! Tell all your friends and family... and if they stop using aspartame and also "wake up well"... then get them involved, too! Aspartame is an "approved sweetener" because of a few greedy and dishonest people who placed personal wealth and corporate profits above human life and well-being. With the FDA and our Congress culpable, only an INFORMED and ACTIVE public will affect its reclassification from "food additive" to TOXIC DRUG, and cause its removal from the human food chain. INSIDE LEFT PANEL Aspartame... The chameleon drug! How it happens: Methanol, from aspartame, is released in the small intestine when the methyl group of aspartame encounters the enzyme chymotrypsin (Stegink 1984, page 143). Free methanol begins to form in liquid aspartame-containing products at temperatures above 86 degrees F.. also within the human body. The methanol is then converted to formaldehyde. The formaldehyde converts to formic acid, ant sting poison. Toxic formic acid is used as an activator to strip epoxy and urethane coatings. Imagine what it does to your tissues! Phenylalanine and aspartic acid, 90% of aspartame, are amino acids normally used in synthesis of protoplasm when supplied by the foods we eat. But when unaccompanied by other amino acids we use [there are 20], they are neurotoxic. That is why a warning for Phenylketonurics is found on EQUAL and other aspartame products. Phenylketenurics are 2% of the population with extreme sensitivity to this chemical unless it's present in food. It gets you too, causing brain disorders and birth defects! Finally, the phenyalanine breaks down into DKP, a brain tumor agent. In other words: Aspartame converts to dangerous byproducts that have no natural countermeasures. A dieter's empty stomach accelerates these conversions and amplifies the damage. Components of aspartame go straight to the brain, damage that causes headaches, mental confusion, seizures and faulty balance. Lab rats and other test animals died of brain tumors. INSIDE CENTER PANEL Do you want to bet your brain on its safety? Monsanto says "Aspartame is the most tested product in history". Are you sure! On 12/29/96 60 MINUTES reported on 164 studies. ALL of the 74 studies paid for by NutraSweet showed it was healthy as rain. 83 of the 90 studies by independent labs found problems. FDA commissioner Arthur Hull Hayes approved NutraSweet over the protests of his own Board of Inquiry, then took a lush consultant contract with NutraSweet's public relations firm while he was under investigation for accepting gratuities. Think if it this way: Money paid under the table put the little blue envelopes on the table! COKE and PEPSI KNEW IT WAS POISON... BEFORE they started to use it! The Congressional Record of May 7, 1985 printed 6 pages of objections prepared by the National Soft Drink Association: "Aspartame is uniquely unstable ... as the temperature increases the ratio of degradation becomes more pronounced ... at 104 degrees for 20 weeks less than 10% of the original aspartame remained ... soft drinks displayed at a service station may reach 120 degrees." EVERY KNOWN BREAKDOWN PRODUCT OF ASPARTAME IS A POISON! Formaldehyde cocktail anyone It Mimics Diseases: (Aspartame Disease Mimics Symptoms or makes Worse the Following Diseases) Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's Disease, Lupus, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS), Diabetes and Diabetic Complications, Epilepsy, Alzheimer's Disease, Birth Defects, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Lymphoma, Lyme Disease, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Panic Disorder, Depression and other Psychological Disorders. INSIDE RIGHT PANEL Symptoms: (the more common in bold type) Abdominal Pain, Anxiety attacks, Arthritis-like pain, Asthmatic Reactions, Bloating, Blood Sugar Control Problems, Brain Cancer (Pre-approval studies in animals), Breathing difficulties, burning eyes or throat, Burning Urination, Chest Pains, chronic cough, Chronic Fatigue, Confusion, Death, Depression, Diarrhea, Dizziness, Excessive Thirst or Hunger, fatigue, feel unreal, flushing of face, Hair Loss (Baldness) or Thinning of Hair, Headaches/Migraines, Hearing Loss, Heart palpitations, Hives (Urticaria), Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Impotency and Sexual Problems, inability to concentrate, Infection Susceptibility, Insomnia, Irritability, Itching, Joint Pains, laryngitis, Marked Personality Changes, Memory loss, Menstrual Problems or Changes, Muscle spasms, Nausea or Vomiting, Numbness or Tingling of Extremities, Other Allergic-Like Reactions, Panic Attacks, Phobias, poor memory, Rapid Heart Beat, Rashes, Seizures and Convulsions, Slurring of Speech, Swallowing Pain, Tachycardia, Tremors, Tinnitus, Vertigo, Vision Loss, and Weight gain. Aspartame is NOT a "food additive". It IS a dangerous neurotoxin that MUST be removed from our food chain. BUT, WE MUST DO IT! ------------------------------------ End of aspartame pamphlet To see what this pamphlet should look like when "reconstituted" please take a look at : http://www.dorway.com/asprin.html Inside three panels http://www.dorway.com/asprout.html Outside three panels Should you need a list of references on aspartame... there are quite a few at this URL: http://www.dorway.com/asprref.html April 9-15 1997: The FDA RECALL LETTER of 9 April, some smoking guns (cancer types) by Dr. Gross, one of the FDA toxicologists who sought to indict Searle for submitting fraudulent tests, and more. http://www.dorway.com/97recall.html Recall letter http://www.dorway.com/gross1.html Dr. Gross memo on proposed bad procedures http://www.dorway.com/gross2.html Oct/87 Dr. Gross letter to Sen. Metzenbaum http://www.dorway.com/gross3.html Nov/87 Dr. Gross letter to Sen. Metzenbaum http://www.dorway.com/wsjprosc.html '86 Wall Street Journal on two US prosec. http://www.dorway.com/deadbill.html Original 1985 Metzenbaum bill (asked for more tests) NEW *** As of late July, 1997, as it is typed in the contents of the follow-on "Bressler Report" will be posted at DORway at the new URL of: http://www.dorway.com/bressler.html This report verifies what FDA toxicologist said about Searle, their tests/ findings, and confirms the brain-tumor issue. In addition, Dr. Bressler, himself an FDA investigator auditing Searle's methods and results, adds mammary, uterine and ovarian tumors to the brain-tumor list! Of interest is that Dr. Jerome Bressler, author of this report, still works at the Chicago FDA office. If, after the full report has been posted and you have any questions, perhaps you can get him to answer them should he choose to respond. His Email address is: JBRESSLE@ORA.FDA.GOV Aspartame has what is called "acceptable daily intake" or "ADI" applied to it. Had I known about this term when it came to market I would have wondered why, because water, chicken soup, sugar, tea, coffee and a whole lot of other items do NOT have this term applied to them. I believe that I would never have used the product; never have had to endure eleven years of increasing pain and disabilities; never have wasted eleven years visiting clueless doctors to receive expensive misdiagnosis and drugs that are useless against aspartame disease; and I might not be five years into prostate cancer treatments with NO history of the disease in my family! In summary: Aspartame is a U.S. National disgrace. It is a cumulative toxic poison; a medical time-bomb coming to fruition. Why was it necessary for a sixth-grader to do what the FDA/DHHS/NIH/WHO and a lot of others should have done? Why are victims like myself having to present this information to the public? Review the list of 92 FDA acknowledged symptoms of aspartame poisoning... that small list I credit with saving my life and restoring my well-being and usefulness. Look around and about... more evidence is probably as close to you as the next person you approach. I say this because now that I know about it, and mention it in conversations, I have met hundreds who had, or know of people who have had problems with this substance. I had a few of my pamphlets in my shirt pocket one day when I went into Sam's Club. The fellow at a stand hawking the local newspaper tried to sell me a subscription... and while talking, he notice the word aspartame in large letters on that pamphlet. He then volunteered that he has a relative in Chicago who still works for Searle, and who told him years ago to stay away from it because it was poison. He also volunteered that he thought it would be of little use telling folks about it because he thought that they "really didn't care about things like that!". The brain cancer aspect is bad enough, and with respect to the Delaney ammendment it should have been enough to keep aspartame off the market. However, it is the Pandora's box of ailments that take years to develop... that may well break the back of our medical system. There is strong evidence that this is part of the "gulf war syndrome", perhaps a major part. I credit aspartame for giving me a strong sweetened taste of hell. I didn't like it! I do what I do now because I wouldn't wish my last eleven years on my worst enemy. I do it because if someone had done this several years ago I wouldn't be a recovering victim, with prostate cancer that may have been triggered by this substance. Some troubling information is that a Monsanto VP by the name of Dr. Virginia Weldon is considered a TOP contender to be the new FDA commissioner! We think this is a terrible idea and there is a big push to get the word out, why this is a bad idea, and to get ANY drug/chemical employee OFF the list of possible candidates. The revolving door MUST stop! The payoffs, dishonesty and disinformation MUST stop. The FDA MUST be held accountable... or be disolved! Serve the PUBLIC, or no one! The FULL story at: http://www.dorway.com/messages.html Permission was granted to post a Star Tribune story on aspartame written by Greg Gordon and published on 22 November, 1996. That page is at: http://www.dorway.com/startrib.html Chris Wheeler granted permission to post his article from the New Zealand "Soil and Health" periodical... posted at: http://www.dorway.com/nzsandh.html (good presentation) 11-12-97 DORway opens an Avation section http://www.dorway.com/aviators.html Should you be appropriately disturbed by the above information, perhaps you will take moment to write an Email to the acting FDA Commissioner, Dr. Michael Friedman, at: mfriedman@oc.fda.gov and either ask your question(s), or give him the benefit of your thoughts on aspartame. Finally, if you would like to write the President, DHHS/FDA, or someone in congress, their Email addresses can be obtained from: http://www.dorway.com/congress.html I say "Preserve YOUR right to be embalmed, but only AFTER you die!" Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Remember that the contents of this Email, and everything at the DORway WEB site (except for the Star Tribune report at http://www.dorway.com/startrib.html) has BLANKET permission to be cut, copied, pasted, republished as necessary to help spread the word that aspartame is BAD NEWS for EVERYONE, and MUST be removed from the human food chain! If I can be of further assistance please let me know. Regards...