BlueGene wrote:I don't drink diet soda anymore, I read an article that said that (can't find the link now ) Aspartame (NutraSweet) can cause cancer even with approved levels of intake. Also I recently read that New Mexico is trying to ban it because of this.
Santa Fe gallery owner Stephen Fox is leading the push to prohibit use of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved substance. He says new research suggests aspartame is a toxin that can harm human health.
Fox's hope for a hearing on the issue was thwarted this month when the state Environmental Improvement Board postponed a hearing it had scheduled for next July on his request to ban aspartame products or put a warning label on them. At its first meeting in the new year, the board postponed the hearing for six months until next January to wait for legal advice.
I wouldn't be suprised if it did cause cancer even at approved levels. The original tests with rats caused a lot of them to get cancer if not all of them if I recall. Also the US has done this in the past, a bunch of reporters got silenced and threatened for reporting on harmful effects of bovine growth hormone, which was approved for use.
I remember my 3rd grade teacher telling me that, I also lived in New Mexico at the time.
) Aspartame (NutraSweet) can cause cancer even with approved levels of intake. Also I recently read that New Mexico is trying to ban it because of this.
